Kevin Mayer Bio, Wiki

Kevin Mayer is an American businessman who serves as the co-founder and co-CEO of Candle Media, with Thomas O. Staggs. Staggs is the prior COO and CFO of The Walt Disney Company. Previously, he worked as the chief executive officer of TikTok the COO of ByteDance Ltd, Tiktok’s parent company. Before he was appointed as TikTok CEO, he was the Chairman of the Direct-to-Consumer & International division of The Walt Disney Company. 

Kevin Mayer Education

Mayer attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a BS in mechanical engineering degree, a Master of Science from San Diego State University, and also an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kevin Mayer Career

Mayer serves as the co-founder and co-CEO of Candle Media, with Thomas O. Staggs. Staggs is the prior COO and CFO of The Walt Disney Company. Previously, he worked as the chief executive officer of TikTok the COO of ByteDance Ltd, Tiktok’s parent company.

Before he was appointed as TikTok CEO, he was the Chairman of the Direct-to-Consumer & International division of The Walt Disney Company. In February 2000, he was then named Chief Executive Officer of Playboy.com, the digital subsidiary of Chicago’s Playboy Enterprises.

In September of the same year, he left Playboy and was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Interactive, a division of Clear Channel Worldwide. He held the position until December 2001. In February 2002, Mayer joined L.E.K. Consulting LLC as a partner and head of the global media and entertainment practice.

In November 2020, Mayer joined Access Industries as a senior advisor. He was named chairman of the board of directors of its subsidiary DAZN Group, the parent company of DAZN In March 2021. Also, he is a managing partner at Smash Capital and is on the board of directors of Nexon.

On 3rd November 2021, he became a consultant for Discovery’s streaming services. Further, he works as an advisor for David Zaslav of Warner Bros. Discovery, Len Blavatnik of Access Industries, and Marc Benioff of Salesforce.

Disney

Mayer was previously the senior executive vice president and chief strategy officer of Disney where he managed their acquisitions of Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel Entertainment, and 21st Century Fox. Additionally, he directed the divestitures of Miramax and ABC Radio.

In 1993, Mayer got a job at The Walt Disney Company. His work was handling strategy and business development for Disney’s Interactive/Internet and television businesses worldwide. He was later promoted to head up Disney Internet group as executive vice president.

In June 2005, he rejoined The Walt Disney Company as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Business Development, and Technology designated in October 2005 as an executive officer.

In March 2018, he was named chairman of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. As chairman, he continued to report to Disney CEO Bob Chapek. Back in May 2020, he resigned from The Walt Disney Company to serve as COO of ByteDance Ltd., where he also served as CEO of TikTok.

Kevin Mayer Age

He was born in 1962, in the United States. Mayer is 62 years old.

Kevin Mayer Height

Mayer stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches.

Kevin Mayer Family

Mayer’s father was a labor lawyer, and his mother served on a county appeals board. He has an older brother named Michael who is a successful theater director and won a Tony award in 2007 for “Spring Awakening.”

Kevin Mayer Wife

Mayer is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone.

Kevin Mayer Salary

The amount of money that Mayer earned as the new CEO of TikTok has not yet been revealed.

Kevin Mayer Candle Media

Mayer serves as the co-founder and co-CEO of Candle Media, with Thomas O. Staggs. Staggs is the prior COO and CFO of The Walt Disney Company. Backed by Blackstone Inc., the company obtained Hello Sunshine for $900 million, 10% of Westbrook for $60 million, Moonbug Entertainment for $3 billion, and ATTN: for $100 million.

Kevin Mayer Tiktok

Mayer worked as the chief executive officer of TikTok the COO of ByteDance Ltd, Tiktok’s parent company since May 2020. Three months after taking the position, he declared that he would step down from TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. As per the New York Times, his decision was a result of shrewd alternations in the political environment in which ByteDance was told to sell its U.S. operations by the Donald Trump administration. This would lead to Mayer’s newly appointed job being eliminated. However, the “imminent” sale was later stopped by the Chinese government, and the White House’s attention to it diminished.

Kevin Mayer Tom Staggs

In 2020, Mayer and Staggs headed the founding of the special-purpose acquisition company, (SPAC) Forest Road Acquisition Corp. Mayer works as the co-founder and co-CEO of Candle Media, with Thomas O. Staggs. Staggs is the prior COO and CFO of The Walt Disney Company.

Kevin Mayer Net Worth

Mayer has an estimated net worth of $20 Million dollars.

The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Mayer.