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Neil Ashe, executive vice president, is responsible for defining CNET Networks' corporate strategy and executing its corporate and business-development activities. Since joining the company in 2002, Neil has spearheaded the company's content expansion, including numerous acquisitions to build its existing products and expand into new categories for the purpose of attracting new audience and customer segments. Some acquisitions completed on Neil's watch include MP3.com, Webshots, Esther Dyson's EDventure Holdings, WGR Media and its Wireless Gaming Review, and China-based ZOL and Fengniao.
Prior to joining CNET Networks, Neil founded and served as chief executive officer of several start-up companies in the Internet, business-to-business, electronic-marketplaces, and financial-services industries. From 1996 through 1999, Neil served as managing director of Crest Communications Holdings LLC, a private equity-investment firm. From 1990 through 1994, he held positions in the Mergers and Acquisitions group of Smith Barney, Inc.
Neil holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from Georgetown University. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and three children. | 