Chris Loughlin

Chris Loughlin is a digital CEO with over 20 years of experience leading internet businesses. He launched his first company, Weekends.com in 1998 in London and New York. In 2001, he sold the weekends.com url to Travelzoo Inc. and joined Travelzoo where he led marketing and business development. He was a member of the management team that took Travelzoo public in December 2003 and from 2003 to 2010, he was responsible for much of Travelzoo's rapid category and international expansion. In 2010, he was appointed CEO, and at the time was the youngest CEO of a NASDAQ-listed company (age 36). During his tenure as CEO, revenues and audience increased substantially and the company was named among Crain's and Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. Chris serves on the National Leadership Board of the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas and holds a number of advisory board seats at start up companies. Chris has dual MBAs from the University of California, Haas School of Business and Columbia Business School.