Residence New York, New York Role Author | Name Kay Koplovitz Nationality American | |
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Born April 11, 1945 (age 79) ( 1945-04-11 ) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US Occupation Co-Founder and Chairman of Springboard Enterprises Books Bold Women, Big Ideas: Learning To Play The High-risk Entrepreneurial Game | ||
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Kay Koplovitz (born April 11, 1945) founded the USA Network and is the first woman to serve as network president in television history. She currently serves as the co-founder and chairman of Springboard Enterprises, chairman and CEO of Koplovitz & Company LLC and chairman of the board at Fifth & Pacific. She is also the author of Bold Women, Big Ideas: Learning To Play The High-Risk Entrepreneurial Game.
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- Born in beer capital kay koplovitz
- Impact investing women fuel 21st century economy kay koplovitz at tedxbayarea
- Early life education
- USA Networks
- Springboard Enterprises Koplovitz Company
- Other projects and board memberships
- Awards and honors
- References
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Early life, education
Kay Koplovitz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a B.A. in communications and earned a master's degree in communications from Michigan State University. She is married to private investor William C. Koplovitz, Jr.
USA Networks
Koplovitz founded the USA Network in 1977 as an all sports service, Madison Square Garden Sports. USA would eventually become the number one ranking cable network in primetime viewership for 13 consecutive years. Under her leadership, the SyFy Channel was launched in 1992 and USA Network International was launched in 1994, operating in countries around the world. Koplovitz is also credited for creating the concept for two revenue steams of licensing and advertising. She served as chairman and chief executive officer until 1998, when it was sold for $4.5 billion and it became a publicly listed company.
Springboard Enterprises, Koplovitz & Company
In 1998, President Bill Clinton appointed Koplovitz to chair the bipartisan National Women's Business Council. This helped create a platform for her to Co-Found Springboard Enterprises in 2000. Springboard is a national organization fostering venture capital investments in women-led high growth companies and has raised over $5.5 billion and created over 10,000 jobs since its inception.
Also in 1998, Koplovitz & Company LLC was established to provide advisory services to entertainment companies, sports organizations, advertisers and distributors. It advises companies on growth strategies and the firm makes investments in early and mid-stage companies in media and technology.
In 2013, she delivered the keynote at the Women 2.0 conference in Las Vegas which caters to women in technology.
Other projects and board memberships
In 2002, Koplovitz's book Bold Women, Big Ideas: Learning To Play The High-Risk Entrepreneurial Game was published. She wrote to inform and inspire women entrepreneurs to create wealth through equity.
Koplovitz served as chairman of the board of Fifth & Pacific, formerly Liz Claiborne, from January 2007 until May 2013. She has also served as a board member of CA Technologies, ION Media, Instinet, Oracle, Nabisco and General Re.
Koplovitz served as chairman of the board for Kate Spade & Company from 2007 to 2013.
In April 2014, it was announced that Kay Koplovitz would sit on the 10-member board of Time Inc., the publishing arm of Time Warner Inc.
Koplovitz announced the Video4Villages project in 2014, which will attempt to create a global platform using mobile distribution, making video content available on any phone with local language subtitles. Koplovitz began the project in the hopes of bringing knowledge through video to those living in parts of the world without high-speed connections.
Awards and honors
Koplovitz holds honorary doctorate degrees from Emerson College, St. John's University, Michigan State University and Canisius College. Other honors and awards she has received include the following: