McIntire School Advisory Board

Jeffrey S. Edell

Jeffrey Edell is Chairman of the Board of eUniverse Inc. (EUNI), one of the largest entertainment content providers and media networks on the Internet. Before joining eUniverse, Mr. Edell served as President/CEO and Director of Soundelux Entertainment Group Inc., a leading provider of entertainment content and technologies, where he oversaw growth in the company's revenues from $15 million to $110 million over a 4-year period. Soundelux was also recognized with five Academy Awards and more than 50 Emmys. While at Soundelux, Mr. Edell initiated, negotiated, and closed the sale of the company's post-production group to John Malone's Liberty Media Group, resulting in the creation of Liberty Livewire.

In addition, Mr. Edell served as Founder, Chairman/CEO of eLabor Inc., which was sold to ADP in February 2003. Previously, Mr. Edell sat on the board of publicly traded IVC Industries Inc., helping to navigate the sale of that company to Inverness Medical. Mr. Edell obtained his CPA while at KPMG and was later a Partner in CBIZ, a large national CPA and consulting firm, where he focused on the entertainment industry and business management arena.

In 2000, Mr. Edell was named "Entertainment Entrepreneur of the Year" by NASDAQ and Ernst & Young and is presently a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the Young Presidents' Organization. He is also the producer of two films, "True Rights" and "Dead Men Can't Dance." Mr. Edell graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce in 1979. He has been on the School's Advisory Board since 2002 and participated in the recent U.Va. 2020 strategic planning session.

He is married, has three children, and resides in Westlake Village, Calif.
 

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