Mark Jacobstein
Executive Vice President
loopt, Inc.
Mark has a myriad of responsibilities within loopt, the most important of which include overseeing marketing, assuring that loopt's products are safe and secure, and developing internal processes and procedures for the successful deployment of loopt's products.
Most recently Mark was President & COO, President of Publishing, and a member of the founding team for Digital Chocolate, one of the world's largest publishers of mobile games.
Mark is perhaps best known as the originator of fantasy sports on the internet. In 1994, Mark co-founded Small World Sports, the Internet's first fantasy sports Web site, where he served as CEO before selling the company to The Sporting News. Prior to its sale Small World's community had grown to more than three million members playing dozens of fantasy games.
Mark also co-founded Small World Software, an Internet technology consultancy, which he sold to iXL in 1998. Mark served as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development for iXL's New York office.
Mark studied Computer Science at Harvard, where he graduated cum laude in 1992, before starting his career as a software developer at Bloomberg L.P. Mark is active in a number of Bay Area philanthropies, including The Full Circle Fund.
Appearances
- Location Meets Social Networking, April 25, 2007
Biography last updated June 29, 2005