Michael Perlis, Partner [SoftBank Capital]
Mr. Perlis joined SoftBank Capital in 2000 from SoftBank’s former subsidiary, Ziff-Davis. He has served as a media industry CEO with over 20 years experience managing a wide range of content and multi-media brands. Until its sale in 2000, Mr. Perlis was President and CEO of Ziff-Davis Publishing. He was responsible for the management of these pre-eminent technology publishing properties and related products worldwide. Mr. Perlis dramatically repositioned the core Ziff-Davis brands from a PC focus to an Internet-centric position.

Mr. Perlis serves on the boards of several companies, including The Huffington Post, Paltalk, and Associated Content. Mr. Perlis served on the boards of Enpocket (sold to Nokia), Industry Brains (sold to Marchex), Zinio (sold to Gilvest) and World Publications (sold to Bonnier). All transactions took place in 2006-2007. Mr. Perlis is highly respected as an organizational and marketing professional and is a regular speaker at media and related industry gatherings.