Gerrit Meier

SALZBURG, AUSTRIA Responsible for Red Bull’s global media business: content (live, events, scripted, unscripted), development, production, programming, TV/OTT distribution, immersive (AR/VR/AI), social media, influencer marketing and communications - focus on sports, music, gaming and lifestyle content (video, audio, photo and editorial); reporting to Founder/CEO Dietrich Mateschitz. Includes Red Bull TV, Red Bull Films, Red Bull Records, Red Bull Music Publishing and other owned/managed media platforms.

STAMFORD, CT, USA Responsible for WWE’s business outside of the USA (television, PPV/network, merchandising and consumer products, live events, social, OTT/digital). Executive officer, member of the executive board. International offices: London, Munich, Dubai, Mexico DF, Mumbai, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore. Functional responsibility: strategy, planning, finance, operations, distribution and licensing, business and partnership development, marketing and promotion, and PR/communications.

New York, NY, USA - Responsibility for worldwide distribution and strategic partnerships: business development strategy, central commercial services, business/economic models, performance metrics/analytics, operational partnership integration/management, partnership licensing and contract negotiations for mobile carriers/telcos, hardware/car manufacturers, social/software platforms, etc. Member of Spotify’s senior management team.

New York, NY, USA - Member of the Executive Leadership Team and co-creator of the iHeartRadio brand, products and ad-network. Focused on growing audience and revenue across the company's network of approximately 900 websites. Responsible for group’s operations, finance, legal, eCommerce, technology and business development departments. Previously Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital.

New York, NY, USA - Reporting to EVP Strategy, responsible for defining EMI’s global digital strategy for emerging fixed-line and mobile products and platforms and developing new business opportunities inside and outside the traditional operational scope of a music company.

New York, NY, USA - Reporting to COO, responsible for corporate development in North America. Headed the development and management of internal initiatives aimed to accelerate operational improvement, including streamlining business practices and operational structures and realigning business processes.

Guetersloh, Germany and New York, NY, USA - Member of Bertelsmann’s global strategy group responsible for defining its portfolio of businesses, operational excellence, information media & technology, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, and strategic alliances. Managed US rollout of Bertelsmann’s worldwide operational excellence program BEX.

London, UK - Start-up member of company’s European M&E practice with focus on operational and strategic issues regarding the future of the entertainment industry, digital content distribution and converging media technologies.

Boston, MA, USA - Author of HBS case study taught as part of school’s competition and strategy curriculum; published by Harvard University and McGraw-Hill.

London, Paris, Frankfurt - Emphasis on strategic planning and implementation. Semesters in France, Germany and USA. Finalist in the 1995 Alfred Dunhill competition for best dissertation.