The Wizard World board of directors elected John Macaluso
chairman of the board, effective October 10, 2012, succeeding Michael Mathews
who is stepping down from the board to pursue his passion of early stage
technology ventures. Macaluso will continue to serve as the company's Chief
Executive Officer.
Mr. Macaluso has overseen Wizard World's impressive growth in its pop culture
Comic Cons in 2012, including enjoying its most highly-attended and successful
events in Philadelphia, Chicago and Columbus, Ohio. Macaluso has shifted the
company away from the prior management's singular focus of being the purveyors
of the new next thing towards a more fan-centric and balanced approach of
delivering a great experience for all constituents – the talent, the sponsors
and the attendees. With this shift in strategy and business practices, Wizard
World is experiencing growth in all areas of its business, from attendance, to
viewership of wizardworld.com, to sponsorship sales and activations, and
merchandise sales.
This broader vision has also helped Wizard World create a number of “once in a
lifetime experiences” for attendees, including meet and greets with first
gathering of the Captains in all five iterations of the “Star Trek” franchise,
as well as the first U.S. reunion of the cast of “Star Trek: The Next
Generation.” Wizard World comic cons are now attracting the next generation of
global film stars such as Marvel's The Avengers headliners while continuing to
secure industry legends like Stan Lee and William Shatner, and industry
favorites like Will Wheaton, Eliza Dushku, Scott Bakula, Gillian Anderson and
WWE® Superstar CM Punk®.
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