Mitch Thrower is an entrepreneur, financier, philanthropist and talented triathlete.

The Author of "The Attention Deficit  Workplace - Winning Strategies for Success in Today's Fast-Paced Business Environment"

Mitch is also the author of the popular monthly column, "Starting Lines" in Triathlete Magazine and the Ironmitch.com blog.

 

A serial entrepreneur, Mitch Thrower is the co-founder of The Active Network Inc., a software, marketing and registration powerhouse. He is also Chairman and one of the owners of Triathlete Magazine. In addition, he co-founded and was the CEO of The Active Europe Network, Ltd., which operates using Active's business model in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His initiative and efforts to rapidly consolidate participatory sports registration software companies worldwide, has without any doubt, created the "Ticketmaster" of participatory sports -- with his entrepreneurial ideas and initiative forever changing the global landscape of sports.

 

Mitch was founder and CEO of The College Connection and The Rail Connection, and has consulted for American Express, AT&T, and Eurail.

Mitch is also Chairman of The La Jolla Foundation, Inc., a non-profit foundation whose first initiative is Project Active, a program that provides money, mentoring, encouragement and education to areas of world tension - most recently providing soccer balls and jerseys to children in Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti and Mexico.

Mitch holds a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from the University of San Diego, where he has served as the "Entrepreneur in Residence," teaching entrepreneurship.

Of course, Mitch's father was the President of WPIX (Channel 11 in New York City), Vice President of Sales for NBC, and is known for his creation of New York City's famous "Yule Log," a holiday presentation of a fireplace and Christmas music on television. Mitch's mother was one of Jacqueline Kennedy's executive assistants.

Mitch is a 17X Ironman Triathlete, including 11 Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.