Ken Goldstein Executive Vice President & Managing Director Disney Online
Ken Goldstein is executive vice president and managing director of Disney
Online, the business unit of the Walt Disney Internet Group that produces
the No. 1 kids' entertainment and family community destination on the Web.
Responsible for all creative, technical, marketing, and financial
initiatives surrounding the presence of the Disney brand on the Internet,
Ken oversees development of the corporate site www.disney.com
(www.disney.com); all of the divisional Web sites of The Walt Disney
Company; the celebrated venue for tools and information www.familyfun.com
(www.familyfun.com); and www.movies.com (www.movies.com), a
leading movie information service offering movie reviews, trailers, listings
and other content for movie fans.
Prior to joining Disney in November 1998, Ken served as Brøderbund
Software's vice president of entertainment and founding general manager of
the company's Red Orb Entertainment division. Commercially and critically
acclaimed titles on the Red Orb label included "Riven: The Sequel to Myst,"
by Cyan Productions, "Warlords III," by the Strategic Studies Group (SSG),
"The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time," by Presto Studios, and "Prince
of Persia 3D," by the Red Orb Entertainment Studio.
Before the formation of Red Orb Entertainment at Brøderbund, Ken was
responsible for all aspects of development on the highly acclaimed Carmen
Sandiego series, leading the product family from aggregate worldwide sales
of 2.5 million units in 1992 to over 6 million units in 1997, while
supervising brand development through three television series, a motion
picture deal, and broad expansion of an international merchandising program.
Other award-winning titles his teams at Brøderbund produced include "In the
1st Degree," "Alien Tales," and "The Last Express." Prior to joining
Br¿derbund, Ken worked as a designer/producer at Philips Interactive Media
and Cinemaware Corporation, and for several years as a screenwriter and
television executive.
A graduate of Yale University, he is very active in children's welfare
issues. Ken currently sits on the board of directors for Hathaway Children
and Family Services, a non-profit organization that provides services for
abused, neglected and emotionally disturbed children. He has been a
volunteer with Free Arts for Abused Children and Olive Crest Treatment
Centers and served on the board of trustees of Full Circle Programs, a
residential treatment and family services agency.
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