Mark Dyne
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Mark Dyne is Chairman and CEO of Europlay Capital Advisors
He has also served as CEO of Sega
Gaming Technologies and Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd., CEO and Chairman of Virgin Interactive
. He is a Member of the Board of Skype
and a Member of the Board of Atomico
,
Dyne is listed as one the key members of the Killer Team in the founding of RDIO
, and is reportedly one of the key executives behind VDIO, a secretive project also known as project WBS which is designed to challenge Netflix
.
Dyne was a member of the original board of Skype
together with Janus Friis
and Niklas Zennstrom
until it was sold to eBay
for over $2.6 billion, and subsequently led the negotiations for Joltid to become a major shareholder of Skype
in its acquisition from eBay in November 2009 and joined the Board of Directors. Skype
was sold to Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 Billion. Dyne was listed as one of the "winners"
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Synthean, and is Chairman of Tag-It Pacific, Inc. MCV in January 2000 called him "The Deal Maker" and published his Ten Rules of Negotiating.
He has also served as CEO of Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
Gaming Technologies and Sega Ozisoft Pty Ltd., CEO and Chairman of Virgin Interactive
Virgin Interactive
Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group...
. He is a Member of the Board of Skype
Skype
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
and a Member of the Board of Atomico
Atomico
Atomico is an international technology venture capital firm headquarted in London, with offices in Shanghai and São Paulo.The company focuses on new consumer technologies that have the potential to transform markets, and places an emphasis on strong management teams.Its co-founder and CEO is Niklas...
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Dyne is listed as one the key members of the Killer Team in the founding of RDIO
Rdio
Rdio is an ad-free music subscription service available in the United States, Canada and Brazil. It is available as a website and also has clients for the iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone mobile devices, which can play streaming music or cache songs for offline...
, and is reportedly one of the key executives behind VDIO, a secretive project also known as project WBS which is designed to challenge Netflix
Netflix
Netflix, Inc., is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, and Latin America and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California...
.
Dyne was a member of the original board of Skype
Skype
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
together with Janus Friis
Janus Friis
Janus Friis is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application KaZaA, and the peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. In September 2005, he and his partner Niklas Zennström sold Skype to eBay for $2.6B...
and Niklas Zennstrom
Niklas Zennström
Niklas Zennström is an entrepreneur best known for founding several high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis including Skype and Kazaa. More recently he founded the investment group Atomico and has become a significant figurehead for entrepreneurs in the tech sector.-Career:Zennström started...
until it was sold to eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
for over $2.6 billion, and subsequently led the negotiations for Joltid to become a major shareholder of Skype
Skype
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
in its acquisition from eBay in November 2009 and joined the Board of Directors. Skype
Skype
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
was sold to Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 Billion. Dyne was listed as one of the "winners"
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Synthean, and is Chairman of Tag-It Pacific, Inc. MCV in January 2000 called him "The Deal Maker" and published his Ten Rules of Negotiating.