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A multi-award winning brand visionary and serial entrepreneur with over 40 years of global executive management and operational experience. He is acknowledged as the creator of multiple award-winning innovative and disruptive brands and companies. In 2003, an introduction led to him becoming the first ever employee of Penske Media Corporation (www.pmc.com), at the invitation of its Founder and CEO, Jay Penske. Serving as EVP and Board Member from inception, his unique operational, negotiation and problem solving skills enabled Paul and Jay to build PMC from the ground up into one of the largest digital media companies in the world. Paul worked directly with Jay Penske and was responsible for all contract matters, oversaw all M&A, managed joint ventures and strategic partnerships, and led all international development, opening up offices across multiple continents. During this time he also served on the Board of Directors for India.com, an Indian joint venture between PMC and ZEE Entertainment Ltd, a large Indian media company. Paul worked directly with PMC’s Advisory Board that included such illustrious people as Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple Computers, Dennis Repp, former President of Union Bank Venture Capital and Allstate, and Paul Hazen, the Chairman of KKR and former CEO and Chairman of Wells Fargo Bank.Throughout this period, Paul also served as Principal & Managing Director of a professional motorsports team owned by Jay Penske and Steve Luczo. In its inaugural season, Luczo Dragon placed 5th in the 2007 Indianapolis 500, and competed in IndyCar for several years. In 2014 the decision was made to switch to Formula E, the new all-electric open wheel racing championship. With Paul serving as Managing Director and Co-Principal alongside Oriol Servia, Dragon Racing finished second in the first Formula E Teams' Championship. The team now competes in the all-electric FIA Formula E Championship as DS | Penske, and ready to face the next challenge in motorsports, Paul began assisting new all-electric and alternative energy championships around the world.Paul previously created multiple award-winning brands, including an international entertainment consulting company that provided brand operational, management, logistical, and consulting services for major entertainment companies and a Grammy nominated music brand that achieved Billboard #1 albums and singles.Today, Paul draws on his experience to continue to assist business leaders across the globe in the development of new products that expose their brands to the world audience.