Scott Kurnit
Scott P. Kurnit is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in
media and technology.
Career
Early career
After graduating from Hampshire College with a BA in Communications, Kurnit became a Program Director at WGBY-TV He was the youngest program director in the PBS system and served as program director for QUBE, the world's first fully interactive cable television system.Showtime
He started the first pay-per-view cable network and co-led the team that implemented the first use of national caller ID. Subsequently, he was president of Showtime Event TelevisionProdigy and MCI
Kurnit led the team that put the first web browser into an online service at the Prodigy network. Following Prodigy, Kurnit joined MCI to oversee MCI's attempts to grow its business in the Internet market.About.com
Kurnit founded About.com and served as its CEO during its growth to a public market value of $1.5 billion.About.com was acquired by PRIMEDIA in 2001, and later sold again to the New York Times Company in 2005. Kurnit left the CEO position in 2001 after the sale to Primedia. In 2002 a class action suit was brought against About.com, Primedia, Kurnit and others. The court dismissed all claims against Kurnit from the suit in August 2007.