Chegg hires Sony Executive Lauren Glotzer as new Chief Strategy Officer
April 06 2021 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Former Executive Vice President at Sony
Pictures Entertainment, Lauren brings nearly twenty years of
tenured experience in corporate strategy and development to Chegg’s
C-Suite
Chegg (NYSE: CHGG), the leading student-first connected learning
platform, today, announced that Lauren Glotzer, former Executive
Vice President of Television Strategy & Operations at Sony
Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has joined Chegg's C-Suite as the new
Chief Strategy Officer, effective April 12th, 2021.
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Lauren Glotzer, Chief Strategy Officer of
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“Chegg continues to scale and expand to better serve more
students around the globe, so we are thrilled to add a leader like
Lauren to the team to help us accelerate our opportunities," said
Dan Rosensweig, CEO & President of Chegg, Inc. "Lauren’s skills
and experience in successfully leading strategy and M&A for a
diverse global enterprise, like Sony, will be a great addition to
our executive leadership team. Lauren’s success overseeing
impactful and strategic growth opportunities and acquisitions, and
building consumer-driven communities, are a huge benefit to
Chegg.”
In her most recent role of Executive Vice President, Television
Strategy & Operations at SPE, Glotzer oversaw growth strategies
spanning television production and media networks. She also led
acquisitions in children’s animated television production, as well
as faith & family subscription video on demand. Earlier in her
tenure, Glotzer led the SPE Corporate Development team, charged
with identifying and evaluating investment opportunities in the
rapidly changing media landscape.
"I am incredibly excited to be joining Chegg's leadership team,"
said Glotzer. "Chegg really puts the student first – a critical
mission, now more than ever. Chegg’s tools are crafted to meet
students’ needs, and ultimately make learning more accessible and
adaptable. Students make a big investment in their education and we
want to see them get the best return on that investment. I am
thrilled to be part of a team so focused on supporting students
through their education and preparing them for their careers.”
Biography of Lauren Glotzer:
Prior to joining Chegg, Lauren Glotzer was the Executive Vice
President, Television Strategy & Operations at SPE. During that
time, she drove the growth strategies that resulted in the
acquisitions of Silvergate Media and Pure Flix. In addition to her
work in television strategy, Lauren oversaw the management of the
Pure Flix SVOD service.
Before that role, Lauren spent 11 years in the SPE Corporate
Development team, six of those years as its leader. Throughout her
tenure at SPE, Lauren’s responsibilities have spanned corporate and
divisional strategy, M&A, new business development, and support
for investor and board communications. In that time, Lauren has
worked across all areas of the business, including film production
and distribution, television production and distribution, and media
networks.
Prior to joining SPE, Lauren spent five years in strategy and
corporate development for UK cable company ntl:Telewest (now Virgin
Media) in London and Hampshire. Her background also includes
business development in the EMEA region for mobile middleware
provider AvantGo and strategy consulting for Braxton Associates in
London. Lauren started her career as a consultant at Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu in New York and Paris.
Lauren holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and a
BA in Philosophy from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. She
lives in New York with her husband and two daughters.
About Chegg:
Chegg: A Smarter Way to Student®. We strive to improve
educational outcomes by putting the student first. We support
students on their journey from high school to college and into
their careers with tools designed to help them learn their course
materials, succeed in their classes, and save money on required
materials. Our services are available online, anytime and anywhere.
Chegg is a publicly held company based in Santa Clara, California
and trades on the NYSE under the symbol CHGG. For more information,
visit www.chegg.com.
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