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The DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Program brings today's most outstanding entrepreneurs and high tech leaders to Terman Auditorium every Wednesday at 4:30. These leaders are eager to share their unique ideas with the Stanford Community.
On March 3, ETL is proud to present Ken Wirt. Prior to joining Palm, Ken was the founder and chief executive officer of Riffage.com, a venture capital-funded music media company backed by Mayfield Fund, Bertelsmann and AOL. Ken also led the introduction of the Rio portable MP3 player, which established the MP3 market and maintains a leading share today after the entry of Sony, Compaq, Philips, Samsung and Intel, among others. Previously, Ken headed marketing for Apple Computer's PIE (personal interactive electronics) division, overseeing all Newton marketing programs. Ken also has held key marketing roles at NEC Technologies, Cognitive Systems and Atari.He holds a master of business administration degree from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.