Kaleil Isaza Tuzman

Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
BornOctober 1971
Alma materHarvard University
Known forConvicted felon, Former Businessman, Former Entrepreneur, Co-founder of govWorks.com, subject of documentary Startup.com (2001)

Kaleil Isaza Tuzman is a former entrepreneur associated with digital media, who spent more than 20 years in that industry[1] before being convicted of multiple counts of fraud in 2017. Tuzman started his career at Goldman Sachs, was co-founder of GovWorks.com (the subject of the 2001 documentary Startup.com, which followed the company from its founding to its bankruptcy[2]), served as President of JumpTV, and then as chief executive officer and chairman of KIT Digital, Inc.[3] On September 7, 2015, he was arrested in Colombia and held in a Bogotá prison until being extradited to the United States[4] to face charges of fraud and market manipulation in connection with the defrauding of investors in KIT Digital and two investment funds.[5][6][7] He was convicted on all counts in December 2017.[8]

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  8. ^ "Ex-KIT CEO, Socialite Convicted at Fraud Trial". Bloomberg. 26 December 2017.