Jim Louderback Biography
Jim Louderback is the CEO of VidCon and formerly served as the CEO of Revision3. He has worked for a number of technology-related media companies, most notably TechTV, and as editor-in-chief of PC Magazine. He is also well-known for hosting TechTV’s Fresh Gear.
Jim Louderback Age
Jim was born James Louderback in 1961, in the United States of America. He is 61 years old as of 2022.
Jim Louderback Education
Louderback attended the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont from 1979 to 1983 after graduating from Northfield Mount Hermon School. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with a minor in Communications from Phi Beta Kappa in 1983. Louderback attended the New York University Stern School of Business after graduating from the University of Vermont. He received his M.B.A. from Beta Gamma Sigma in 1986, with a focus on Computer Applications and Information Systems.
Jim Louderback Career
Louderback began his career in the 1980s, designing computer systems and LAN-based client-server systems for Fortune 100 firms. Louderback was appointed as the Executive Lab Director of PC Week magazine in 1991. During his stint at the magazine, Louderback polished the product reviews into important news articles. He was named “Best Journalist” by the SPA in 1993 for his efforts. From 1995 to 1996, Louderback worked in New York as the Editor-in-Chief of Windows Sources. Louderback returned to Boston in 1996 to become the Vice President and Editorial Director of PC Week. Louderback moved to San Francisco in 1997 to become Vice President and Editorial Director of ZDTV (later TechTV), the first 24-hour technology television channel.
He was in control of the channel’s program content. He has appeared in several network segments and presented the Fresh Gear show for three years. He created the “Best of CES” awards program for the CES trade show in 1999. This program, which continues to this day, judges new items on the trade fair floor. Jim Louderback at the Revision3 studio in 2000, Louderback created TechLive, a daily 8-hour live TechTV news program. The show delivered a continual stream of market news, technological reporting, product information, and CEO interviews to viewers. In 2002, Louderback was named Editor-in-Chief of Ziff Davis Media’s internet properties, where he oversaw PCMag.com, eWeek, and Microsoft Watch.
In the autumn of 2005, he was appointed to Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief of PC Magazine, where he oversaw DL.TV, Cranky Geeks, ExtremeTech, TechnoRide, GearLog, and Smart Company. He also co-hosted a weekly podcast called What’s New Now with Patrick Norton, as well as a video podcast called DL.TV. “The iPhone is deeply flawed,” he wrote in 2007. Apple will sell a lot at first, then sales will drop.”Louderback was appointed CEO of Revision 3 on July 10, 2007. Louderback quit after seven years to focus on a book about being a first-time CEO. VidCon co-founder Hank Green was replaced as CEO by Louderback. Louderback was the editor-in-chief of VidCon’s industry programming track.
TechTV Microsoft(R) Windows XP for Home Users is written by Louderback. Since early 2011, Louderback has been one of the featured “CoolHotNot Tech Xperts,” alongside John C. Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Dave Graveline, Robin Raskin, Dave Whittle, Steve Bass, and Cheryl Currid. Dvorak and the other Tech Xperts used to discuss their “Loved List” of favourite consumer electronics, their “Wanted List” of tech products they wanted to test, and their “Letdown List” of tech products they found disappointing on CoolHotNot’s website.[8
Jim Louderback’s Net Worth
Jim has an estimated net worth of 2 million dollars.