People: FriendFinder Networks Inc (FFN.W)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Marc Bell	45	2012	Executive Co-Chairman of the Board
Daniel Staton	59	2012	Non-Executive Co-Chairman of the Board
Anthony Previte	47	2012	President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer
Ezra Shashoua	57	2008	Chief Financial Officer
Robert Brackett	34	2007	President - Internet Group
David Gellen	44	2011	Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Robert Bell	72	2005	Director
Donald Johnson	49	2012	Independent Director
James LaChance	47	2008	Independent Director
Toby Lazarus	44	2009	Independent Director
Steven Rattner	52	2012	Independent Director
Jason Smith	39	2005	Independent Director
Kai Shing Tao	35	2012	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Marc Bell	Mr. Marc H. Bell is the Executive Co-Chairman of the Board of FriendFinder Networks Inc. Mr. Bell served as Chief Executive Officer prior to July 1, 2012. He has been Chief Executive Officer and a Director since October 2004. Mr. Bell also served as President from October 2004 until March 29, 2012. Mr. Bell will retire as Chief Executive Officer and become Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors on or about July 1, 2012. Mr. Bell has served as Managing Director of Marc Bell Capital Partners LLC, an investment firm which invests in media and entertainment ventures, real estate and distressed assets, since 2003. Previously. Globix, which went public in 1996 under the name Bell Technology Group, Ltd. and was renamed Globix Corporation in 1998, offered internet connectivity and sophisticated internet-based solutions to and medium size companies through a host of vertically-integrated businesses. Globix was an initial investor in NetSat Express, a satellite communications joint venture with Globecomm Systems Inc. and Reuters Group plc, which was later sold to Globecomm Systems Inc. Mr. Bell remained the non-executive Chairman of Globix until December 15, 2002. Mr. Bell was also a member of the Board of Directors of EDGAR Online, Inc. Mr. Bell is a member of the Board of Trustees of New York University and New York University School of Medicine and was an adjunct instructor at the Global Entrepreneurship Center of Florida International University, where he taught graduate courses in Entrepreneurship. Mr. Bell holds a B.S. degree in accounting from Babson College and an M.S. degree in real estate development and investment from New York University.
Daniel Staton	Mr. Daniel C. Staton is the Non-Executive Co-Chairman of the Board of FriendFinder Networks Inc. He has been Chairman of the Board since October 2004 and served as Treasurer from December 2008 to June 2011. Mr. Staton has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE: ARR). Mr. Staton has served as Managing Director of Staton Capital LLC, a private investment firm, since 2003. Mr. Staton served as President of The Walnut Group, a private investment firm that has made over 20 private equity and venture capital investments, from 1997 to January 2007. Prior to forming The Walnut Group, Mr. Staton served as General Manager and partner of Duke Associates from 1981 to 1993. With its initial public offering, Mr. Staton became Chief Operating Officer and a director of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. (NYSE: DRE), a real estate investment trust, from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Staton served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Storage Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust, from 1997 to 1999 and led its merger with Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), where he has served on the Board of Directors since 1999. The Walnut Group was an initial investor and Mr. Staton served as director of Build-a-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW), a specialty retailer with over 300 stores, from 1998 until its initial public offering in 2004. Mr. Staton majored in Finance at the University of Missouri and holds a B.S. degree in specialized business from Ohio University and a B.S. degree in business (management) from California Coast University. Mr. Staton has served as Executive in Residence at both the University of Missouri and Ohio University.
Anthony Previte	Mr. Anthony L. Previte is President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer of FriendFinder Networks Inc. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company commencing on July 1, 2012. He has been Chief Operating Officer since February 2008 and became President on March 29, 2012. In addition to serving as President, Mr. Previte will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer on or about July 1, 2012 to the extent that he adequately performs his duties as President prior to that date. From March 2003 to January 2008, Mr. Previte was Managing Member of Starsmith LLC, a financial business consulting and outsourcing services company that provided consulting services to from December 2006 until December 2007. From October 1998 to March 2003, Mr. Previte was with Globix Corporation where he served as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
Ezra Shashoua	Mr. Ezra Shashoua is Chief Financial Officer of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since January 2008. From September 2007 to January 2008, Mr. Shashoua served as a consultant to company. Mr. Shashoua also served as the Chief Financial Officer of EAC, a publicly held blank check company organized for the purpose of effecting a merger, acquisition or other similar business combination with an operating business, from January 2008 to November 2009. From June 2003 to May 2007, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cruzan International, Inc., a Florida-based publicly-held spirits company which owned the Cruzan Rum brand and several manufacturing plants. He was part of the management team that grew the Cruzan brand into a 700,000 annual case premium rum. Prior to his employment at Cruzan, Mr. Shashoua served as Executive Vice President from 2001 to June 2003 at NationsRent, Inc., a publicly-held NYSE equipment rental company. NationsRent filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in December 2001. The plan of reorganization, the development of which was led by Mr. Shashoua, was confirmed by the bankruptcy court in May 2003. Mr. Shashoua had previously been at 7-Eleven, Inc. where he served in several roles of increasing responsibility over 18 years culminating in his appointment as Chief Financial Officer. During his tenure, 7-Eleven, Inc. went through a leveraged buyout, reorganization and sale. After reorganization, Mr. Shashoua was of the management team that revitalized the 7-Eleven convenience store concept. Mr. Shashoua started his career as an attorney at the law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP in Chicago. He holds a B.A. degree from Northwestern University and a J.D. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology- Chicago Kent College of Law.
Robert Brackett	Mr. Robert Brackett is President - Internet Group of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since December 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Brackett was Interim President of Various from October 2006 to December 2007, when the Company acquired Various. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Brackett served as Chief Technology Officer of Various. Over the last four years he has spearheaded Various’ infrastructure and software growth. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Brackett was software developer at iPrint Technologies, the internet’s first online print shop. Mr. Brackett developed software at iPrint to allow the easy creation of custom print shops for many businesses such as Oracle, Washington Mutual and 3M. Mr. Brackett graduated from the University of California-Santa Cruz with highest honors in computer science and honors in language studies.
David Gellen	Mr. David Gellen is Senior Vice President, General Counsel of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since February 2011. From May 2007 to February 2011, Mr. Gellen was a shareholder at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. where he was a member of the Corporate and Securities, Intellectual Property and Technology and Media Practice Groups. From May 2001 to May 2007, Mr. Gellen directed the corporate and legal affairs as General Counsel of Pace Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Pace plc, a publicly held (London Stock Exchange) technology developer of digital technology products for the global payTV market. Prior to joining Pace Americas, Inc., Mr. Gellen was a partner at the law firm of Kutak Rock LLP. Mr. Gellen is a graduate of the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree. He also received his Bachelor of Arts degree, with high honors, from the University of Florida.
Robert Bell	Mr. Robert B. Bell is Director of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since 2005. Currently retired, Mr. Bell served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Globix Corporation from 1994 to September 1999. Prior to joining Globix, Mr. Bell was a practicing attorney in New York City at the firm of Bell, Kalnick, Beckman, Klee and Green LLP, which Mr. Bell founded in the early 1970s and specialized in the law of international real estate joint ventures and investment. He is the author of Joint Ventures in Real Estate published by John Wiley & Sons. Prior to 1994, Mr. Bell was for over 15 years an Adjunct Professor at New York University. Mr. Bell has a B.S. degree from New York University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Donald Johnson	Mr. Donald A. Johnson is Independent Director of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since March 29, 2012. Mr. Johnson is a Managing Board Member at Heritage Development, LLC, a consulting company that develops mathematical software for horse racing companies. Since 1999, Mr. Johnson has also served as Chief Executive Officer of C.J. & Associates, Inc., a business development company. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Johnson served on the board of directors of The Children’s Cultural Center, a nonprofit organization focused on enhancing the cultural education and enrichment of the youth of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Johnson has served on numerous boards of directors and held executive positions at various horseracing companies including but not limited to: Thoroughbred Racing Association (1992 to 1995); Pegasus Riding Academy Inc. (1992 to 1999); M.A.D.R.E. Enterprises Inc. (1985 to 1994); Texas Racing Commission (1991); Oregon Racing, Inc. (1989-1991); Park Concession Company (1990 to 1992); Portland Meadows Race Course (1989 to 1990); Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission (1986 to 1989); and Meadow Creek Enterprises (1987 to 1994).
James LaChance	Mr. James LaChance is Independent Director of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since October 2008. Mr. LaChance has served as a director of Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTC: HRZL.PK), a domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company, since November 2011. Since 2004, Mr. LaChance has served as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Northern Offshore Ltd., a drilling and production services company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Bors: NOF.OL). From July 2005 to February 2008, Mr. LaChance served as portfolio manager at Satellite Asset Management, L.P., an investment management fund in New York with approximately $7 billion assets under management. From 2002 to June 2005, he was a Partner at Post Advisory Group, LLC, an investment management firm in Los Angeles with $8 billion assets under management. Prior to that, from 1997 to 2001, he managed a number of hedge funds for LibertyView Capital Management. Mr. LaChance began his professional career as an audit and management consultant for Arthur Andersen & Co. Subsequent to obtaining his MBA, Mr. LaChance worked as a restructuring and merchant banker with Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. LaChance graduated from Northeastern University with a B.A. degree in business administration and an M.B.A. degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Toby Lazarus	Dr. Toby E. Lazarus is Independent Director of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since March 2009. Since 2004, Dr. Lazarus has served as Vice President of Operations for Lumen Management LLC. Lumen Management LLC is the general partner of Lumen Capital LP. Lumen Capital LP is a multi-strategy investment partnership. Prior to joining Lumen Management LLC, she served in various positions in hospitals and health centers across the United States with an emphasis on developmental psychology and psychiatry. Dr. Lazarus graduated from Johns Hopkins University, Phi Beta Kappa with honors in psychology, received her M.A. and Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Chicago with a focus on neuropsychology and has presented her work at various conferences in the United States.
Steven Rattner	Mr. Steven Rattner is Independent Director of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since March 29, 2012. Mr. Rattner co-founded Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette’s (DLJ) Leveraged Finance business, and was instrumental in building and managing one of the most well-known and respected credit underwriting, sales, trading and research operations on Wall Street. From 1988 to 2008, Mr. Rattner served as partner at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (DLJMBP), one of the first private equity funds located within a investment bank. Mr. Rattner retired from DLJMBP as a full time partner at the end of 2008 which corresponded with the completion of the investment period of the last fund. He continues to sit on a number of boards for the benefit of the fund, acts as a consultant for various money managers in making investments in both debt and equity and as an advisor for operating businesses assisting them with sharpening their long and short-term strategies. Mr. Rattner has served on numerous boards of directors of public and private companies including Warner Chilcott, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Peachtree Financial and Safilo Group International.
Jason Smith	Mr. Jason H. Smith is Independent Director of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since 2005. Since 2007, Mr. Smith has overseen and managed investments for Fortune Recovery, LLC, a recycling company, and BJS Partnership, Ltd. and B-Smith Enterprises, companies which own four industrial real estate properties totaling 2.4 million square feet in three states. From 1994 to December 2008, Mr. Smith was the Chief Operating Officer at Hopper Radio of Florida Inc., a consumer electronics distribution business which, among other things, sourced and distributed the Memorex brand of consumer electronics. Mr. Smith spearheaded the Disney Electronics line of consumer electronics which debuted in 2003 through a partnership with Disney Consumer Products. He oversaw the due diligence process in the eventual sale of the business to Imation in 2007. Mr. Smith graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, with a major in marketing and a minor in environmental studies.
Kai Shing Tao	Mr. Kai Shing Tao is Independent Director of FriendFinder Networks Inc., since March 29, 2012. Mr. Tao currently serves as Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Pacific Star Partners, a private investment group. Prior to founding Pacific Star Partners, Mr. Tao was a partner at FALA Capital Group, a single investment office, where he was responsible for the global liquid investments outside the operating companies. He is an experienced global investor with a concentration in the Greater China region and the United States. Mr. Tao’s areas of business interests include the fields of real estate, consumer products, gaming, manufacturing, technology, media and telecommunications. Since 2007, Mr. Tao has served as a member of the board of directors of Remark Media, Inc. (formerly HSW International, Inc.), a global digital media company focused on developing social media businesses that incorporate relevant, high quality content. Since 2006, he has served on the board of Genesis Today, a private nutritional supplement and juice company. In 2010, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. elected him to its board of directors where he served until the company went private in 2011. Mr. Tao is a graduate of the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Marc Bell	817,807
Daniel Staton	869,417
Anthony Previte	600,000
Ezra Shashoua	596,667
Robert Brackett	534,726
David Gellen	--
Robert Bell	--
Donald Johnson	--
James LaChance	--
Toby Lazarus	--
Steven Rattner	--
Jason Smith	--
Kai Shing Tao	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Marc Bell	0	0
Daniel Staton	0	0
Anthony Previte	0	0
Ezra Shashoua	0	0
Robert Brackett	0	0
David Gellen	0	0
Robert Bell	0	0
Donald Johnson	0	0
James LaChance	0	0
Toby Lazarus	0	0
Steven Rattner	0	0
Jason Smith	0	0
Kai Shing Tao	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
STATON DANIEL C	2,500	$0.00
BELL MARC H	2,500	$0.00
STATON DANIEL C	62,500	$0.00
BELL MARC H	62,500	$0.00
STATON DANIEL C	62,500	$0.00
BELL MARC H	62,500	$0.00
STATON DANIEL C	15,625	$0.71
BELL MARC H	15,625	$0.71
STATON DANIEL C	15,625	$0.86
BELL MARC H	62,500	$0.00
STATON DANIEL C	62,500	$0.00
BELL MARC H	15,625	$0.86
BELL MARC H	62,500	$0.00
STATON DANIEL C	62,500	$0.00
BELL MARC H	318,541	$0.00
STATON DANIEL C	318,541	$0.00
PREVITE ANTHONY	500,000	$0.00
STATON DANIEL C	2,500	$0.00
BELL MARC H	2,500	$0.00
PREVITE ANTHONY	100,000	$0.00
GELLEN DAVID	25,000	$0.00
SHASHOUA EZRA	100,000	$0.00
BRACKETT ROBERT	75,000	$0.00
CONRU ANDREW B	43,100	$2.11
CONRU ANDREW B	9,900	$2.20

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