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Wolff led the company in developing innovative partnerships with
key players in China, India and the UK, as well as playing an
instrumental role in ESPN’s growth in Latin America — helping it
become a leading multimedia business that includes 13 television
networks, digital media, a diverse portfolio of sports programming
and offices in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
Since 2014, Wolff has also guided ESPN’s programming and
multimedia relationship with Special Olympics, including multiyear,
multimedia deals for coverage of the the 2015 Special Olympics
World Games in Los Angeles, the 2017 World Winter Games in
Austria, the 2018 US Games in Seattle and the 2019 World
Games in Abu Dhabi.
Wolff first joined ESPN in 1997 as vice president, ESPN
international, managing the company’s business interests in the
Pacific Rim. In 1998, he joined ESPN Star Sports, as vice
president of programming and event management and was later
promoted to senior vice president. Wolff returned to ESPN in 2000
as senior vice president to manage programming, marketing, and
the company’s businesses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa.
After graduating from Dartmouth College with an A.B. degree in
1989, Wolff began his career at the Leo Burnett Company in
Chicago (1989-1992). Shortly afterwards, he returned to
Dartmouth and received his M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of
Business Administration. From 1994 to 1997, he worked at MTV
Networks as director, market development, handling affiliate sales
and marketing to alternative distributors for MTV, VH1,
Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Nick at Nite’s TV Land.
Wolff currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Amos Tuck
School of Business and previously served on the Dartmouth
Alumni Council where he was President.
Russell and his wife, Patricia, have two sons.
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