Mark Dyne

Mark Dyne is Chairman and CEO of Europlay Capital Advisors He has also served as CEO of Sega Gaming Technologies and Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd., CEO and Chairman of Virgin Interactive. He is a Member of the Board of Skype and a Member of the Board of Atomico ,^[1]

Dyne is listed as one the key members of the Killer Team in the founding of RDIO ^[2], and is reportedly one of the key executives behind VDIO, a secretive project also known as project WBS which is designed to challenge Netflix.^[3]

Dyne was a member of the original board of Skype together with Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom until it was sold to eBay for over $2.6 billion, and subsequently led the negotiations for Joltid to become a major shareholder of Skype in its acquisition from eBay in November 2009 and joined the Board of Directors. Skype was sold to Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 Billion. Dyne was listed as one of the "winners" ^[4]

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Synthean, and is Chairman of Tag-It Pacific, Inc. MCV in January 2000 called him "The Deal Maker" and published his Ten Rules of Negotiating.

References

1. ^ "Atomico Director Mark Dyne". http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346844,00.asp. 
2. ^ "Europlay Chairman Mark Dyne heading up RDIO killer team". http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/07/skype-founders-assembling-killer-team-for-new-online-music-startup/. 
3. ^ "Secret Project WBS is VDIO challenge to Netflix, Skype Founders". http://gigaom.com/video/skype-founders-new-startup-vdio/. 
4. ^ "Skype's Biggest Winners". http://www.zimbio.com/skype/articles/BFq0bttygRh/Skype+Microsoft+sale+biggest+winners+killer. 

External links

• eBay Settlement Agreement
• Skype S-1a SEC filing March 2011
• Skype/Microsoft Sale The Biggest Winners
• RDIO Killer Team Being assembled - Europlay Chairman Dyne
• The Secret Project = Project WBS + VDIO = Dyne - Europlay Chairman Director

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