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Executive Team

Download image	Jason Kilar \| CEO Jason Kilar serves as the CEO of Hulu, an online TV service whose mission is to help people find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how they want it. Under Jason's leadership since the formative days of the venture in 2007, Hulu has grown to become a leading provider of premium online video with more than 410 professional content providers, 38 million unique monthly users and over 1,000 advertisers. Jason also led the launch of Hulu Plus, the only online video subscription service to offer current season and classic library programming on internet-connected TVs, tablets mobiles phones and PCs; Hulu Plus has reached 2 million paying subscribers faster than any video subscription service in US history. In 2011, Jason oversaw Hulu's international expansion with the launch of Hulu in Japan. Jason joined Hulu after nearly a decade of experience at Amazon.com where he served in a variety of key leadership roles. After writing the original business plan for Amazon's entry into the video business, he ultimately became vice president and general manager of Amazon's North American media businesses, which included the company's books, music, and video categories. He later served as senior vice president Worldwide Application Software where he led an organization of world-class technologists to innovate on behalf of merchants and consumers via Amazon's websites across the globe. Jason reported directly to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in this role. Jason began his career with The Walt Disney Company where he worked for Disney Design & Development. Jason received his MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Download image	Andy Forssell \| Senior Vice President of Content Andy Forssell is senior vice president of content for Hulu where he leads all strategy and operations for the content businesses. In his time at Hulu, Andy has accelerated the growth of the content business from just two content providers in 2007 to more than 410 today, and has led the expansion into original programming. Andy brought to Hulu more than a decade of experience at Siebel Systems and Oracle Corporation where he served in a number of leadership roles including product development, customer care, datacenter operations and supplier management for their hosted CRM software-as-a-service businesses. Andy's career began in the US Army where he served in the Armored Cavalry and achieved the rank of Captain. Andy earned a BS with honors in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, a BS in Russian studies from the United States Military Academy and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Download image	Chadwick Ho \| Senior Vice President and General Counsel Chadwick Ho is senior vice president and general counsel of Hulu responsible for all aspects of the company's business and legal affairs. He has more than a decade of experience representing media and technology clients in their corporate and licensing transactions, intellectual property, employment and litigation matters. Prior to joining Hulu, Chad served as vice president and deputy general counsel of MySpace, and vice president of business and legal affairs for Fox Interactive Media after it acquired MySpace, where he provided business and legal advice for their business operations. Before that, Chad served as senior counsel of ABC's Touchstone TV where he negotiated development, production and distribution deals for the studio's primetime programming. He began his career in private practice at Latham & Watkins and O'Melveny & Myers after clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Chad received a BA in Psychology with distinction from Stanford University and a JD with honors from Harvard Law School.
Download image	Jean-Paul Colaco \| Senior Vice President of Advertising Jean-Paul (JP) Colaco is senior vice president of advertising for Hulu where he leads all aspects of the advertising service, including sales and marketing, operations and advertising product and service innovation. Since joining Hulu in 2007, JP has built the advertising business into a platform that has attracted more than 1,000 advertisers and generated much of the $420 million in annual revenue. Under JP's leadership, the Hulu team has innovated on behalf of the advertising industry by introducing pioneering technologies such as Ad Swap and Ad Selector. Prior to Hulu, JP spent more than 12 years at The Walt Disney Company where he last served as senior vice president of business development reporting to CEO Robert Iger, and was responsible for developing new multi-platform brands for the company. Previously, he was president and general manager of Radio Disney Worldwide, a global music intensive radio network for kids and families. He began his career at McKinsey and Co. where he served as a consultant focused on strategic planning for entertainment and high technology companies. JP earned a BA in economics and a BA in honors in business administration from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He also received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Download image	Johannes Larcher \| Senior Vice President of International Johannes Larcher serves as Hulu's senior vice president of international and leads Hulu's business outside the United States. In 2011, Johannes led the charge on Hulu's international expansion with the launch of Hulu in Japan. Prior to joining Hulu, Johannes served in a number of internationally focused roles including general manager of international at Overture where he led the international business from initial concept definition to market leadership in 12 countries across Europe and Asia prior to its acquisition by Yahoo! in 2003. He also served as vice president and general manager of international for Friendster. Johannes' background also includes a wealth of online startup and consulting experience, having served as co-founder and CEO of several companies including Academy123, an online education service that was acquired by Discovery Communications, and most recently, Pikum, an online social entertainment company. Johannes is a Fulbright Scholar with an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Download image	John Foster \| Senior Vice President of Talent and Organization John Foster is senior vice president of talent and organization at Hulu where he leads the company's efforts to be "a place where builders build." He manages all aspects of talent management, recruitment, internal communications and human resources. Prior to joining Hulu, John spent five years as head of talent and organization at international design leader IDEO. He has nearly 20 years of leadership and organization development experience working both internally and externally with dozens of Fortune 500 companies including leadership roles at Citibank, Fidelity Investments, Levi Strauss and Mercury Interactive. John earned a Master of Education degree at Colorado State University and holds a twin BA in psychology and communication from Miami University.
Download image	Tom Fuelling \| Senior Vice President and CFO Tom Fuelling is the senior vice president and chief finance officer of Hulu. He joined Hulu with more than 20 years of professional experience in finance, accounting and operations with growth-oriented companies in the media/entertainment and Internet/technology industries. Tom's previous CFO experience includes Ascent Media's Network Services division, a $250M media services business that was part of Liberty Media; ARTISTdirect, Inc., a publicly-traded internet company; Sega Gameworks, a location-based entertainment company; and Village Roadshow Pictures, an independent film entertainment production company. He is a CPA and began his career at Price Waterhouse where he spent nine years in Los Angeles and London. Tom received a BS in business administration from the University of Southern California and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Download image	Richard Tom \| Senior Vice President and CTO Richard Tom serves as Hulu's senior vice president and chief technology officer where he is responsible for all aspects of the company's core technology and infrastructure. Richard joined Hulu in 2007 after spending eight years at Microsoft in a variety of software development roles, from building database replication engines on the SQL server team to leading a team of engineers architecting the business application platform for Office Live, one of Microsoft's first entries into software as a service. Most recently he served as Hulu's vice president of advertising technology and operations overseeing the development of Hulu's advertising platforms and leading the sales operations strategy. Richard holds a BS in computer science and engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.