Ricky Van Veen
| Ricky Van Veen | |
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 Van Veen speaking at SXSW in 2007 |
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| Born | Ricky Van Veen 1980/1981 (age 30–31)[1] Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland |
| Known for | co-founder of CollegeHumor |
| Website | |
| rickyvanveen.com | |
Ricky Van Veen is the co-founder of CollegeHumor, a popular comedy brand/website, and CEO of Notional, a television production company born out of CollegeHumor. Van Veen created the site as a student at Wake Forest and it quickly became a mainstay.[1] Van Veen's site was earning between $10 million–15 million dollars a year before the partners sold a controlling stake to IAC/InterActiveCorp.[2][3] He is also one of the principal owners and founders of Connected Ventures, a company formed around CollegeHumor that included BustedTees and Vimeo.[4]
Van Veen remains CollegeHumor's CEO. He often appears in some of the company's video series such as Jake and Amir and Hardly Working,[5] and the former MTV's The CollegeHumor Show.
In July 2009 Van Veen was announced to be the CEO of the new production company, Notional,[6] which would be producing material for the traditional media of television. Notional would not be funded by IAC/InterActiveCorp. Van Veen would be mentored by Barry Diller, who is the Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp.
[edit] References
- ^ a b St. John, Warren (2005-07-24). "Sophomorically Incorrect". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/fashion/sundaystyles/24COLLEGE.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ^ Gangemi, Jeffrey (2006-09-12). "Buying Sites with a Built-in Audience". Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2006/sb20060912_833978.htm?chan=search. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ^ Barry Diller Buys CollegeHumor
- ^ Mead, Rebecca (2005-01-25). "Funny Boys". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/01/24/050124fa_fact2?printable=true. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ^ "Ricky Van Veen's College Humor Page". collegehumor.com. http://www.collegehumor.com/user:224. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ^ Ali, Rafat (2009-07-25). "paidContent - CollegeHumor's New Production Spinoff: Notional; Van Veen's Heading It". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072403336.html. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
