Van Toffler
Van Toffler (born December 5, 1958) is the CEO of digital media production and distribution company Gunpowder & Sky, which he co-founded in 2016. He was formerly the President of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group at Viacom from March 2008 to April 2015.
Van Toffler
December 5, 1958
CEO of Gunpowder & Sky
Career[edit]
Toffler was the former President of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group at Viacom from March 2008 until he announced on February 17, 2015 he was leaving Viacom Media Networks[2] in April 2015 to "launch a content creation and acquisition company tentatively named Below the Radar. Toffler will be leaving his post in April, but will continue to executive produce a number of Viacom's flagship events including the VMAs, one of the signature franchises he launched."[3] He joined the start-up networks in 1987. On February 19, 2015, Viacom announced that Doug Herzog would replace him.[4]
In January 2016, Toffler, together with Floris Bauer and Otter Media formed Gunpowder & Sky, a digital content company aimed at millennials.[5]
He was also an associate with the law firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler.[6]
Education[edit]
Toffler graduated from George W. Hewlett High School in 1976, The George Washington University in 1980[7] and has a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1983).[8]
Honors[edit]
In 2012, Billboard listed him as #35 in the Billboard Power 100.[9]
In 2004, he was named the City of Hope's 2004 Spirit of Life honoree for "raising awareness of social and health issues through such programming as The Osbournes and Tom Green Cancer Special."[10]