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Alejandro (Alex) Zubillaga is Warner Music Group's (WMG) Executive Vice President Digital Strategy and Business Development.
Zubillaga is responsible for the company's worldwide digital music strategy and business development activity including its strategic initiatives in wireless e-commerce Internet electronic music distribution and new music formats.
Since joining WMG in March 2004 Zubillaga has aggressively developed new product and distribution opportunities for WMG in the mobile space and online music space. Under his leadership WMG was the first music company to sell mobile music video downloads in the U.S. through an agreement with Verizon Wireless in January 2005; the first music company to execute a multi-territory cross-platform "triple-play" agreement reaching more than 110 million subscribers in 12 countries through an agreement with France Telecom in May 2005; and has been a carrier launch partner supporting the introduction of major new products including full-track downloads ring back tones and video ring tones through agreements with leading mobile carriers including Vodafone Verizon Wireless T-Mobile and Sprint.
Before joining WMG Zubillaga served as managing director and co-founder of Lexa Partners LLC a management venture capital group based in New York City where he was responsible for sourcing analyzing and managing investment opportunities in the media and technology sectors. Lexa Partner investments he helped direct include the purchase of WMG with Thomas H. Lee Partners Providence Capital and Bain Capital as well as the bid for Vivendi Universal's entertainment assets.
Previously Zubillaga was founder and managing partner of E-Quest Partners a venture capital firm focused on Latin America where he directed the origination of all potential investment opportunities and assisted portfolio companies in raising in excess of $100 million of private equity capital from institutional sources. Prior to that Zubillaga served as founder chairman and chief executive officer of NETUNO a leading provider of broadband communication services in Venezuela.
Zubillaga graduated from Babson College with a degree in Business Administration. | 