Mike Zapolin
Co-Founder, Internet Real Estate Group, Music.com and InsuranceQuotes.com
Mike "Zappy" Zapolin is Co-Founder of Internet Real Estate Group LLC, as well as Music.com and InsuranceQuotes.com. The creator of a Harvard Business School elective course on e-business, he has spoken at Inc. magazine's CEO Symposium and The Economist Branding Conference in Shanghai. He is responsible for such Internet brands as Beer.com, Computer.com, Debt.com, Creditcards.com, Diamond.com, Software.com, Sweepstakes.com, Phone.com, Podcast.com, SimpleDomains.com and InsuranceQuotes.com. Zapolin has fashioned direct-response campaigns for clients such as Time Warner, Diana Ross and VH1. With Deepak Chopra, he co-authored Ask the Kabala. Zapolin began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert, later joining Bear Stearns. He has been featured on NBC's "Today Show"; on ABC, CBS, CNBC and CNN; and in newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, BusinessWeek and Success. He is a graduate of the owner/president management program at Harvard Business School.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.