Lee Clancy is the SVP of Product Management and General Manager of Direct Revenue for IMVU, an online community whose members use 3D avatars to meet new people, chat, create, and play with their friends. IMVU has reached 50 million registered users, 10 million monthly unique visitors and a $40 million revenue run rate.
Lee joined IMVU in September 2008 from Yahoo!, where he was Senior Director for Community Products. At Yahoo!, Lee also led product management for Yahoo! Groups, a global community of 110 million users, and Yahoo! Personals, the most visited destination in the dating market. Prior to Yahoo!, Lee co-founded a music-focused social networking startup. Lee also worked at Broadband Office in business development and at PricewaterhouseCoopers in strategy consulting advising entertainment and media clients.
Lee earned a B.A. in Spanish Literature from Amherst College, an M.B.A. from Cornell University, and an M.A. in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.