Mark Chasan

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Mark Chasan
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Born
Mark Stephen Chasan

Los Angeles, California
EducationWestern State University (LLB, JD)
Occupationdigital media pioneer,
lawyer,
merchant banker,
entrepreneur,
regenerative developer,
author
Known forFounding the first music streaming and digital music distribution company
TitleeMusic (founder)
Transformative (CEO)
RelativesJeff Chasan (Brother)

Paul Chasan (Brother)

Jake Chasan (Nephew)

Mark Chasan is a digital media pioneer,[1] lawyer,[2] merchant banker, entrepreneur,[3] regenerative developer,[4] and author.[5] He is known for founding eMusic, the first digital media streaming and distribution company,[6] and Webcentral, one of the first cloud hosting companies.[7] Chasan has been instrumental in creating new financial models for a process driven approach to liquidity and value creation utilizing a private-to-public strategy.[1]

Currently, Chasan is the Chairman and CEO of Transformative,[8] a consulting firm focused on eco-social projects, and AWE Global,[9] a developer of health-focused sustainable and integrated workspaces.

Early life and education

Mark Chasan was born in Los Angeles, California, to Fred Chasan, a medical doctor,[10] and Roslyn "Roz" Chasan (née Lefkowitz),[11] an attorney.[12] His brothers are Jeff Chasan and Paul Chasan.[13] At age 10, Mark started playing drums and became a professional musician at age 14. He worked his way through college playing music and as a studio drummer.

He graduated with both a Bachelor of Laws and a Juris Doctorate[14] in 1985 from the College of Law at Western State University and became a lawyer[2] in Los Angeles.

Business career

In 1985, Chasan opened his law practice in Los Angeles, running it until 1995 when he founded eMusic,[15] the world's first online digital music distribution[16] and media streaming company.[17] Due to the rapid growth of eMusic, Chasan founded one of the first cloud co-hosting, and co-location facilities known as Webcentral[18] to serve the increasing computing demands.[7] Webcentral continued to add customers, eventually providing cloud hosting services to Caltrans, Re/Max, and AudioNet/Broadcast.com. In 1997, Webcentral was acquired by Interworld Communications and in 1999 Chasan merged eMusic with Goodnoise, Inc. to form eMusic.com in a transaction ultimately taking the company public on the Nasdaq, trading under the symbol EMUS.[6]

After eMusic's initial public offering and Webcentral's acquisition, Chasan became a professional angel investor[19] and leader in IBM's digital media consulting division. Later, he co-founded a technology fund, Publex Ventures,[1] which specialized in accelerating the growth of early-stage companies with public exits.

After exiting Publex Ventures, Chasan founded Transformative in 2005, a consulting company designed to help build eco-social impact businesses,[20] and AWE Global, a development company for sustainable and regenerative communities.[4][21][22][23][24][25]

Chasan has appeared regularly in media publications such as Billboard,[26] HuffPost[27] and Planetary Experts[28] as well as spoken at conferences such as BTOES,[29] UNR,[30] Sustainatopia,[20] and Clean Tech Innovation & Growth[31] on topics ranging from cleantech, renewable energy, agroforestry, digital media, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain to natural capital, regenerative economy, and entrepreneurship.

In 2022, Chasan published a book titled Living in AWE, which became the top selling book in environmental economics on Amazon.[5][32]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Publex Ventures Debuts Unique Fund Leveraging Public and Private Equity | Market Wire | Find Articles at BNET". 2011-05-21. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  2. ^ a b California, The State Bar of. "Mark Stephen Chasan #117813 - Attorney Search". members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  3. ^ Digital Hollywood - "Digital.Hollywood". Archived from the original on 2007-10-06. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  4. ^ a b "Old Maui High's next assignment is to TEACH community | News, Sports, Jobs – Maui News". www.mauinews.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  5. ^ a b "Amazon.com: Living in AWE - Abundance - Wellness -Empowerment: Creating a Thriving World from the Inside-Out, Ground-Up & Top-Down eBook : Chasan, Mark Stephen: Kindle Store". web.archive.org. 2022-09-20. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  6. ^ a b SEC Info - Emusic Com Inc - 10SB12G/A - On 12/24/98 - EX-2.3
  7. ^ a b "EMUSIC COM INC, S-1/A, 1999-08-09". www.incjournal.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. ^ "Mark Chasan – Transformative Capital". Transformative Capital. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  9. ^ "Mark Chasan – AWE". AWE. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  10. ^ "Staff Sergeant Fred Chasan | Mt. Soledad Virtual Plaque". Mt Soledad Memorial. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  11. ^ "Families on Via Fortuna". Hollywood Riviera Tribune – Palos Verdes News – Rolling Hills Herald. July 19, 1962. pp. Page 6. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  12. ^ "Fertility drug cause of birth defects?". Green Bay Press-Gazette. May 22, 1974. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  13. ^ "Haute to Trot, Opening Day". Rancho Santa Fe Review. July 18, 2013. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  14. ^ Inc, Justia. "Mark Stephen Chasan". lawyers.justia.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  15. ^ "Music to their Ears: Virtual CD Stores", BusinessTown.com
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  17. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1996-06-01). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  18. ^ "WEBCENTRAL Trademark – Registration Number 2080845 – Serial Number 75038240 :: Justia Trademarks". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  19. ^ "Interview: Colin Wallace, Publex Ventures – socaltech.com". www.socaltech.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  20. ^ a b "Speakers – Sustainatopia Inaugural Conference Speakers". Sustainatopia. Nov 15, 2009. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  21. ^ Council Chamber Minutes – Economic Development, Energy, Agriculture, and Recreation Committee. County of Maui. Nov 15, 2016. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  22. ^ Davis, Chelsea (Feb 14, 2017). "On Maui, development plans spur calls to keep 'country country'". Hawaii News Now, A Gray Media Group Station. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  23. ^ "Redevelopment of Old Maui High School". mauinews.com. Feb 16, 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  24. ^ "More work with public promised for Old Maui High". mauinews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  25. ^ "Alexander and Baldwin quietly sells 339 acres of Paia cane land to mainland businessman". mauitime.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  26. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1996-05-25). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  27. ^ "Mark Chasan | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  28. ^ "Evolving from the Industrial Age to the Regenerative Age – Planet Experts". Planet Experts. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  29. ^ "Speakers – Proqis". rpalive.online. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  30. ^ "Innevation Center Member Highlight – Mark Chasan". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  31. ^ "Clean Tech Institute provides research, consulting services and advanced training for the clean & renewable energy industry". www.cleantechinstitute.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  32. ^ "Amazon.com New Releases: The best-selling new & future releases in Environmental Economics". web.archive.org. 2022-09-20. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
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