Derek Reisfield is an American media and technology executive. He was the founder and chairman of

MarketWatch ''MarketWatch'' is a website that provides financial information, business news, analysis, and stock market data. It is a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, a property of News Corp, along with ''The Wall Street Journal'' and '' Barron's.'' ...

, a leading financial news and information site and one of the most successful content start ups of the Internet Boom.Pettas, Joanna (2008)
B-to-B Heavyweights Form Online Ad Network
, ''

Folio The term "folio" () has three interconnected but distinct meanings in the world of books and printing: first, it is a term for a common method of arranging Paper size, sheets of paper into book form, folding the sheet only once, and a term for ...

'', April 21, 2008, retrieved 2010-10-18 The company was sold to Dow Jones for more than $500 million. Reisfield was also a founder and principal of i-hatch Ventures, a leading New York City based venture capital company. He was named president of

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...

's New Media division in 1996,Gelsi, Steve (2004)
Viacom offers to buy SportsLine.com
, MarketWatch.com, July 1, 2004, retrieved 2010-10-18 becoming the youngest division president in the company's history. He was responsible for development of over 200 Internet sites including cbs.com and sportsline.com. Before that he was Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Strategy for CBS Corporation and

Westinghouse Electric Company Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is an American nuclear power company formed in 1999 from the nuclear power division of the original Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It offers nuclear products and services to utilities internationally, includ ...

. Reisfield was a senior consultant with

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company (informally McKinsey or McK) is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. Founded in 1926 by James O. McKinse ...

, the international strategy consulting firm. His first job was as a newspaper editor. In 2008, along with Scott E. Roulet, Reisfield founded BBN Solutions, an online network of advertisers, and publications.Derek Reisfield, BBN Networks
Ad Age. Retrieved 2014-02-03 He is the great nephew of the actress

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood's Silent film, silent and early Classical Hollywood cinema, golden eras. Regarded as one of the g ...

.O'Steen, Kathleen (1995) "COMMITMENTS: A Brief Affair", ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

'', December 11, 1995, p. 2

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