Wil Harris (born 20 September 1982) is a British digital media

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...

based in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. In 2017, he became the Co-Founder and CEO o
Entale Media
a podcasting platform backed by Founders Factory. Entale was subsequently backed by DMG Ventures in 2019 and fully acquired by the group in 2022. During that time, Entale won multiple awards for its innovation in the podcast space, including a Webby Award for Best Visual Design in an app. He currently serves as Chairman of award-winning challenger creative agenc
Hotwolf
He was formerly Head of Digital for

Condé Nast Condé Nast () is a global mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast, and owned by Advance Publications. Its headquarters are located at One World Trade Center in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The company's media ...

UK, where he drove digital growth and innovation at the esteemed group, including the launch of new video and programmatic ventures. In 2007 he founded, with Justin Gayner, the YouTube Multi-Channel Network

ChannelFlip ChannelFlip Media Ltd was a London-based Multi Channel Network which works with both traditional and online celebrities to create brand friendly content. Shows and talent ChannelFlip works with UK-based comedic TV and online talent. * Robert Lle ...

. After securing landmark deals to produce content with talent including David Mitchell and Ricky Gervais, ChannelFlip was successfully acquired by Elizabeth Murdoch 's Shine TV in 2012. He is the former Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of the bit-tech enthusiast website. Wil is a regular guest and commentator on technology, having appeared on podcasts including

This Week in Tech ''This Week in Tech''–casually referred to as ''TWiT'', and briefly known as ''Revenge of the Screen Savers''–is the weekly flagship podcast and namesake of the TWiT.tv network. It is hosted by Leo Laporte and many other former TechTV emplo ...

DLC
and has written for GQ

BBC News Online BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites, with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021, as well as being used by 60% of the U ...

The Inquirer ''The Inquirer'' (stylized as TheINQUIRER) was a British technology tabloid website founded by Mike Magee after his departure from ''The Register'' (of which he was one of the founding members) in 2001. In 2006 the site was acquired by Dutch ...

and

The Register ''The Register'' is a British technology news website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee, John Lettice and Ross Alderson. The online newspaper's masthead sublogo is "''Biting the hand that feeds IT''." Their primary focus is information te ...

. Harris holds a degree in

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Wil Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford 1982 births