Jon Werther

Who is Jon Werther?

As Executive Vice President of Business Development, Jon Werther

drives strategic transactions and relationships for the company (with a

primary focus on distribution, content, platform/technology, new

service and product-related transactions) and evaluates new business

opportunities. His group also focuses on the process of innovation at

AOL, working with key stakeholders throughout the company to help

generate ideas, share best practices and instill more systematic

processes to foster and reward innovation.

Werther spent the past year working at Time Warner, Inc. as Vice

President, Operations, where he was responsible for strategic business

initiatives and shareholder value creation opportunities at both the

corporate and divisional operating levels.

Prior to that, Werther spent seven years at AOL in a variety of

executive roles, overseeing a broad range of cross-company operational

initiatives, structuring and negotiating various strategic

transactions, formulating key AOL strategies, and developing new

revenue streams.

Before joining AOL, Werther worked at Arnold Porter LLP in

Washington, DC, where he represented and advised clients in connection

with a variety of transactions, primarily in South America and Asia.

Werther earned an MBA from The Wharton School, a JD from the George

Washington University Law School (where he graduated Order of the Coif

and was a member of the George Washington Law Review) and a BA from

Emory University (where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa).