Jim Bankoff

Who is Jim Bankoff?

Bankoff joined Audible’s board in July 2007. He

left his post as EVP, Programming and Products at AOL in January 2007

where he led a global team of content programmers, designers, and web

developers that built and managed websites and applications for an

audience of over 100 million. Bankoff also spearheaded the launch of

AOL’s services to the open web and was part of the executive team that

successfully transitioned its business model to focus on advertising

growth. He built and ran dozens of world-class consumer websites such

as Moviefone, AOL Music, TMZ, AOL News, and Engadget. Bankoff also

oversaw AOL’s industry-leading Instant Messaging services, AIM and ICQ,

and other community applications. Under his leadership, AOL’s broadcast

of Live 8 made history as the first non-traditional program to win an

Emmy Award. All of these initiatives provided compelling experiences

for users and highly-coveted broadband inventory for advertisers and

marketers. Over the years, Bankoff served as President of AOL Web

Properties, responsible for Netscape, CompuServe, Moviefone, MapQuest,

ICQ, and AOL Instant Messenger services, where he coordinated the

integration of online properties across Time Warner. Bankoff serves on

the board of Network for Good. He received a Master's of Business

Administration from The Wharton School at the University of

Pennsylvania.