ABOUT MEWE
We are a privacy-first social network with over 20 million users worldwide and more than 700,000 interest groups that is committed to giving our users control, protecting their data and providing a great user experience. MeWe contains no ads, no targeting, and no newsfeed manipulation. It is available on iOS, Android and desktop in more than 20 languages and over 200 countries worldwide.
Our journey began in New Mexico in 2011 when co-founders Mark Weinstein and Jonathan Wolfe began dreaming of the next generation of social media. The duo were disillusioned with big-tech’s disregard for personal privacy and its willingness to target, track and sell our data. They envisioned a new experience built on safety and respect and one that would bring people together while making social networking fun again. After several years of testing and a public beta, MeWe was officially launched at the SXSW
Interactive Media festival in 2016 where we were honored as a finalist for their ever “Innovative World Technology” award.
In the years that followed we continued to refine both our free and subscription offerings while staying true to our ethos of privacy and user control. In March 2021 long time entertainment and technology executive Jeffrey Edell was named Chairman and CEO. Under Edell’s leadership we made considerable progress in improving our user experience, growing our membership and doubling down on our privacy-first message.
In 2022, we made the strategic decision to move to the blockchain and incorporate the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP), an open internet protocol released by the Project Liberty Foundation. The foundation, launched in 2021 by Frank McCourt, and Frequency Labs, is part of the $500 million Project Liberty initiative, aimed at creating a better internet and a healthier digital ecosystem. DSNP has the potential to transform the internet by liberating social networking functionality from closed, proprietary platforms and integrating this functionality into the web itself.
With this move we put MeWe’s ethos into code and are completely solidifying our commitment to user protection and control.
We were honored again by SXSW in 2024 as a finalist for their Social Media Innovation Award and as of March have more than 670,000 active users on the blockchain, making MeWe the largest truly decentralized social network in the world.
MeWe has been supported by some of the most respected figures in tech, media/entertainment and finance, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web), Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple), Divya Narendra (co-founder of Harvard Connection), Gavin Wood / Bjorn Wagner (co-founders of Polkadot/Parity / Web3 Foundation) and Frank McCourt (founder / chairman of McCourt Global & Project Liberty).
German Network Enforcement Act
Agent to receive service for administrative proceedings and civil court proceedings according to sect. 5 para. 1 of the German Network Enforcement Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, NetzDG): LPO International GmbH, Äußere Sulzbacher Str. 118, 90491 Nuremberg, Germany.
Phone: +49 911 148967 – 69
EXECUTIVE TEAM BIOS
As CEO & Chairman of MeWe, orchestrated a partnership with McCourt Global to migrate 20MM users to Web3
Chairman of Intermix (parent of MySpace), that was sold to Newscorp in 2005
Named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000
While at DIC Entertainment, worked closely with Marvel Comics’ founder Stan Lee and developed the iconic brands Inspector Gadget and Strawberry Shortcake
Served as CEO of Soundelux Entertainment that won 5 Academy Awards and 50 Emmys for movies such as, Gladiator, Braveheart and others
Creator of SuperFamily.com and SuperFriends.com, award-winning precursors to today’s social media platforms
Former head of software development at Project ECHO, a global education platform to democratize knowledge
Built and managed multiple large international software development teams
Inventor on nine innovative software patents held by MeWe
World renowned expert on fractals and chaos theory and creator of the Fractal Foundation
Architect of the system to securely migrate all MeWe users over to Frequency blockchain while reorganizing the company and product
President and GM of a fully remote big data company, starting in 2017, achieving ARR of $5M
Revamped mobile and web products in a multi-year campaign at TigerConnect, building the largest U.S. healthcare messenger and setting the company on course for acquisition
Sold and delivered over $5M in product development projects for brands such as ESPN, Ford, Guggenheim Partners, Lionsgate, and the Oprah Winfrey Network
12+ years as a growth consultant with startups, including blockchain and AI projects
Results-driven finance professional with over 25 years of experience in managing the accounting departments of tech companies including MySpace, Boingo and TrueCar
Led and managed 3 successful IPOs and helped organize the accounting department structure and hired key personnel
Seasoned leader in establishing and managing SOX compliant control environment in companies
Extensive experience in preparing and managing all internally and externally used financial statements, financial disclosures and reports, including Form 10-Ks, 10-Qs and accompanying XBRL filings
20+ years of international and domestic legal and management experience in technology and digital media companies including MeWe, Yahoo and Warner Bros. Records
Ran a consulting firm focused on working with early to mid-stage pre-IPO global media, entertainment and technology companies to optimize corporate structure, develop business terms, negotiate and implement strategic deals
Led a team of 40 responsible for negotiating all commercial contracts for Yahoo in the Americas region, including strategic alliances, e-sports, sponsorships, events, content deals, mobile, broadband, advertising, and technology licenses
Managed a $10M/year team budget, including a $2M outside counsel budget
At Yahoo, led, negotiated and managed strategic alliances with Microsoft and Google for online advertising services, resulting in over $360M per quarter and approximately 40% of the company's net revenues
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