John Battelle
ross, California, United States
entrepreneur and co-founder, Openco
John Battelle is an entrepreneur, author and journalist. In 2005, he founded and currently serves as Executive Chairman and CEO of the Internet media company Federated Media Publishing, which now ranks as one of the top properties on the Web. Battelle was also the co-founder, Executive Producer and Program Chair of the Web 2 Summit, and Founder, Chairman and CEO of Standard Media International (SMI), publisher of The Industry Standard and TheStandard.com.