Aaron_Cohen

Aaron Cohen has 12 years of Internet Media experience in consumer Internet as senior executive. He has completed 13 transactions involving the buying, selling or capitalizing of early-stage Internet media companies.

In March of 2009, Aaron co-founded and became the CEO of AnyClip a company creating a database to access any moment from any film ever made. In addition, Aaron is an Adjunct Professor of Media at New York University focusing on the constantly changing business models in film, television, and the Internet.

Previously Aaron was the CEO of MenuPages. As CEO, Aaron expanded relationships with MenuPages partners including CitySearch and Tribune Company, and completed a sale of the company to Wasserstein Media’s New York Magazine in July of 2008. Before MenuPages, Aaron was the CEO of Bolt Media and lead the company for 3 and half years during which he boosted revenue by 100% and repositioned the company as a leading video-based community. During Aaron’s tenure at Bolt, unique visitors grew from 1mm to 6mm per month. Aaron sold the company to the BetaWave, a youth advertising network in August of 2007.

Prior to Bolt, Aaron was the VP of Advertising Sales, VP of Business Development and then CEO of Concrete Media a website development and media company. In his capacity Aaron lead two companies– Concrete Media and its subsidiary Girls On (sold to Oxygen Media in 2000). Concrete Media specialized in enabling large corporations to form Internet divisions or corporate carve-outs with their existing assets.

Aaron’s career began in 1990 working for Time Inc in Tokyo, Japan. He lived in Tokyo for three years working in the marketing department for Time Inc. In 1993, Aaron left the corporate sector for 2 years to work as a journalist covering congress at States News Service in Washington DC – his hometown.

Aaron has spoken at dozen of events, but he’s most proud of the summits he produced that brought together executives and intellectuals to discuss the future of the Internet industry He’s hosted summits with Fortune Magazine and most recently with McKinsey and Company at their global headquarters in New York City.

In December of 2008, Aaron began working on his first feature film called The Aaron Cohens a Jewish comedy about 100 men named Aaron Cohen and their mothers. Aaron conceived and will produce The Aaron Cohens, a film that explores issues of Jewish identity and the ability to form communities on the Internet. Currently, Aaron has 120 friends on Facebook named Aaron Cohen and has met and filmed 25 Aaron Cohens in the United States and Israel. AnyClip employs 3 Aaron Cohens.

Aaron has a BA from Hampshire College and attended Columbia Business School. He lives in New York (Chelsea) with his wife Nina – an executive at Sotheby’s -- and his children -- Ry and Georgia.