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Chairman and CEO, IAC
Chairman, Expedia, Inc.
Chairman, Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc
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Barry Diller is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC. He also serves as the Chairman of Expedia, Inc. and Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.

IAC is a leading internet company with more than 50 fast-growing, highly-related brands serving loyal consumer audiences… our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for all people all over the world. Some of IAC’s businesses include Ask.com, Match.com, Citysearch, Evite, ServiceMagic and Gifts.com.

Expedia, Inc. is one of the world's leading travel services companies. With its portfolio of leading travel brands, Expedia, Inc. empowers business and leisure travelers with the tools and information they need to easily research, plan, book and experience travel. The company also provides wholesale travel to offline retail travel agents. Expedia, Inc.'s main websites include: Expedia.com®, Hotels.com™, Hotwire®, Expedia® Corporate Travel, Trip Advisor™ and Classic Custom Vacations®. Expedia, Inc. also operates international sites in Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands and China through its investment in eLong™.

Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. consists of Ticketmaster and Front Line Management Group. As the world’s leading live entertainment ticketing and marketing company, Ticketmaster operates in 19 global markets providing ticket sales, ticket resale services, marketing and distribution through www.ticketmaster.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the internet; approximately 6,700 retail outlets and 19 worldwide call centers. Some of Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.’s websites include Ticketmaster, TicketsNow, liveDaily, iLike and Emma Entertainment.

Since December 1992, beginning with QVC, Mr. Diller has served as chief executive for a number of predecessor companies engaged in media and interactivity prior to the formation of IAC.

From October 1984 to April 1992, Mr. Diller served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox, Inc. and was responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company in addition to Fox's motion picture operations.

Before joining Fox, Mr. Diller served for ten years as the Chairman and Chief Executive of Paramount Pictures Corporation. In March 1983, in addition to Paramount, Mr. Diller became President of the conglomerate's newly formed Entertainment and Communications Group, which included Simon & Schuster, Inc., Madison Square Garden Corporation and SEGA Enterprises, Inc. Prior to joining Paramount, Mr. Diller served as Vice President of Prime Time Television for ABC Entertainment.

Mr. Diller was born in San Francisco and raised in Beverly Hills. He serves on the boards of The Washington Post Company, The Coca-Cola Company and The HealthCentral Network, Inc. He is also a trustee of New York University and serves on the Executive Board for the Medical Sciences at UCLA, in addition to the boards of Conservation International, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the Board of Councilors for the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. Mr. Diller is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.