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Chris DeWolfe is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a successful track record in the mobile entertainment and social networking industries. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Plai Labs and Jam City, a global leader in mobile entertainment that provides social gaming experiences. Before Jam City, Chris co-founded and served as CEO of MySpace, where he popularized social networking and revolutionized the music industry. In 2015, Chris received Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Producers Guild of America's Vanguard award in 2009. He studied finance at the University of Washington and attended the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, which honored him in 2006 with the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year award. Chris is an advisor at USC's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and a board member of Uproxx Media Group.
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