Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 9, 2001

Ted Meisel – Goto.com Inc (goto)

TED MEISEL, President and Chief Executive Officer, joined GoTo.com, Inc. in December 1998 as Chief Operating Officer. He added the title of President in May 1999 and was designated Chief Executive Officer in January 2000. Before joining the company, he held a series of leadership positions with Ticketmaster Online- CitySearch, where his responsibilities included the areas of content, product management, product design, professional services, business development, engineering and general management of CitySearch New York. Prior to CitySearch, he spent five years at McKinsey & Company serving media, telecommunications and financial services companies, and three years with Strategic Planning Associates (currently Mercer Management Consulting) in Washington, DC, and Singapore. Mr. Meisel holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a JD from Stanford Law School. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a historical sketch of the company and an

overview?

Mr. Meisel: The company was founded in 1998 by Bill Gross at idealab! to

do two things: first, to improve Internet