Jonathan Klein is Chief Executive Officer of Getty Images, Inc., the company he co-founded with Chairman Mark Getty in March 1995. Klein has led the development and implementation of Getty Images’ strategic direction for more than a decade. Before founding Getty Images, Klein led the media industry group for the London-based Hambros Bank Limited. He currently serves on the boards of Getty Investments, The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, and Real Networks. In May 2005, Klein received top honors on American Photo’s list of the “100 Most Important People in Photography”, he is a recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Washington CEO magazine and was named in the March 2006 Fast Company issue as one of “The Fast 50 – The people who will change the way we work and live over the next ten years.”
Born in South Africa, Klein spent most of his life in England and currently resides in New York, New York.