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

  • Marcus Brauchli

    CHAIRMAN

  • Richard Leggett

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  • Matt Lasov

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

  • Sean Glodek

    VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Norm Pearlstine

    Former Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times and Editor-In-Chief of Time Inc.

  • Matt Goldberg

    CEO of Tripadvisor, Former Global Head of M&A at News Corp.

  • Priscilla Han

    Chief Investment Officer of Reapra Pte. Ltd.

  • Joel Motley

    Chairman emeritus of Human Rights Watch, independent director of Invesco Mutual Funds

ADVISORS

  • Gustavo Guzmán Favela

    Founder & CEO of Yotta

  • Lauren Zalaznick

    Senior Advisor at BCG, former EVP at Comcast NBCUniversal

  • Rohit Dube

    Head of Corp Dev at The Trade Desk, former MD at Liontree

  • Saša Vučinič

    Co-founder and Managing Partner at North Base Media

  • Jae Kang

    Head of Risk Management and Analytics at Sallie Mae

  • Stuart Karle

    General Counsel at North Base Media

  • Ankur Manglik

    Corporate Development at Omnicom Group

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