Jim Lanzone

Who is Jim Lanzone?

As CEO of Ask.com, Jim Lanzone is responsible for overseeing

world-wide business operations. Ask.com is one of the world's leading

search engines, with more than 20 million users per month, offering

unique tools and technologies that make search better. Previous to his

role as CEO, Lanzone served as senior vice president and general

manager of Ask.com US, leading product management, marketing and

engineering for the Company. Lanzone joined Ask.com as vice president

of product management in 2001.Prior to his tenure at Ask.com, Lanzone co-founded eTour, an early

provider of information retrieval and cost-per-lead services on the

Web, and served as president until it was acquired by Ask.com in May

2001. eTour launched in 1997 and under Lanzone's direction, became a

top 50 website and the Web's #1 ranked site in user frequency in 1998

and 1999 (Media Metrix). Additionally, eTour was rated "A+" by

Entertainment Weekly. Earlier, Lanzone worked in product marketing for

KnowX.com, a division of the Thomson Corporation and one of the

Internet's leading providers of public record search.

Lanzone received his BA from U.C.L.A. and JD/MBA from Emory University.