Kevin Wall
Kevin is an American media entrepreneur, global event producer, investor and activist. He is the CEO and founder of the investment fund PTK Capital, the co-founder and co-chairman of Dreamscape Immersive, a location-based virtual reality start up, and the founder and CEO of Control Room, a Los Angeles-based production company. The first person to receive an Emmy Award for interactive content, Wall is noted for his role in the development and adoption of media technologies including online and multi-platform distribution and media practices such as international rights acquisition and licensing.
Kevin’s ventures often integrate environmental and social activism. With Radio Vision International, his first media company, he distributed and produced live benefit concerts including Human Rights Now!, USA for Africa, Live Aid, and the anti-apartheid Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute. As the founder and CEO of Control Room, he executive produced Live 8, a series of benefit concerts to bring attention to poverty in Africa. More than 250 musicians performed within 24 hours at concerts on 7 continents, including Madonna, U2, Destiny’s Child, Jay-Z, and Pink Floyd. The Live 8 concerts were broadcast on 182 television stations and 2000 radio networks, as well as online. Live 8’s audience was estimated at 2 billion viewers, a percentage of whom viewed the concerts worldwide via AOL in real time and on-demand.