Ken Goldstein has enjoyed an extensive career in senior management roles driving innovation in technology, media, entertainment, and e-commerce. He is currently chairman and chief executive officer of ThriftBooks Global, the largest online seller of used books in the world. He leads a team of technology and business professionals dedicated to expanding literacy in the circular economy, scaling the company’s proprietary recommerce platform. He also writes the popular business blog CorporateIntel.us and is the author of three novels set in the business world, all published by The Story Plant: This Is Rage (2013); Endless Encores (2015); and From Nothing (2018). Ken served as chairman and CEO of SHOP.COM, a pioneering e-commerce marketplace that created the patented OneCart platform, later acquired by Market America. Previously he was executive VP and managing director of Disney Online, the business unit of the Walt Disney Internet Group that produced the leading entertainment web destination for kids and families. Key achievements developed by his teams at Disney included the first massively multiplayer online game for kids, Toontown, as well as Movies.com, Family.com, and the syndicated broadband service Disney Connection. Prior to Disney, Ken was VP of entertainment at Broderbund Software and founding general manager of the company's Red Orb Entertainment division. Before the formation of Red Orb, he was responsible for all aspects of development on Broderbund’s acclaimed Carmen Sandiego series. He also worked as a designer/producer at Philips Interactive Media and Cinemaware Corporation, and for several years as a screenwriter and television executive. Ken is active in children's welfare issues and has served on the boards of Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, and Full Circle Programs. He currently advises the Rightway Foundation in Los Angeles and the Sierra Madre Playhouse. He and his wife Shelley, who teaches English as a Second Language, live in Southern California. He received his BA from Yale University.