Jon Werther

As Executive Vice President of Business Development, Jon Werther drives strategic transactions and relationships for the company (with a primary focus on distribution, content, platform/technology, new service and product-related transactions) and evaluates new business opportunities. His group also focuses on the process of innovation at AOL, working with key stakeholders throughout the company to help generate ideas, share best practices and instill more systematic processes to foster and reward innovation.

Werther spent the past year working at Time Warner, Inc. as Vice President, Operations, where he was responsible for strategic business initiatives and shareholder value creation opportunities at both the corporate and divisional operating levels.

Prior to that, Werther spent seven years at AOL in a variety of executive roles, overseeing a broad range of cross-company operational initiatives, structuring and negotiating various strategic transactions, formulating key AOL strategies, and developing new revenue streams.

Before joining AOL, Werther worked at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, DC, where he represented and advised clients in connection with a variety of transactions, primarily in South America and Asia.

Werther earned an MBA from The Wharton School, a JD from the George Washington University Law School (where he graduated Order of the Coif and was a member of the George Washington Law Review) and a BA from Emory University (where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa).