Becoming an American media executive who has worked in media and technology. He is the CEO of The Arena Group and Sports Illustrated CEO. The idea was to become number one, combined with a period where he had nothing but two jobs and family responsibilities. This period of hardship taught him that life’s more about the journey than anything else – “If it takes more than three seconds to get from your house to your destination, don’t go.”

Ross Levinsohn (born November 16, 1962 ) is an American media executive who has worked in media and technology. He is the CEO of The Arena Group and Sports Illustrated CEO. Levinsohn was previously CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media which operates websites such as The Ringer, FilmStruck, and CSTV, and board director at Yahoo!; President and co-Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media; an SVP at News Corp; SVP at Liberty Media; chief financial officer at Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting System; chief operating officer of AOL Europe; a strategy consultant with Bain & Company; and operations director for the market-research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres.

A 1994 graduate of Columbia University, Levinsohn began his career interning with the “Philadelphia Daily News” where he became an assistant to the publisher. He eventually moved over to cover entertainment, a role that would come in handy years later when Levinsohn successfully got Bill Simmons’ contract with AOL extended.

Levinsohn joined Fox Interactive Media in 2001 as president and chief operating officer while running FX Networks. In 2002 he set up Fox Sports Enterprises, which operated cable channels such as FSN and Fuse, giving Levinsohn his first taste of programming for television.

News Corp hired Levinsohn in 2003 as COO of its television and cable business. The position came with the title of president of FOX Interactive Media, with his primary responsibilities including the launch of FoxSports.com, the creation of Fox Sports Live, and the formation of Fox Sports Digital Media Services.

While at News Corp, he worked on diversity initiatives to improve representation in entertainment and media while investing in new technologies such as Hulu, MySpaceTV, The Onion, and RecipeTips. Levinsohn also brought Jim Cramer on board as CTO to help sell MySpaceTV.