Brett Brewer is a leading Internet pioneer and executive who has built, operated and sold Internet media companies. Mr. Brewer co-founded his first Internet company, Intermix Media, just two years out of UCLA. From 1998 through it's successful $673 million sale to News Corp. in October of 2005, Intermix Media launched several different businesses including Skilljam.com, ecommerce site Alena, and the wildly popular Myspace.com. Mr. Brewer was the only senior executive and board member to remain and lead the company from inception through sale to News Corp.
In his current position as President and Director of Adknowledge.com, Mr. Brewer is well on his well to building another successful Internet company. The behavioral-based advertising company has had strong growth in both revenues and profits and recently attracted a $48 million minority stake investment from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) (see attached story) and was a Red Herring top 200 company for 2006.
Mr. Brewer has been an angel investor in several technology start ups, including video search site, Dabble.com, mobile texting company Frengo.com, mobile social networking site Treemo.com, and new media company, DemandMedia.
Mr. Brewer is an engaging, in-demand speaker who has been a keynote speaker or presenter at numerous industry events, including Bear Stearns Internet Roundtable, Goldman Sachs Internet Conference, Gridley Conference, JMP Research Conference, Montgomery Technology Conference, ThinkEquity Growth Conference, Software Information Industry Association, and Dow Jones VentureWire Technology Ventures.
Mr. Brewer is active in various community and charity events. He is an active member of Big Brothers of Los Angeles, a board member for Bizworld.org, (a children's education company) and he frequently speaks to students from elementary school classrooms to graduate-level groups about what it takes to start and build a successful company.
Born on August 2, 1972, Mr. Brewer received a B.A. in Business/Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1996.
Adam Goldenberg's entrepreneurial spirit and aptitude for Internet advertising were evident from an early age. At only 16, Adam created Gamer’s Alliance Inc., an advertising network of gaming sites. Founded in 1997, the venture was purchased in 1999 by Intermix Media, parent company of MySpace.
Adam joined Intermix Media as Vice President of Strategic Planning and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer at the age of 20, becoming the youngest COO of a publicly traded company. At Intermix, Adam co-founded Alena Media and launched Hydroderm, the first Internet-built skincare brand, setting a new precedent for Internet sales. In 2005, Intermix Media was acquired by News Corp. for more than $650 million.
Envisioning a new and better way to launch new beauty brands by the marketing capabilities of the Internet, Adam teamed with Don Ressler to found Brand Ideas. In 2007, Brand Ideas merged with Johnson Marketing Group to form Intelligent Beauty Inc., a reflection of Adam’s belief in bringing together the best minds in the industry to achieve extraordinary results.
A serial Internet entrepreneur, Michael has founded and sold numerous businesses, including PBJ Digital, Userplane (sold to AOL) and Investing.com. He currently sits on several boards and serves as a advisor to private startups. Michael also continues to serve AOL as a strategic advisor to Userplane. A recognized industry leader, Michael speaks about social media at various conferences globally. Raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon, he is a graduate of the University of Oregon. Michael currently resides in Manhattan Beach, California, with his wife Jennifer and daughter Oceane. He is an avid runner.