Mika Salmi
| Mika Salmi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 16, 1965 Finland |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Businessperson |
Mika Salmi (born 16 November 1965) is a Finnish-born American entrepreneur, executive in technology and media.
Salmi is a senior advisor at The Raine Group, an investment and advisory firm focused on the media, entertainment and sports industries. He also serves on the Boards of CreativeLive, INSEAD, and Feed.fm.
Prior to Raine, he served as CEO of CreativeLive..
Salmi promoted new media as president of global digital media for MTV Networks/Viacom. He reported to the chairman and CEO of MTV Networks, Judy McGrath.
Salmi was CEO and founder of Atom Entertainment, which was purchased by Viacom for $200 million in 2006. In 1998 Salmi founded AtomFilms, an online film and humor site, which featured artists such as Jason Reitman and JibJab.
Before founding Atom, Salmi worked at RealNetworks. Salmi began his entertainment career in the music business, working at Sony Music International, EMI Music and TVT Records. While at TVT Records he saw multi-Platinum selling and Grammy winning artist Nine Inch Nails opening for another band, and asked for a demo tape. He passed the demo tape to TVT's head of A&R, Kitty Overton, who, with Steve Gottlieb, the founder of TVT, signed the band.
Other companies where Salmi is serving or has served on the board of directors include Inkd (acquired by RealSelf), Elisa (Finland's largest telecom company), Blinkbox (acquired by Tesco), Image Metrics (went public), Shockwave KK (acquired by Transcosmos/Japan), and Propel Renewable Fuels (innovator in alternative energy distribution).
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