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Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 100+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Pluto TV is a top free app and available on all mobile, web and connected TV streaming devices.
Tom Ryan is CEO and co-founder of Pluto TV, the leading free streaming television service in America which carries and programs more than 100 live channels and thousands of on-demand movies and TV shows in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Over 10 million viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, live events, cartoons, and trending digital series on mobile, web, and living room devices. Pluto TV is a top free app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Android mobile and also powers the built-in streaming television services on Vizio and Samsung smart TVs. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Berlin, New York City, and Silicon Valley, Pluto TV is backed by USVP, ProSieben, Scripps Networks, Samsung Ventures, Sky and other prominent investors.
Tom is a board member of Smule (the leader in social music with over 50 million monthly users performing over 20 million songs daily via its mobile apps) and Threadless (a popular crowdsourced art and e-commerce company where he served as CEO from 2008 to 2012). Previously, he served on the board of men’s clothing service Trunk Club until its acquisition by JW Nordstrom in 2014 as well as Society6, a Threadless portfolio company, until its acquisition by Leaf Group in 2013. Tom previously served as SVP of Digital Strategy at EMI Music as well as co-founder of Cductive (an early digital music retailer company that he merged with eMusic). He holds an AB from Dartmouth College and an MBA from INSEAD in France.
Ken Parks is the Executive Chairman of Pluto TV. He is also a Special Advisor to the CEO of Spotify.
Prior to joining Pluto TV in late 2015, Ken was the Chief Content Officer and North American Managing Director for Spotify. Ken was Spotify’s first American hire in 2008 and launched that service in the US in 2011.
Earlier in his career, Ken held senior positions at EMI Music, Reuters and GetMusic.
He has a law degree from Columbia University. He has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Lafayette University and received an M.S. in electrical engineering from Lehigh University.
Rick Lewis is a General Partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), a technologist and a two-time software entrepreneur. At USVP, Rick focuses on consumer services and software investments. Aside from Pluto TV, some of Rick’s current investments include HotelTonight, Primary, ThreatMetrix and Act-On Software. His prior investments include Intermolecular (Nasdaq: IMI), Yammer (acquired by Microsoft) and Trunk Club (acquired by Nordstrom).
Christof Wahl has been member of the Executive Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE since May 1, 2016. He is responsible for the Digital Entertainment division, which includes the Online Video business with maxdome and Studio71 and the fields of AdVideo-on-Demand, Ad-Tech and Data. Since January 2017 he has been also responsible for the digital verticals „Online Price Comparison“, „Online Dating“ and „Online Travel“ in the business segment Digital Ventures & Commerce. Wahl also oversees the distribution division and acts as the Group’s Chief Operating Officer.
Ilya Pozin is the Chief Growth officer and co-founder of Pluto TV. Ilya also serves on the board of Coplex, an award-winning digital agency. At Coplex, Ilya served as founder and CEO from 2000 to 2010, and was involved in the launch of thousands of web and mobile applications, as well as management of millions of dollars of marketing and digital media ad buys.
Earlier in his career, Ilya co-founded Open Me, a social greeting and gifting company that was acquired by Rowl.
Ilya is also a columnist for Inc. and Forbes, and was recognized as a ’30 Under 30′ entrepreneur in 2012.
