Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> March 5, 2004
STEPHEN KILLEEN serves as the President and CEO of WorldWinner and is a
member of the Board. Stephen is the leader of the WorldWinner management
team and oversees operations at its headquarters in Newton,
Massachusetts and its office in Los Angeles, California. Stephen is a
seasoned Internet veteran with more than ten years of experience leading
numerous high-profile consumer and technology ventures. Most recently,
Stephen served as President of Terra Lycos U.S., where he led all areas
of Lycos, the world's fifth largest Web destination, including revenue,
profit and the consumer experience. During his tenure at Terra Lycos,
Stephen also headed Terra U.S., the global portal's U.S. Hispanic
business unit, and served on the Board of Directors of Lycos Europe and
Sympatico Lycos. Prior to Terra Lycos, he was President and Director of
Marketing Services Group, Inc. (MSGi), a leading provider of integrated
marketing solutions, and Chairman of MSGi's Internet Group. Previously,
Stephen was President and CEO of Raging Bull, joining the company when
it had four employees, and orchestrating its acquisition by AltaVista.
Before leading Raging Bull, Stephen was Senior Vice President at
Fidelity Investments, the second largest discount brokerage firm in the
world, where he led the organization responsible for Fidelity's dramatic
online growth. Prior to Fidelity, he served as Senior Vice President at
DLJ Direct (now called Harris Direct). At DLJ, Stephen pioneered the
online brokerage industry in the early '90s and dramatically grew the
company's online account base and transactions. Stephen received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Union College. He is a
director of Molecular, an industry-leading digital solutions advisor to
some of the most powerful businesses in the world; Protegent, a maker of
software to prevent improper trading at securities and money management
firms; Junior Achievement of Northern New England and the Greater Boston
Chamber of Commerce. Profile
and then bring us up to date and describe the company and business
today?
Mr. Killeen: WorldWinner started in late
