Location Mercer Island, Washington, United States Regions Greater Seattle Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Virl Hill is a Consultant, Strategic Advisor and Angel Investor, focused on building and accelerating the growth of consumer internet and digital media businesses at startups, growing companies and large organizations.
From 2010 through 2012, Mr. Hill was CEO, President and a Board member of Blade Games World, an early-stage digital games
company. Previously during a 13 year career at RealNetworks, he helped lead the spinout of Rhapsody, ran Rollingstone.com and created and managed strategic partnerships with major media companies, sports leagues, cable networks, leading digital media companies and cable MSOs. He also helped create many pioneering licensing and distribution relationships and economic models around early stage digital media, including a/v search, premium subscription content, digital music and ad supported streaming video. Prior to his tenure at RealNetworks, he headed the strategic planning team for The Walt Disney Company's Television and Non-Feature Animation production divisions. He also previously worked in international distribution at Hanna-Barbera Productions and in investment banking with Credit Suisse First Boston.
Mr. Hill is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and The Recording Academy. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and BA in economics from Northwestern.
