Michael J. Kelly

Michael J. Kelly
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
University of Illinois
OccupationMedia executive
Years active1980–present
Known forEntertainment Weekly
(1996-2000)
Founder & CEO,
American Town Network
(2000-02)
President,
AOL Media Networks
(2004-07)
President & CEO,
The Weather Channel Co
(2009-12) l
SpouseMartha Hall Kelly
This article is about the American businessman. For the Irish missionary, see Michael Kelly (missionary).

Michael J. "Mike" Kelly (born 1957)[1] is an American entrepreneur and media executive. He is the co-founder and CEO of KNV, a digital media investment and advisory firm. Prior to that, he was the president and CEO of The Weather Channel Companies, president of AOL Media Networks, and also held various executive positions at Time Warner and AOL.

Kelly is not to be confused with J. Michael Kelly, who was CFO of AOL when it was a standalone company, then CFO of AOL Time Warner after the merger, COO of the AOL division within AOL Time Warner (since renamed Time Warner), and then CEO of AOL International.[2][3]

  1. ^ Jeffrey Scott, "Weather Channel taps former AOL exec as new chief," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 28, 2009.
  2. ^ "The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week". 20 September 2002.
  3. ^ "Home | Pressroom".