Robert Young is the co-founder & Executive Chairman of Publish2, Inc. Robert is an entrepreneur, market disruptor, and dealmaker. His career as a disruptor began when he played an instrumental role in launching the first nationwide consumer ISP, which he sold to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. (negotiating the first M&A deal between an Internet company and a traditional media giant). Robert then proceeded to disrupt Madison Ave by launching the first company to be based solely on Internet advertising, where he also invented “Pay-Per-Click” advertising, organized the industry’s first Internet ad sales force, and invented “free e-mail.” Robert also ran one of the largest consumer online (social networking) communities on the web. Robert is currently a board member of SocialVibe, and is a widely-read blogger who has written for GigaOM, ZDNet, and can now be found at Publishing 2.0.
