Christopher M. Schroeder, Advisor to Polaris Ventures, Angel Investor, Former CEO Health Central, Former CEO WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive. Christopher M. Schroeder is an entrepreneur and investor in interactive technologies and social communications. He was Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of HealthCentral, a collection of condition and wellness-specific interactive experiences focused on people finding and sharing real-life experiences related to their health needs. Backed by Polaris Ventures, Sequoia Capital, The Carlyle Group, Allen & Co., and IAC/Interactive Corp (IAC), HealthCentral also manages a condition-specific health online advertising network. Remedy Health Media acquired HealthCentral in December 2011.
Schroeder is an investor and advisor for a series of technology start-ups and funds ranging from news and media, education, social networks and marketing. A veteran of online media, Schroeder served as CEO and Publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. During his tenure, the Company more than quadrupled in revenue and audience. Previously, Schroeder was CEO and President of LEGI-SLATE, INC, a leading online B2B provider of information on federal and state legislation and regulation, which he sold.
Prior to joining The Washington Post, Schroeder was a partner with the PE firm Thayer Capital Partners, and the investment bank Salomon Brothers. Schroeder has also had extensive government experience, serving in leading management roles in President George Bush’s 1988 and 1992 election campaigns, and working on Secretary of State James A. Baker’s staff.
Schroeder was a co-founder, and served as Chairman, of the Online Publishers Association (OPA), a research and information organization comprised of the CEOs of top online quality content publishers (including MSNBC, The NY Times, Dow Jones, ESPN.) He is writing a book, Arab Inc.(ubator), describing innovation and start-ups in the Middle East due out in the Spring of 2013.
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