Jim Savage
Partner
Before Longworth, Jim Savage spent 20 years successfully developing, launching, and managing early stage software and media companies. As CEO of PlanetAll, Inc., a pioneering social networking service, Jim directed the company from its early venture-funding phase through its successful acquisition by Amazon.com.
Previously, Jim was the founding General Manager of ZDNet, the Web’s leading IT media company, acquired by CNET for $1.3 billion. Before ZDNet, Jim was an Executive Vice President at Simon & Schuster/Prentice Hall, where he directed the online publishing activities of its legal publishing division. Jim started his career managing digital media initiatives at McGraw-Hill.
Jim represents Longworth on the boards of directors of Constant Contact, Frame Media, Grab Networks, and Scrapblog. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) and Boston’s Museum of Science. Jim graduated from Harvard University.
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