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Bellrock Media’s senior management team is a comprehensive and broad blend of entertainment, technology,
business development, creative and marketing expertise.
Hiroshi Nakata | Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Hiroshi Nakata is the CEO of Bellrock Media and President of Bellrock Media Japan. In addition,
Nakata is the Board Director, Chief Financial Officer & Head of Corporate Strategy for Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Nakata played a leading role in establishing new businesses for Yoshimoto Kogyo using new media and platforms, including Fandango, Inc., casTY,
and Bellrock Media. Nakata was previously with The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan, in charge of M&A operations for the entertainment industry.
MBA from Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management; CPA.
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Aki Yorihiro
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Senior VP, Corporate Development and General Counsel
Aki Yorihiro heads all corporate development and legal matters at Bellrock Media.
Bilingual and bicultural, he handles all business operations within our US and Asian markets bridging East and West.
Prior to Bellrock, Yorihiro was a Corporate and M&A Partner at the international law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP where he represented U.S.
and foreign Fortune 500 companies on a variety of transactions, many of which were cross-border.
Yorihiro was the U.S. outside counsel for Yoshimoto Kogyo, one of Bellrock’s strategic investors, in sports and entertainment transactions.
Yorihiro has been the outside general counsel to Bellrock Media since inception, joining the team in February 2006.
Jon Vlassopulos |
General Managrer, North America
Jon Vlassopulos was most recently Senior Vice President, Digital Media & Branded Entertainment for Endemol,
the global leader in entertainment programming.
He was responsible for building Endemol's worldwide digital
business and growing the company into new areas such as casual gaming
and branded entertainment. He also revolutionized the interactive TV market in the
U.S. with his work on hit shows like "Deal or No Deal".
Previously Jon was president of Kargo, a leading mobile content company that
publishes the mobile applications of major media brands such as Vibe, Spin,
Weekly World News, and Premiere. Prior to that, he served as Senior Director,
Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at AT&T Wireless, launching major
media brands on AT&T services including mMode. While at the carrier, he directed the
launch of the first wireless music service, and ran major mobile marketing campaigns
with brands like McDonalds and Kelloggs. His background also includes multiple
executive positions at Bertelsmann in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Jon received
his undergraduate degree from Durham University in Chinese, Economics and Korean.
He serves on the board of NATPE, the National Association of Television Program Executives.
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