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Jon Goldman is CEO of Foundation 9 Entertainment, overseeing operations, strategic planning, and contributing to new product development for the company. Before co-founding Foundation 9, Jon co-founded Backbone Entertainment and also ImaginEngine Corp.
Jon has been a key player in bringing Backbone Entertainment’s original IP, Death, Jr. to multiple media. The project is being developed simultaneously as a videogame, comic book and feature film. Jon has been hands-on through every stage of the project, handling negotiations with game and comic book publishers, Hollywood studios and toy companies. He offers a unique perspective on how developing games and traditional media at the same time can be a powerful and mutually enforcing new strategy for content creation.
Previous to founding Foundation 9 Entertainment, Backbone Entertainment and ImaginEngine Corp., Jon worked at an investment banking and advisory firm specializing in partnerships between U.S. and Asian technology companies. In addition, Jon created a children's story publishing venture, which received attention across the country, including such places as the Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio.
Jon has spoken on a number of topics pertaining to the entertainment and game industries, including the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and iHollywood Forum.
Jon attended Harvard, where he received an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in East Asian Studies, followed by a Mombusho fellowship at the University of Kyoto.
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