Jim Lanzone

Lanzone holds a BA from UCLA and a JD/MBA from Emory University.⁠[1]

He co-founded eTour and joined Ask after its 2001 acquisition of that company, later becoming Ask.com CEO.⁠[1]

He joined CBSCBSCBS is an American commercial broadcast television network. It was founded in 1927 as United Independent Broadcasters, renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1928, and grew from a radio network into a television network under William S. Paley. With ABC and NBC it is one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks; it has been owned in turn by Westinghouse, Viacom, ViacomCBS and Paramount Global, has been owned by Paramount Skydance Corporation since 2025, and is one of the five networks that rotate in the White House television pool.Open the full entry following its 2011 acquisition of Clicker Media, which he co-founded, and subsequently led CBS Interactive and streaming development.⁠[2]

Match GroupMatch GroupMatch Group is a U.S. publicly traded online-dating company whose brands include Tinder, Hinge, Match and OkCupid. It developed from IAC’s dating businesses and completed its separation in 2020. Subscriptions and à-la-carte purchases are its principal revenue sources; its shares trade on Nasdaq under MTCH.Open the full entry appointed Lanzone to succeed Elie SeidmanElie SeidmanElie Seidman is an entrepreneur, investor and venture partner at Shine Capital. He co-founded Epana and Oyster and served as CEO of OkCupid and Tinder. His career spans consumer internet businesses, financial services and venture investing.Open the full entry, specifying August 3 as his first day.⁠[1]

He succeeded Guru Gowrappan as Yahoo CEO on September 27.⁠[2]