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Steven Berkowitz

b. 1958

American business magnate

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Born 1958. Steven Berkowitz is an American business executive, move and inc..

Steven Berkowitz (born September 4, 1958) is the former CEO of Lumosity and former CEO of Move, Inc. After serving on the board of directors of Move, Inc. for nearly a year, Steve was selected by the board to succeed Michael Long to serve as the company's CEO. After completing the acquisition of Move by Newscorp, his tenure ended on January 5, 2015.

Education He has a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University at Albany, SUNY. His former house at 2795 Evergreen Point Road in Medina, Washington, USA was featured in a residential architecture magazine as well as 425 Magazine.

Career Prior to joining Move, he served as Senior Vice President of the Online Services Group at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). There, Berkowitz was responsible for running the Online Business group, which includes MSN.com, MSN TV and MSN Internet Access programming, advertising sales, business development, and marketing for Live Platform, MSN and Windows Live.

Before joining Microsoft in May 2006, Berkowitz served as chief executive officer of Ask Jeeves, an online search engine, from January 2004 until August 2005, when the business was sold to IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI). After its acquisition by IAC/InterActiveCorp., Ask Jeeves was renamed IAC Search and Media, and Berkowitz served as its chief executive officer until May 2006. Berkowitz was president of the Web Properties Division of Ask Jeeves from May 2001 until December 2003.

Lumosity CEO (November 2, 2015 to March 2019) Lumos Labs is the maker of Lumosity, an online program and mobile application consisting of games challenge you in the areas of memory, attention, flexibility, speed of processing, and problem solving.

Bazzarvoice Board Member (October 2015 to current)

Move, Inc. CEO (January 21, 2009 to January 5, 2015) Board Member (June 2008 to January 5, 2015)

The Ladders Board Member (July, 2008 to September 2013)

Microsoft Senior Vice President, Online Services Group (May, 2006 to September 2008)

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Education
State University of New York, University at Albany, SUNY
Employers
Microsoft
Awards
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

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American business magnate

When was Steven Berkowitz born?

Steven Berkowitz was born on 4 September 1958 in Seattle.

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Steven Berkowitz is a business executive, move and inc..

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