How GoViral Sold For $96.7 Million – with Jimmy Maymann

Jimmy Maymann, GoViral, Sell Your Business

How does an ad man who’s fed up with banner ads launch and sell a viral video company?

In 2006, Jimmy Maymann co-founded GoViral, an online video distribution network. Five years later he sold it to AOL.

Today he’s the CEO of The Huffington Post, one of AOL’s biggest media properties.

Jimmy Maymann

GoViral

Jimmy Maymann co-founded GoViral, an online video distribution network. Five years later he sold it to AOL.

 

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