Demand Media, Inc.

Description

Founded in April 2006, Demand Media, Inc. is an online media company that combines registrar services, content aggregation and creation, and website optimization and monetization. The Company leverages its proprietary publishing, community, and monetization platform to power wholly-owned content properties and highly trafficked domains. Demand Media's sites currently receive more than 25 million unique visitors per month. The Company has completed twelve acquisitions to date, including eNom.com, eHow.com, Expert Village, and Trails.com. Spectrum and a group of co-investors provided Demand Media with equity capital to fund its initial acquisitions and the development of its management team.

CEO Biography

Richard Rosenblatt has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Demand Media since co-founding the company in May 2006. Mr. Rosenblatt has built, operated, and sold over $1.3 billion of Internet media companies. Most recently, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Intermix Media, Inc. (Amex: MIX) and Chairman of MySpace.com. During his eighteen months as CEO of Intermix, its public market capitalization grew from $70 million to over $650 million, when it was acquired by News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) in October, 2005. Prior to this venture, Mr. Rosenblatt sold iMALL (NASDAQ: iMAL) in 1999, a company he founded in 1994 and served as Chairman and CEO, to Excite@Home (NASDAQ: ATHM) for $565 million. iMALL's success was due to an early recognition of the power of user generated content (UGC). In addition to these two public Internet companies, Mr. Rosenblatt has been actively involved in a number of private internet companies. He also serves as non-executive chairman of iCrossing, a leading digital and natural search firm. Mr. Rosenblatt is a Southern California native, with a B.A. from UCLA and J.D. from USC Gould School of Law.

Headquarters: Santa Monica, CA USA
Web Site: www.demandmedia.com