Kevin Wall
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Kevin Wall (born March 15, 1952) is an American media entrepreneur, multinational event producer, financier, and activist.
He is the CEO and founder of PTK Capital, the co-founder and co-chairman of Dreamscape Immersive, a location-based virtual reality start-up, as well as the founder and CEO of Control Room, a Los Angeles-based production company.
Wall is recognized for his contributions to the creation and use of media technologies, including internet and multi-platform distribution and media services such as international rights acquisition and licensing.
Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute was distributed and produced by Radio Vision International, his first media company.
He produced Live 8, which attracted a worldwide audience of a billion viewers, and executive produced and produced Live Earth, which was seen by an estimated two billion viewers around the world.
Wall co-founded Sustainable Holdings, a company that weights its stakes based on a company's sustainability ranking, and is a general partner for Craton Equity Partners, a $242 million green-tech private equity fund.
PTK Capital focuses on early investments in businesses that provide social, environmental, and educational benefits as well as gender equality.
Personal life
Wall is married to Susan Smalley, author, campaigner, and professor emeritus at UCLA in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. Smalley serves on the board of Equality Now, a women and girls' rights group. They have three children.
Career
Wall began promoting concerts at the University of Michigan and other Midwest colleges at the University of Michigan and other Midwest colleges at 18. Wall founded Stage One, Inc., a portable staging business, after being asked to provide a portable stage for a George Harrison show. Stage One, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and other artists' lighting, staging, and outdoor show for stadium and arena tours for several years.
Wall founded Radio Vision International in 1984, a company that "pioneered the field of international music video distribution." Radio Vision began broadcasting 60 music television shows around the world, and also worked with non-profit and philanthropic organisations, including Live Aid, USA for Africa, and Human Rights Now! This is the tour of South Africa's most popular and former President Nelson Mandela, as well as the annual Prince's Trust Rock Gala, which is sponsored by His Royal Highness Prince Charles. "3 Tenors Live in Concert" on Wall, "Michael Jackson Live in Bucharest" and "Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration" and "Live in Barcelona" are among the program's highlights.
In 1994, Wall founded BoxTop, a web design firm that was merged with iXL, an Atlanta-based media and internet consulting firm, and became vice chairman. Wall led the strategic merger and consulting firm that established 42 internet design and consulting firms, resulting in the creation of a company with 3,000 employees, 38 offices, and annual revenue of more than $400 million. iXL went public in 1999 and saw a market capitalization of $2 billion in less than a year.
On July 2, 1985, Wall was the executive producer of Live 8, a series of concerts around the world to raise money and awareness of Africa's fight against poverty. More than 250 musical performances were featured on the Live 8 series, including Madonna, U2, Destiny's Child, Jay-Z, and Pink Floyd, who all appeared within 24 hours of one another at concerts on seven continents. Live 8's live multi-feed webcast attracted a projected audience of 2 billion viewers, a new record for online television viewing. Wall, the executive producer of Live 8, received the first Emmy for original material distributed online. This was later described as a "tipping point" and the "defining moment" in online content distribution.
In 2005, Wall founded Network LIVE, a joint venture with AEG, AOL, and XM Satellite Radio. Wall bought full control of Network LIVE in 2006 and renamed it Control Room. Live Earth, a worldwide concert series based on former Vice President Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, co-created Live Earth, a global concert event designed to raise environmental concerns and combat climate change. Kanye West, The Police, Alicia Keys, Metallica, and Kanye West all performed at 11 venues around the world on July 7, 2007. The concerts were broadcast internationally on television, satellite and terrestrial radio, handheld radios, and the internet. As 237,000 people watched live coverage from MSN simultaneously, the festival set a new high. During the live event, Live Earth attracted a total audience of nearly 1.5 billion people and set live streaming records, with 15 million streams launched during the live event and 100 million the following week.
Live Earth began as a one-time event, collaborating with corporate, non-governmental, entertainment, and political influencers worldwide.
Control Room had planned, produced, developed, sold, and/or produced more than 150 events as of 2015, including the Green Inaugural Ball, the FIFA World Cup Kick off Celebration in 2010, and Gucci's Chime for Change concert in 2013. The Wall's Control Room has received 11 Telly Awards for excellence in a variety of fields, including Education, Information, News, Social Issues, and Videography.
In 2016, Wall co-founded Dreamscape Immersive, an entertainment and technology firm, with legendary producer Walter Parkes. Dreamscape Immersive creates full-roam virtual reality experiences that enable up to six people at once to experience a virtual 3D world, seeing fully rendered avatars of one another. Wall serves as co-chairman of the company, which has received nearly $40 million in financing from film studios, AMC, IMAX, Steven Spielberg, and others.
Wall created Category41 in 2019, which reintroduced Flipper's Roller Flipper's Roller Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace, a roller skating rink and nightspot that operated in Los Angeles from 1979-81. In 2022, Flipper's first location in New York City's Rockefeller Center opened in 2022.
Liberty Ross, the original Flipper's in West Hollywood, California, opened in 1979, and Jimmy Iovine, an American entrepreneur, record executive, and media entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Beats Electronics, is co-founder of Flipper's. Cher, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, and Elton John were all attracted by the original Flipper's, dubbed "Studio 54 on wheels."
In April 2022, Flipper's rebuilt Flipper's opened on the site of Rockefeller Center's historic midtown ice rink (and home to the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree). On October 31, the season will come to an end.
Wall was a general partner of Craton Equity Partners, a $242 million green-tech private equity fund, and a member of Sustainable Holdings, a company that weights its holdings based on a company's sustainability results. He also co-founded Shelter Capital Partners, a $175 million venture capital fund focusing on semiconductor, app, and convergence firms.
PTK Capital, which invests in transformative businesses in the entertainment, food, and wellness industries, was founded by Wall in 2015. PTK Capital, Inc., founded incorporating his experience as an early stage investor in companies such as Facebook, KeVita, and Akamai, says the company's aim is to help "people, businesses, and products that improve the human condition."
Recognition and awards (partial list)
- Advertising Age Marketer of the Year
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
- EMA Outstanding Achievement Award
- GQ Environmental Pillar Award
- MIDEM Green Award