Dolan Media Company | 1200 Baker Building | 706 2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55402 | Phone: 612-317-9425 | Fax: 612-317-9434 | Jim.Dolan@dolanmedia.com
Jim Dolan is the CEO of Dolan Media, one of just
four Minnesota companies to become publicly traded in 2007. A former investment
banker specializing in media companies, Dolan bought Finance &
Commerce, a Minneapolis-based publisher of legal notices, in 1992. Since
then, Dolan Median has acquired more than two dozen similar publications from
which the company aggregates and sells public information.
Born: June 13, 1949 in Trinidad, Colorado
Spouse: Sylvia, married January 6, 1971
Children: NA
Education: BA Journalism, University of Oklahoma
Career History: Before founding Dolan Media, he was managing director and then executive vice president of the Jordan Group, Inc., a New York-based investment bank specializing in media. He previously held executive positions with Kummerfeld Associates, Inc., a media mergers and acquisitions advisory firm in New York and Chicago; News Corporation in New York and San Antonio; Sun-Times Company in Chicago; and Centel Corp. in Chicago, and also was an award-winning reporter and editor at newspapers in Texas.
Activities: He is currently a director of Advisor Media, Inc., a magazine and conference company; Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ: PEDH), an educational materials publisher; GovDelivery, Inc., a software and services provider to governments and large institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom; and The Greenspring Companies, the for-profit arm of Minnesota Public Radio.
Key Achievements: “Married Sylvia Razien 36 years ago. Built Dolan Media Company.”
