Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 23, 2001
CHARLES M. PECK was appointed Chief Executive Officer of theglobe.com,
inc. in August 2000. Prior to joining theglobe.com, from 1995-2000 Mr.
Peck was Senior Vice President of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (AICPA), with P&L chief operating responsibilities
for over $150 million in revenue and over 250 of its 650 employees. From
1991-1995, he headed up marketing and sales for two major business units
of Simon & Schuster, a division of Viacom, and was responsible for
integrating companies into a single-source provider of Prentice Hall
Legal & Financial Services until its spin-off. He then took on a
turnaround at a training unit of Simon & Schuster. From 1987-1990 Mr.
Peck served as Vice President of Sales at Telerate Systems, Inc., a Dow
Jones & Co. online financial information provider. He was a Senior Vice
President of Marketing & Sales for Standard & Poors from 1985-1987, and
was Vice President of Market Development and Planning for the New York
Stock Exchange's New York Futures Exchange from 1982-1995. Early in his
career, Mr. Peck was founding Officer of New York Air, and held senior-
level marketing, sales and training positions for blue chip marketers,
the Pepsi-Cola Co., Xerox and Levi Strauss, and served as a Consultant
with Booz'Allen & Hamilton. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics
and an MBA in Finance from the State University of New York at Albany,
and has served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is a frequent inspirational
speaker among professional and business associations, and has taught at
several universities and colleges on an adjunct basis. Profile
of the company.
Mr. Peck: theglobe.com is one of the few Internet companies that has
been in business for nearly seven
