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Will Lansing is President and CEO of ValueVision Media, which owns and operates ShopNBC, an upscale TV and Internet retailer. Mr. Lansing joins ValueVision with more than 15 years of senior management experience, including positions as president and CEO at public companies in the consumer direct marketing and Internet commerce arenas.
Lansing served as President and CEO of Fingerhut Companies, then the nation's second largest catalog retailer and a NYSE-listed company, where he grew revenue, launched new businesses, and managed the sale and transition of the company to Federated Department Stores. Subsequent to the acquisition, he was appointed the additional role of Chairman of Federated Direct with the added responsibilities of Macys-by-Mail and Macys.com.
After Fingerhut, Lansing was CEO of NBC Internet, a NASDAQ-listed company, where he led a strategic repositioning of the company. Prior to Fingerhut, Lansing was at General Electric, where he served as Vice President of Business Development, reporting to Chairman Jack Welch. Prior to his role at GE, Lansing was COO of Prodigy, Inc., where he launched the company's flagship Prodigy Internet offering. Earlier Lansing was a partner at McKinsey & Company. Lansing joined ValueVision from his current role as a partner at General Atlantic Partners, a global private equity firm.
Mr. Lansing earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. | 