Kay Koplovitz is Chairman and
CEO of Koplovitz & Co. She is a
widely acclaimed national leader in
the television and emerging media
businesses, as well as a successful
entrepreneur, seasoned venture
capitalist, author and keynote
speaker.
Leadership
Kay Koplovitz was the first woman to head a
television network when she founded
USANetworks under the banner of
Madison Square Garden Sports in 1977.
As a visionary of what sports
television would become, Ms. Koplovitz
launched major professional and collegiate
sports on cable television by negotiating the
first contracts and creating first cable coverage
for Major League Baseball, the National
Basketball Association, the National Hockey
League, the Masters from Augusta Georgia,
the US Tennis Open and a collection of NCAA
confererence sporting events. She led USA
Networks to first place in cable primetime
ratings and it remained there for 14 years. In
1992, she launched the Sci-Fi Channel which
has become a top ten rated cable network
known for innovative drama and mini-series.
In 1994, she launched USANetworks
International into 60 countries worldwide.
Vision
In 1998, President Clinton appointed Kay
Koplovitz to chair the bipartisan National
Women’s Business Council. She used this
platform to launch Springboard Enterprises, in
a move to get women to “think big” about their
growth companies and to raise venture capital
to fund them. Springboard, her shared vision,
has screenedover 4000 companies and
presented 360 of them since its first forum in
2000. These companies have raised over $4
billion in capital and are returning positive
results to investors at record rates.
Significantly, Springboard is creating a national
human capital network among entrepreneurs,
investors and service providers that improve
prospects for success.
In 2001, Ms. Koplovitz co-founded Boldcap
Ventures, a venture fund backed exclusively
by high net worth women seeking to grow their
portfolios with venture investments. Boldcap
invests principally in the media, technology,
and healthcare sectors.
Versatility
Kay Koplovitz is the author of ‘Bold Women, Big
Ideas’ (2002), which she wrote to inform and
inspire women entrepreneurs to create wealth
through equity. She is a sought after
motivational speaker on subjects ranging from
leadership and management to
entrepreneurship, capital formation
and emerging media.
An experienced public board member, Ms.
Koplovitz is currently the Chairman of the Board
of Liz Claiborne and has served on the boards
of Instinet, Oracle, Nabisco, and General Re.
