John Antioco

John Antioco is the former CEO of Blockbuster Video. He is the chairman of the board of directors at Red Mango and the Managing Partner of JAMCO Interests LLC.[1] He holds a degree in Business Administration from the New York Institute of Technology.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Also in 2000 John Antioco turned down a chance to partner with Netflix, with the startup running the online business and blockbuster focusing on the retail stores.[13] In 2000, Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix, approached Blockbuster with an offer to sell his company to Blockbuster for US$50 million. John Antioco, the Blockbuster CEO, was not interested in the offer because he thought it was a "very small niche business" and it was losing money at the time. He was a member of the board of governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Team". BRIX Holdings. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  2. ↑ "How I Did It: Blockbuster's Former CEO on Sparring with an Activist Shareholder". Harvard Business Review.
  3. ↑ Greg Satell (1 August 2013). "The Myth Of The Moron CEO". Forbes.
  4. ↑ "John F. Antioco". Businessweek.com.
  5. ↑ "John F. Antioco". Businessweek.com.
  6. ↑ "A Look Back At Why Blockbuster Really Failed And Why It Didn't Have To". digitaltonto.com.
  7. ↑ "Former Blockbuster CEO tells his side of Netflix story". CNET. CBS Interactive.
  8. ↑ "Former rival's advice to Netflix: 'Don't let Icahn get to you'". CNET. CBS Interactive.
  9. ↑ "What Happened to Blockbuster?: The Story Between John Antioco and Carl Icahn Unfolds in Harvard Business Review". Reuters.
  10. ↑ The Deadline Team. "Ex-Blockbuster Boss John Antioco Tapped As Chairman Of Board At Rave Cinemas". Deadline.
  11. ↑ "JOHN F. ANTIOCO". The Wall Street Transcript.
  12. ↑ "Executive Profile - CIC Advantage Holdings LLC - John F. Antioco - Customer Intelligence". boardroominsiders.com.
  13. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2013/08/01/the-myth-of-the-moron-ceo/#e7b9d162c58e
  14. ↑ "BGCA - John Antioco". stg.bgca.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.


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