iHeartMedia, Inc. announced today that media industry veteran Kareem
Chin has been named Senior Vice President and Head of Investor
Relations, effective today. Chin will be based in New York and will
report to Rich Bressler, President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of iHeartMedia, Inc.
In his new role, Chin will be managing iHeartMedia’s relationship with
the investor community and ensuring that the company strategy is aligned
with the needs of its equity holders following iHeartMedia’s listing on
the NASDAQ exchange. In this role he will work closely with Bressler;
Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia, Inc.; Paul McNicol, EVP
and General Counsel; and leaders of iHeartMedia’s Finance and
Communications teams, and will oversee the company’s investor
conferences, investor meetings and quarterly earnings releases and
financial filings.
“We’re extremely pleased to have someone with Kareem’s extensive
financial background and industry knowledge to help reintroduce the
equity world to iHeartMedia and tell the story of iHeart’s leadership in
audio as we prepare to list on the NASDAQ exchange,” said Bressler.
“Kareem is both well-known and well respected in the investment and
media communities, which makes him the perfect person to work with both
our new shareholders and the equity analysts who will now cover us.”
“This is an extremely exciting time for iHeartMedia and for the
financial community overall,” said Chin. “The company continues to
cement its position as the leading multiplatform audio company and I’m
excited to be able to share the details of the company’s financial
evolution and growth with investors, analysts and shareholders.”
Prior to joining iHeartMedia, Chin spent three years as Vice President
of Investor Relations for Viacom, where he played an integral role in
all of the company’s investor relations efforts, including the
communication of the company’s strategies and quarterly results as well
as the coordination of corporate access, investor conferences and
non-deal roadshows. He previously spent over a decade in investment
banking, including serving as Senior Vice President of Investment
Banking – Media & Telecommunications Group at Jefferies and as Vice
President of Investment Banking – Mergers and Acquisitions at Deutsche
Bank Securities, Inc. Chin is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School
of Business, where he received his MBA in Finance & Economics, and the
State University of New York at Albany, where he received a B.S. in
Finance.
About iHeartMedia, Inc.
iHeartMedia, Inc. is the #1 audio company in America. The company’s
leadership position in audio extends across multiple platforms including
848 live broadcast stations; its iHeartRadio service available across
more than 250 platforms and 2,000 devices including smart speakers,
smartphones, TVs and gaming consoles; through its influencers; social;
live events; podcasting; and information services for local communities,
and uses its unparalleled national reach to target both nationally and
locally on behalf of its advertising partners. The company is dedicated
to using the latest technology solutions to transform the company’s
products and services for the benefit of its consumers, communities,
partners and advertisers.
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