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Chip has advised and built companies in the Technology and Media industries for his entire career. In addition to founding Bertelsmann's E-commerce division, Chip was a member of the senior executive team leading the buyout and restructuring of Prodigy Communications and was a co-founder of McKinsey's & Co.'s interactive practice, where he spent seven years advising Fortune 500 companies on their technology and media strategies. Prior to that, Chip worked at Morgan Stanley and IBM's PC division. Most recently, Chip was President, CEO, and first employee of Bertelsmann Online, where he was responsible for building Bertelsmann's global e-commerce business by launching parallel services in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, and the US (via Bertelsmann's 50% investment in BarnesandNoble.com). Chip has a degree in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.