Charles S. Hilliard to Join Demand Media as President and CFO
5/10/07 – Santa Monica-based web media company Demand Media has announced that Charles S. Hilliard will join as president and chief financial officer effective June 1. The company says Hilliard will report to Richard Rosenblatt, co-founder, chairman and CEO.
Hilliard most recently served as president and CFO of United Online. Demand Media says Hilliard will lead the company’s finance team as well as its general business operations.
Hilliard has served as United Online’s CFO since April 1999, when he joined its predecessor, NetZero, and was promoted to president of United in May 2006.
Prior to United Online, Hilliard was an investment banker for nine years with Morgan Stanley & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co. where he was involved with the execution of over $34 billion of strategic and financing transactions. Hilliard graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from USC and earned an MBA from the University of Michigan. He began his career as an accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co.
Demand and its fully-owned subsidiary eNom recently released its ME.tv domain and online video product. The company also owns a number of web content properties including Answerbag.com and eHow.
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