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Steve Boom
Born1968 (age 55–56)[1]
CitizenshipU.S., Belgium[2]
Education
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Steve Boom is Vice President of Audio (encompassing Amazon Music, Audible, and Wondery[4]), Twitch & Games at Amazon.[2] Before that, he was the Vice President of Amazon Music.

Early career

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Boom received a JD from Harvard Law School[5] in 1994.[3] After law school, Boom began his career as an attorney at Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C.,[6] and then Venture Law Group in Silicon Valley, advising software and internet startups.[7]

He joined Yahoo Inc. in 1998[8] as director of business development for Yahoo Europe.[9] In October 2002, he became the company's senior vice president of business and enterprise services.[10] Boom worked at Yahoo for 10 years, departing in 2008[11] as senior vice president of the Connected Life division,[7] where he managed the company's mobile and broadband businesses.[12] Boom led the rollout of Yahoo's mobile advertising network[13] and Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0.[14] He also played a role in Yahoo's investment in speech recognition company Vlingo.[15]

In January 2009,[7] Boom became CEO of mig33, a mobile social networking service popular primarily outside the U.S.[16] He transitioned to the executive chairman role in March 2010.[17] Boom joined Loopt as its president in August 2010[18] and was also an adviser to video service Vuclip.[19]

Amazon

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Boom joined Amazon in 2012 to develop and launch the Amazon Music business.[4] He led the transition of the business from selling MP3 music downloads to providing music streaming,[20] including the introduction of Amazon Prime Music in 2014[21] and the rollout of the Amazon Music Unlimited streaming service in 2016.[22] In January 2020, Boom reported that Amazon Music had 55 million users.[23] As head of Amazon Music, he led the 2021[24] acquisitions of podcast network Wondery[25] and podcast hosting and advertising company Art19[26] as Amazon Music expanded into podcasts.[25] In 2022, Boom also led the expansion of the service to offer streaming of its entire catalog to Amazon Prime members[20] and the rollout of Amazon Music Live, a concert series airing on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch following Thursday Night Football.[27]

With the retirement of Senior Vice President Jeff Blackburn in December 2022,[28][29] Boom took on expanded leadership to include Audible, Twitch and Amazon Games, reporting to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.[30] Ryan Redington, general manager of Amazon Music, and Dan Clancy, CEO of Twitch, report to Boom.[2][31]

Additionally, Boom is the longest-running chairman of music aid organization MusiCares,[4] first joining the organization's board in 2017.[32] In this role, he helped create the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund[20] and guide distribution of $35 million in COVID-19 pandemic aid.[33][34]

References

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  1. ^ Witt, Stephen (9 February 2017). "Billboard Power 100 Cover: Amazon's Jeff Bezos & Steve Boom on Starting a New 'Golden Age' for Music". Billboard. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Steve Boom". Variety. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Fireside Chat with Steve Boom, VP of Amazon Music, JD '94". Harvard Club of San Francisco. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Garcia, Thania (18 July 2023). "Amazon Music's Ryan Redington Promoted to General Manager". Variety. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  5. ^ Soper, Spencer (7 December 2022). "Amazon CEO, Putting Stamp on Company, Promotes Four Executives". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  6. ^ Boom, Steve J. (1995). "The European Union after the Maastricht Decision: Will Germany be the "Virginia of Europe?"". The American Journal of Comparative Law. 43 (2): 177–226. doi:10.2307/840514. JSTOR 840514.
  7. ^ a b c "Former Yahoo executive named Mig33 CEO". San Francisco Business Times. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  8. ^ Arrington, Michael (27 August 2008). "More Yahoo Senior Exec Defections: Steve Boom and Todd Teresi". TechCrunch. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  9. ^ Sanchez, Jana (11 December 2000). "Yahoo to adapt for mobile phones". Computerworld. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Yahoo Executive Is Dismissed - WSJ". Wall Street Journal. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  11. ^ Shankland, Stephen (29 September 2008). "Yahoo revamps mobile group for profitability plan". CNET. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  12. ^ Nagri, Idris (1 October 2007). "Yahoo Expands Reach of OneSearch in Europe, Latin America". Search Engine Watch. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Yahoo to Offer a Network for Web Ads on Cellphones". Gainesville Sun. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  14. ^ Helft, Miguel (9 January 2007). "Yahoo Introduces Mobile Service Software". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Yahoo Leads $20 Million Round for Vlingo". DealBook. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  16. ^ Marshall, Matt (25 June 2009). "Mig33 is most downloaded mobile app — have you heard of it?". VentureBeat. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  17. ^ Takahashi, Dean (17 March 2010). "mig33's mobile chat service finds success in emerging markets". VentureBeat. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  18. ^ Ha, Anthony (30 August 2010). "Loopt hires mobile veteran to reclaim the location crown". VentureBeat. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  19. ^ Satariano, Adam (12 June 2014). "Amazon's Music Service Said to Hit Snags With Universal". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  20. ^ a b c Patel, Nilay (1 November 2022). "Why Amazon VP Steve Boom just made the entire music catalog free with Prime". The Verge. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  21. ^ Tu, Janet I. (12 June 2014). "Amazon launches streaming music for Prime members". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  22. ^ Sisario, Ben (12 October 2016). "Amazon Pairs Its Speaker With Streaming Music, at a Bargain Price". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Amazon Music subscriber numbers close in on Apple". Financial Times. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  24. ^ Spangler, Todd (1 April 2021). "Podcast Studio Wondery, Now Owned by Amazon, Plans to Double Staff This Year". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  25. ^ a b Shaw, Lucas (16 August 2021). "Amazon's Move Into Podcasts Was a Big Advertising Play All Along". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  26. ^ "Why Podcasting? For Amazon, The Answer Seems To Be Advertising". Inside Radio. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  27. ^ DiGiacomo, Frank; Knopper, Steve (2 February 2023). "Billboard's 2023 Power 100: Executives List Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  28. ^ "Amazon head of Prime Video, Twitch and gaming retires again - Glamsham". 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  29. ^ Staff, Amazon (2022-12-02). "Longtime Amazon leader and SVP, Jeff Blackburn, to retire from Amazon". www.aboutamazon.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  30. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (2 December 2022). "Jeff Blackburn Retires as Head of Amazon's Global Entertainment Group". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  31. ^ Goldsmith, Annie (2023-06-16). "Twitch's New CEO Tries to Strike the Right Chords". The Information. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  32. ^ "Mick Management's Michael McDonald Named Chair of MusiCares Foundation, Amazon's Steve Boom Joins Board". Variety. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  33. ^ Garcia, Thania; Aswad, Jem (3 March 2023). "Music Industry Moves: Nashville's Anzie Blue Reopens as Live Music Venue". Variety. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  34. ^ Ward, Andrew (23 February 2023). "MusiCares, The Amazing Organization Supporting the People Behind the Music". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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