John Battelle has founded or co-founded eight media and technology businesses, including Wired, The Industry Standard and Federated Media. He is currently co-founder of DOC, a health-related startup, chair of Sovrn Holdings, a publishing platform, and director of LiveRamp, a NYSE-listed data business. He has taught at Northeastern, Columbia, and UC Berkeley. Battelle’s first book, “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture,” was an international bestseller. He is working on a forthcoming book on the role of data in society. Battelle holds a BA and a Master’s from UC Berkeley.