document.write("\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"cbw_subcontent_left\">\n    <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-hippeau\"><img src=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0001/8054/18054v1-max-150x150.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Eric Hippeau image\" /></a>\n  </div>\n\n<div class=\"cbw_subcontent_right\">    \n <table>\n   \n \t\n \t\n \t  <tr>\n \t  \t<td class=\"td_left\">Companies:</td>\n \t  \t<td class=\"td_right\">\n \t  \t\n \t    <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/softbank-capital\">SoftBank Capital</a>, <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/thumbplay\">Thumbplay</a>, <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/yahoo\">Yahoo!</a>, <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/huffingtonpost\">Huffington Post</a>, <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/lerer-ventures\">Lerer Ventures</a>\n \t    </td>\n \t  </tr>\n \t\n </table>\t\n \t\n  <p>Eric Hippeau served as Chief Executive Officer of The Huffington Post from June, 2009 through March, 2011, when the Huffington Post was sold to AOL. In September 2006, Hippeau&#8217;s investment firm, Softbank Capital, was the first institutional investor&#8230; <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-hippeau\" title=\"Learn More\">Learn More</a></p>\n\n</div>\n ")