David Yakir

David Yakir is an entrepreneur and creative business strategist in the media, entertainment and digital marketing space.  He founded and led one of the first successful new media and marketing companies (Blue Marble), winning several of the industry's top awards. In 1999 Blue Marble was acquired by the Publicis Group as David moved to WPP's Y&R and Wunderman as its first global Chief Digital Officer. He has sat on the boards of two advertising holding companies as well as the digital consultant on the presidents' council of the American Museum of Natural History.

His role in the industry led to invitations to both Buckingham Palace and the White House. Recently he created The Podgeist Company whose mission is to produce and unite podcasters, sponsors, and guests whose stories benefit the communities that listen. Since 2014 he has hosted the I Heart Radio broadcast and podcast "Yak About Today" dedicated to the Baby-Boomers and the generation that is reinventing aging.

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