Tim Armstrong (executive)

Tim Armstrong

Tim Armstrong
Born United States
Occupation CEO

Tim Armstrong is CEO and Chairman of AOL, Inc. Previously, he was President of Google's Americas operation.[1] He replaced the outgoing Randy Falco as current CEO as of March 12, 2009. He was also the one of the cofounders of the local news website Patch Media[2][3].

Armstrong sits on the boards of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the Advertising Council, and the Advertising Research Foundation, and is a trustee at Connecticut College and Lawrence Academy. He is a member of New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s MediaNYC 2020 committee.[4] He was also a founder of the United Football League and is the owner of the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League.[5]

He is a graduate of Connecticut College with a double major in Economics and Sociology.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dow Jones Staff (2009-03-12). "Time Warner: Google executive Tim Armstrong named AOL chairman, CEO". Atlanta, Ga.: CNN Money. http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200903121840DOWJONESDJONLINE001074_FORTUNE5.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 
  2. ^ Cain Miller, Claire; Stone, Brad (April 12, 2009). "'Hyperlocal' Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/technology/start-ups/13hyperlocal.html. 
  3. ^ Schonfeld, Erick (June 11, 2009). "AOL Buys Local Startups Going And Patch (And CEO Tim Armstrong Brings an Investment In-House)". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2009/06/11/aol-buys-local-startups-going-and-patch-and-ceo-tim-armstrong-brings-an-investment-in-house/. 
  4. ^ a b Tim Armstrong Named Chairman and CEO of AOL
  5. ^ "Executives". United Football League. 2010. http://www.ufl-football.com/about-us/executives. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 

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Preceded by
Randy Falco		 CEO of AOL
2009–present		 Succeeded by
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Bill Hambrecht & Rob Ryan (LV) • Zach Nelson (OMA) • Paul Pelosi (SAC) • Bill Mayer (VA)
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Commissioner: Michael Huyghue  — Founders: Bill Hambrecht • Tim Armstrong  — Chairman: Henry Bienen
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