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Pillar is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Catalytic Capital. Prior to his current position, he served as Managing Partner of Critical Mass Venture Holdings and its predecessor and related entities, all investment and advisory vehicles focused on maximizing the value of consumer brands. He also is Senior Advisor at Viacom, where he provides insight on media, technology, and communications industry developments and their implications for Viacom's global strategy. From January 2000 until April 2004 he was President of the Viacom Digital Media Group and its predecessor entities, where he served as Viacom's chief digital media strategy and execution executive. From November 1998 to January 2000 he was President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Richard Branson's Virgin Entertainment Group, a diversified international entertainment content retailer. From September 1997 to August 1998 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Prodigy Internet, an Internet service provider, and was a member of Prodigy Inc.'s board of directors, including having served as its Vice Chairman, from October 1996 (when he helped lead the leveraged buy-out of the company) to February 2000. Pillar, a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude with an A.B. in East Asian Studies from Brown University. Pillar, 38, is a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board | 