Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 2, 2000

Tod Johnson – Media Metrix Inc (mmxi)

TOD JOHNSON, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Media Metrix, also serves as the Chairman and CEO of The NPD Group, Inc. As CEO of NPD since 1971, Mr. Johnson has transformed NPD into a top-10 market research firm with international reach, cutting-edge electronic information technologies, and an expanded range of industry coverage. Mr. Johnson is a widely recognized expert on brand loyalty, a subject on which he has regularly published since 1982. He has served as Chairman of the Advertising Research Foundation (1990), and was the founding chairman of the Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (1992 to 1994). Mr. Johnson earned both a Masters of Science and Bachelor of Science, both in industrial administration, at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he is currently a Trustee and Chairman of the Capital Campaign. Profile
TWST: Give us a quick history, an overview of the company.

Mr. Johnson: The company started, actually, back in 1995 as part of a

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