Mark Thompson (investor)

Mark C. Thompson is an American investor, businessman, and author. He is the co-author of the international bestseller, Success Built to Last as well as a venture investor and a producer/coach of the executive leadership program, Leader Powertools. Thompson’s list of clients includes executives, entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders, billionaires, presidents of nations all over the world, and the leaders of small and large organizations.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Thompson worked for a dozen years for Charles Schwab, serving in a variety of senior roles, including Chief Communications Officer and, later, as Executive Producer responsible for the customer experience of Schwab.com, which was in the late 90’s one of the world’s largest transaction websites.

Thompson is a venture investor, management adviser and former board member of private and public companies. He served as Chairman of Rioport, Inc., which was the first internet music service (SaaS connected to devices) to legally offer digital songs from all the major music labels. Rioport was spun out of Diamond Multimedia which popularized the first commercial MP3 player, the "Rio".^{[1][citation needed]}; he was Chairman of Integration, Inc., a communications semiconductor company; and Chairman of VMAX, which was the exclusive distributor of Micron PCs in China^{[citation needed]}. He has been speaker at London Business School, Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, The Economist and Fortune Magazine conferences, The New York Stock Exchange summits with The Churchill Club and Financial Executives Institute. He served on the Council of The Heartland Circle Thought Leaders Gatherings. At the World Economic Forum, he served as a Governor for the Securities Industry and a Lecturer/Member at their annual meetings in Davos, Switzerland.

Thompson has been an adviser to Stanford’s Realtime Venture Design Lab (ReVeL), which seeks to improve the potential sustainability of new ventures by helping the founding team discover and articulate a compelling, unified theme based on their identity that inspires the stakeholders and the communities they serve.

He was a member of the board Best Buy Enterprises, Korn Ferry Internationa, Interwoven and Teletech, and was an adviser to Kabira, Captara and many other private startups. He served on the board of the National Investor Relations Institute and Seniornet.com. In 1996 he accepted an appointment to U.S. SEC Consumer Advisory Council. He also created the Leaders of the New Century series through his production company, Network Public Broadcasting International, and was a contributor and host for CEO and executive interviews for thought leader programs produced by Korn Ferry International and Ernst & Young. All net proceeds from Thompson’s NPBI programs are contributed to charity^{[citation needed]}.

Books

Thompson’s interviews with business thought leaders formed the foundation for the book, Success Built to Last, and also resulted in many audio and video programs, including, the Charles Schwab CEO Series, Women on Leadership, Seven Sacred Promises with Maya Angelou, and the DVD program, Creating a Life that Matters. He executive produced the audiobook, Hidden Kitchens, in 2005 and the series on National Public Radio in 2004.

Awards and Accolades

In 2004, Forbes Magazine included Thompson on its list of America’s leading venture investors with the “Midas” touch for his work with many technology and media startups. Thompson’s audiobook series, Hidden Kitchens, for which he served as executive producer, won Audie and Columbia/duPont awards and his Lost & Found Sound series, for which he also executive produced on National Public Radio, won a coveted Peabody award.

References

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1. ^ InternetNews Realtime IT News – Diamond, RioPort Launch Digital Download Platform
2. ^ Success Built to Last - New York Times 2006 Best Seller
3. ^ Mark Thompson's Personal Leadership, Coaching, and Speaking Page

External links

• Homepage for Success Build to Last
• Homepage for Executive Power Tools
• Homepage for Leadership Dialogues

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