Michael P. Schulhof
is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Technology
Investments, a New York and Paris based international firm that
specializes in private equity fund investments, direct investments
in private or public companies, as well as advisory services to
growth companies and large groups operating in the field of media
and technology. He serves as director on the boards of a number
of companies in which he has investments, including CBS/ Sportsline
USA, an online media service devoted to sports news and information,
J2Com, an internet-based unified messaging company, and Global Technology
investments.
Mr. Schulhof
is a former trustee of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
and Brandeis University. He is currently on the board of New York
University Medical Center, International Tennis Hall of Fame, and
the Brookings Institution. He also serves on the boards of directors
of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
and the American Hospital of Paris Foundation, and he is a member
of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Schulhof
s thorough understanding of the technology-driven media, communications
and entertainment industries is a result of his training as a scientist
and his work with Sony's Akio Morita in the development and implementation
of business strategy for Sony that focused on technology-based consumer
products and entertainment content. From iggo to i995, he was President
and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Music Corporation, and from
1993 to 1995, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony
Corporation of America.
Mr. Schulhof
received the prestigious Chevalier de la Legion D’Honneur
from the French Republic in recognition of his work and efforts
in promoting growth of commerce and greater understanding between
the U.S. and France.
Mr. Schulhof
received his B.A. from Grinnell College (1964); M.S. from Cornell
University (1967); Ph.D. from Brandeis University (1970); and received
an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Physics from Grinnell College.
Mr. Schulhof
was born in Manhattan and raised in Great Neck, New York. He lives
with his wife and two sons in Manhattan.
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