James Philip "Jim" Bankoff (born 1969) is Chairman and CEO of SB Nation

SB Nation

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 and is also a Senior Advisor for Providence Equity Partners

Providence Equity Partners

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. As the former Executive Vice President of Programming and Products at AOL

AOL

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, Bankoff has developed and led many notable websites including Aol.com

AOL

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, Mapquest

MapQuest

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, Moviefone

Moviefone

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, AOL Music, Netscape

Netscape

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 and AOL Instant Messenger

AOL Instant Messenger

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 (AIM) . He is also known for establishing websites TMZ

TMZ

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, Fanhouse

FanHouse

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, BloggingStocks and Engadget

Engadget

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. He was awarded an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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 for his role as Executive Producer of the Live 8

Live 8

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 concerts online, for which there were a total of 74 entries which had been whittled down to six finalists. It was the first Emmy ever to be awarded for non-traditional viewing platforms.

Education

Bankoff attended Emory University

Emory University

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, graduating with a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 in International studies

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. He also holds an MBA

Master of Business Administration

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 degree which he acquired from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

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.

Personal life

Bankoff is the son of Marvin Bankoff and Adrienne Bankoff, and the stepson of Donna Bankoff. On April 26, 2003, Bankoff married Diane Leslie Elson, founder of New York

New York

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 rug design company Elson & Company at at the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Harbour Island in the Bahamas.