Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp
About Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp
Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp is a Special Purpose Acquisition company focused on opportunities in high-growth internet, media and adjacent industry segments, including online marketplaces, content and subscription management, education and training, advertising technology and direct-to-consumer businesses.
We intend to seek opportunities globally, with a particular emphasis on large-population, high-growth emerging regions in Asia and Latin America, as well as in North America, including the United States.
Our team is well positioned to identify these opportunities. Our management, directors and advisors have deep experience operating public companies, investing globally and guiding financial transactions, including taking companies private and public. Our leadership team has extensive experience leading and managing world-class public and private market companies in our target sectors, including News Corp. (Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal), Gannett, Bloomberg, XO Group, Yodle, Graham Holdings, The Washington Post, Liberty Interactive, C.P. Group and Moscow Exchange.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
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Marcus Brauchli
CHAIRMAN
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Richard Leggett
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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Matt Lasov
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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Sean Glodek
VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Norm Pearlstine
Former Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times and Editor-In-Chief of Time Inc.
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Matt Goldberg
CEO of Tripadvisor, Former Global Head of M&A at News Corp.
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Priscilla Han
Chief Investment Officer of Reapra Pte. Ltd.
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Joel Motley
Chairman emeritus of Human Rights Watch, independent director of Invesco Mutual Funds
ADVISORS
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Gustavo Guzmán Favela
Founder & CEO of Yotta
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Lauren Zalaznick
Senior Advisor at BCG, former EVP at Comcast NBCUniversal
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Rohit Dube
Head of Corp Dev at The Trade Desk, former MD at Liontree
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Saša Vučinič
Co-founder and Managing Partner at North Base Media
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Jae Kang
Head of Risk Management and Analytics at Sallie Mae
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Stuart Karle
General Counsel at North Base Media
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Ankur Manglik
Corporate Development at Omnicom Group
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