Jim Barnett
CEO and Chairman, Turn

Jim co-founded Turn in 2005, bringing his extensive experience in online advertising and search to create a next generation market for online advertising. Most recently, Jim was President of Overture Search, a division of Overture Services, Inc. He joined Overture via its acquisition of AltaVista Company, where he was President and CEO. In this role, he led the company’s highly successful turnaround and sale to Overture. Jim was also President of MyFamily.com, the parent company of Ancestry.com, and President and CEO of ThirdAge Media, which was acquired by MyFamily.com. Prior to that, Jim was President and CEO of Infogrammes North America, a leading global publisher of video games and entertainment software. For five years, he was also Chairman, President and CEO of Accolade Inc, Infogrammes’ predecessor company. Jim has served on the boards of several public and private companies. He is currently on the boards of Syndero Inc. and Sojern Inc. and was most recently Chairman of SideStep Inc. He is also on the advisory boards of Trusted ID and Cellfire and on the management board of Stanford Graduate School of Business. Jim received a BA, MBA and J.D. from Stanford University.