Total Compensation: $ 1,233.00
Ben Feder, age 44, has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since he was nominated by certain stockholders of the Company and elected to the Board of Directors at the Company's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders on March 29, 2007. Mr. Feder is also a partner of ZelnickMedia, a media investment and management firm, and is involved in overseeing ZelnickMedia's interest in Columbia Music Entertainment (CME) of Japan. He is a director of CME, which is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Prior to co-founding ZelnickMedia in 2001, Mr. Feder was Chief Executive Officer of MessageClick, Inc., a leading provider of voice messaging technology for next-generation telephone networks, and held a senior position with News Corporation.
Total Compensation: $ 608,412.00
Lainie Goldstein, age 40, became Chief Financial Officer of the Company in June 2007 and prior thereto served as the Company's Senior Vice President of Finance since November 2003. Prior to joining the Company in November 2003, Ms. Goldstein spent seven years in various finance positions with Nautica Enterprises, an apparel company, most recently as Vice President, Finance and Business Development. Ms. Goldstein is a certified public accountant, and held positions in the audit and reorganization departments at Grant Thornton LLP.
Total Compensation: $ 672,185.00
Seth Krauss, age 37, has been the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since March 2007. Prior to that time, he served in the Legal and Compliance Division of Morgan Stanley, a global financial services company, first as Vice President and Counsel and then as Executive Director and Counsel from March 2004 to March 2007, where most recently he had been responsible for coordinating all significant regulatory and law enforcement matters for Morgan Stanley in the United States and served as one of the firm's senior liaisons to its U.S.-based financial regulators and law enforcement agencies. From 1995 until joining Morgan Stanley in March 2004, Mr. Krauss served as an Assistant District Attorney and Senior Investigative Counsel in the New York County District Attorney's Office, where his work included leading complex, long-term investigations into violations of securities, banking, accounting, taxation and related laws and regulations, working closely with the SEC, FINRA (formerly the NASD and the NYSE), as well as numerous state, federal and international financial regulators and law enforcement agencies.
Total Compensation: $ —
Gary Dale, age 47, became Executive Vice President of the Company in December 2007. Prior to that time, he was Chief Operating Officer of the Company's Rockstar Games publishing label since joining the Company in January 2007. Mr. Dale previously served as the European Managing Director of Capcom Co. Ltd., an interactive entertainment company, from November 2003 to January 2007. From 2000 to 2003, he was Chief Executive Officer of Granada Sky Broadcasting, an operator of television channels in the United Kingdom, where he was responsible for production, programming, operations, sales and marketing. From 1998 to 2000, he served as Senior Vice President of International Marketing at BMG Music, overseeing all marketing activities outside of North America. Prior to that, he was President of the Interactive Software and Video Division of BMG Entertainment from 1994 until the Company acquired BMG Interactive in March 1998.
Total Compensation: $ —
Karl Slatoff, age 37, became Executive Vice President of the Company in February 2008. Mr. Slatoff is also a partner of ZelnickMedia. Prior to joining ZelnickMedia in 2001, Mr. Slatoff served as Vice President, New Media for BMG Entertainment, where he was responsible for guiding BMG's online digital strategies, including the development of commercial digital distribution initiatives and new business models for the sale and syndication of online content. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Slatoff worked in strategic planning at the Walt Disney Company, where he focused on the consumer products, studio and broadcast divisions, as well as several initiatives in the educational, publishing and new media sectors. From 1992 to 1994 Mr. Slatoff worked in the corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions units at Lehman Brothers where he focused on the consumer products and retail/merchandising industries.
Total Compensation: $ —
Robert A. Bowman, age 52, has been a director of the Company since April 2007. Mr. Bowman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP, which manages the interactive and Internet rights for Major League Baseball, a position he has held since 2000. Prior to joining MLB Advanced Media, Mr. Bowman was President and Chief Operations Officer of ITT Corporation from 1995 to 2000, where he previously served as Chief Financial Officer from 1991 to 1995. Mr. Bowman served as the Treasurer of the State of Michigan from 1983 to 1990, overseeing its tax policy and collection and the state's pension fund. Mr. Bowman serves as President of the Michigan Education Trust and is a director of Blockbuster Inc., The Warnaco Group, Inc. and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., serving as the Chair of the Audit Committee at Blockbuster and on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee at Warnaco and the Audit Committee at World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Total Compensation: $ 393,760.00
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Strauss Zelnick, age 50, has been Executive Chairman of the Company since February 2008 and has been the non-executive Chairman of the Company since he was nominated by certain stockholders of the Company and elected to the Board of Directors at the Company's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders on March 29, 2007. Mr. Zelnick is also a partner of ZelnickMedia and is Chairman of Columbia Music Entertainment (CME) of Japan, Online Testing Exchange, Inc. and ITN Networks. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of Blockbuster Inc. and Naylor LLC. Mr. Zelnick served as Executive Chairman of Direct Holdings, the parent company of Time Life and Lillian Vernon until the company was sold to Reader's Digest in March 2007. Prior to co-founding ZelnickMedia in 2001, Mr. Zelnick was President and Chief Executive Officer of BMG Entertainment, an entertainment company with more than 200 record labels and operations in 54 countries. Mr. Zelnick has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Dynamics, Inc and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Twentieth Century Fox. He is an associate member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and served on the Board of Directors of the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America.
Total Compensation: $ —
Michael Dornemann, age 62, was nominated by certain stockholders of the Company and elected to the Board of Directors at the Company's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders on March 29, 2007. Mr. Dornemann is an entertainment and marketing executive with more than 30 years of management consulting, corporate development, strategic advisory and media experience. Since 2001, Mr. Dornemann has served on several boards and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Jet Set AG, a worldwide fashion company based in Switzerland, as Vice-Chairman of Access Worldwide Communications and on the Board of Directors of Columbia Music Entertainment (CME) of Japan. Prior to 2001, Mr. Dornemann was an executive board member of Bertelsmann AG for 16 years and Chief Executive Officer of Bertelsmann Entertainment (music and television division) and held positions with IBM and Boston Consulting Group.
Total Compensation: $ —
J Moses, age 49, was nominated by certain stockholders of the Company and elected to the Board of Directors at the Company's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders on March 29, 2007. Since 1997, Mr. Moses has been the Chief Executive Officer of UGO Networks, Inc., an online publisher delivering information and entertainment for "gamers." Mr. Moses, who co-founded UGO Networks, managed the sale of that company to the Hearst Corporation in August 2007, where he continues to oversee that company. Prior thereto, Mr. Moses served as President of MTV Russia and oversaw the launch of MTV Networks in Russia in 1996. Mr. Moses, a 30 year veteran of the media industry, also served as the President of BMG Interactive from 1992 to 1995.
Total Compensation: $ —
Michael Sheresky, age 40, was nominated by certain stockholders of the Company and elected to the Board of Directors at the Company's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders on March 29, 2007. Since 1997, Mr. Sheresky has held a number of positions at the William Morris Agency, a talent agency, and he currently serves as a Senior Vice President in its Motion Picture Department.
Total Compensation: $ 789,049.00
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Total Compensation: $ 2.94 M
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Grover C. Brown, age 72, has been a director of the Company since March 2006. Mr. Brown was not nominated by certain stockholders of the Company, and therefore not elected, to the Board of Directors at the Company's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders on March 29, 2007. However, at a meeting of the Board held immediately thereafter, the Board reappointed him to the Board. Mr. Brown, a former judge, has been special counsel at the law firm of Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A. since March 2000. Previously, Mr. Brown was a partner at the law firm of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams from 1985 to 2000. Mr. Brown served as Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery from 1973 until 1985 and was a Family Court Judge for the State of Delaware prior to that time. Mr. Brown is a director of Cablevision Systems Corporation, a telecommunications and entertainment company and a member of its Special Litigation Committee.
Total Compensation: $ —
John F. Levy, age 52, has been a director of the Company since March 2006. Since May 2005, Mr. Levy has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Board Advisory Services, a consulting firm that advises public companies in the areas of corporate governance, corporate compliance, financial reporting and financial strategies. From November 2005 to March 2006, Mr. Levy was the Interim Chief Financial Officer of Universal Food & Beverage Company, which filed a voluntary petition under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Act on August 31, 2007. From November 1997 to May 2005, Mr. Levy served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MediaBay, Inc., a provider of premium spoken word audio content. While at MediaBay, he also served for a period as its Chairman and Vice Chairman. Mr. Levy is a certified public accountant with nine years of experience with the national public accounting firms of Ernst & Young, Laventhol & Horwath and Grant Thornton LLP. Mr. Levy is a director, Lead Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee of Gilman+Ciocia, Inc., which provides tax preparation and financial planning services to individuals. Mr. Levy is also a director of Atlas Mining Company.
