Mic News reports that President Obama is eyeing a post-presidential career in digital media “and is considering launching his own video company.” Mic goes so far as to report that the President privately discussed the matter with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the recent APEC summit in Lima.The road to Barack Obama becoming a billionaire is nearing.
As a newly minted ex-President, Obama would presumably be in high demand from media companies hungry for the prestige and imprimatur his name provides. So what are the three most likely places where the future former president could land while he earns some much-needed dough and learns the media business? We’ve got the list:
Wikileaks recently revealed that in 2013, former President Bill Clinton turned down an $8 million, two-year offer to be honorary chairman of the nascent media company that would eventually become Vocativ. Vocativ’s co-founders, the Israeli entrepreneur Mati Kochavi and New York rainmaker Marty Edelman, were flush with Arab cash from their security ventures in Abu Dhabi and wanted to buy a big name.
Sunday, December 04, 2016
Bill Clinton Turned Down $8M From Vocativ. This Could Be Obama’s Big Chance.
Heat Street reports: