Stephen Stokols
| Stephen Stokols | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | American |
| Education |
University of California, Berkeley London Business School |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, investor |
| Title | CEO of FreedomPop |
Stephen Stokols is an American entrepreneur, technologist, investor and executive located in Los Angeles, California. Stokols currently serves as the CEO of FreedomPop, the company he co-founded in August 2012 with Skype Founder Niklas Zennström.
As CEO of FreedomPop, Stokols has raised over $109 million in venture capital and grown the company to over 100 employees. In 2015, Stokols expanded FreedomPop’s free mobile service internationally. In early 2016, Stokols closed a $50 million Series C financing for FreedomPop and launched a Global Hotspot with free mobile data in over 25 countries. In 2017, Stokols turned down a merger and acquisition offer for FreedomPop, worth as much as $450 million.
Before FreedomPop, Stokols was the CEO of Woo Media, until its sale to Zoosk in November 2011. The idea for Woo Media was spurred by his sister's experience with speed dating. Stokols immediately saw an opportunity for an online speed dating website leveraging new web based video technologies and created WooMe. Over four years, Stokols grew Woo Media into an online media group, incorporating several online communication channels. Under his leadership, Stokols grew Woo Media to over 10 million users until it was sold to Zoosk in 2011.
Prior to the creation of Woo Media, Stokols represented the BT Group as BT's Vice President of Strategy and Business Development in London. Before moving to BT Group, Stokols was the Director of Commerce at Qwest Communications. Stokols also worked for CMGI where he focused on positioning AltaVista for its sale to Yahoo!. Stokols is also a member of the Founders Pledge.
Stokols received his MBA from UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business in 2002. During this time, Stokols attained two significant fellowships: Haas Venture Capital Fellowship in 2001 and the Price Center Fellowship in 2000. Stokols then attended the London Business School from where he received his Masters of Finance degree in 2007.
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