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Nicolas Zylberstein

Member of the Chief Strategy Officers Community - Media, Entertainment & Sports at World Economic Forum

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Nicolas Zylberstein is the Global Head of Strategy, Operations, Corporate Development & Partnerships at ByteDance, with a background that includes key roles at top companies like Pinterest, YouTube, Disney, McKinsey, and JPMorgan. He has a strong track record in corporate development, strategic partnerships, and digital media, having held leadership positions in these areas at major organizations in the industry. Zylberstein's career highlights include serving as Head of Corporate Development at Pinterest and as GM/Head of EMEA Digital Distribution at The Walt Disney Company, showcasing his expertise in driving strategic growth initiatives and partnerships within the consumer technology and media sectors.

Work Experience 

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ByteDance

  • ByteDancer

    2020 - Current

    - Leading Strategy/Operations, M&A, Investments & AI strategic partnerships for ByteDance in the Americas & EMEA - Driving ByteDance’s AI & Generative AI strategy, partnerships & investments across GPU, cloud, foundational models, tooling & applications outside of China - ByteDance’s businesses incl. TikTok, CapCut, eCommerce, AI/Generative AI, Gaming, VR, SaaS & Cloud

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World Economic Forum

  • Member of the Chief Strategy Officers Community - Media, Entertainment & Sports

    2023

    Members of the Media, Entertainment & Sport Industry community engage together to shape the future of the sector, foster innovation & adoption of new business practices, and inform policymaking

La French Tech

  • Ambassador

    2017

    La French Tech is a movement bringing together startups, investors, policymakers & community builders to transform France's startup scene

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Pinterest

  • Head of Corporate Development

    2017 - 2020

    - Defined & drove user growth, content/video creation, shopping & advertising efforts which led to the scaling of MAUs from 200M in 2017 to 420M in 2020 & ad revenue from $470M in 2017 to $1.1B in 2019 - Defined Pinterest’s long-term strategy & provided key input into IPO process with CEO, COO & CFO

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.

Raised $1,486,100,000.00 from Elliott Investment Management and Elliott Investment Management.

pinterest.com
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YouTube

  • Senior Principal, Strategy, Operations & Corporate Development

    2014 - 2017

    - Launched & scaled YouTube's $15B subscription businesses, including YouTube Premium & YouTube TV - Defined YouTube’s long-term strategy with the CEO; drove 4 acquisitions & key strategic partnerships

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youtube.com
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The Walt Disney Company

  • GM/Head of EMEA Digital Distribution

    2009 - 2014

    - Direct P&L responsibility for Disney’s digital businesses & products; grew Disney’s digital business 3X in 2 years - Developed Disney’s first-ever Direct to Consumer strategy & transition to streaming with the launch of Disney+

The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.

Raised $11,000,000,000.00 from Citibank.

thewaltdisneycompany.com
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McKinsey & Company

  • Engagement Manager - TMT & Consumer Goods

    2007 - 2009

    Provided strategic consulting to Tech, Media & Consumer clients in operations, sales & marketing and strategy

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

mckinsey.com
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JPMorgan

  • M&A Associate

    2001 - 2005

    Worked on 15 M&A deals incl. $70B Sanofi/Aventis merger (Pharma), $18B Pernod Ricard/Allied Domecq acquisition (Spirits), $2B Danone/Suntory JV (Water) & $1B Lagardere/Vivendi asset swap (TV)

J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .

jpmorgan.com

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