Ezra Cooperstein

Ezra Cooperstein is the President of Austin-based Rooster Teeth as the multifaceted media/entertainment company. In his role, he leads key areas of revenue growth for Rooster Teeth, including FIRST, consumer products and e-commerce, live events, and external areas open for strategic partnerships — including The Roost podcast network, Rooster Teeth Games and the Let’s Play family of gaming influencer channels.

Previously, Cooperstein worked for Rooster Teeth's parent company Fullscreen Media. While serving as COO and then President of Fullscreen, Cooperstein oversaw company growth from it’s formative days to market leader.

Prior to Fullscreen, Cooperstein was the founding CEO of Maker Studios, where he led sales and business development efforts and helped position the company as a first-mover in the YouTube network space.

Before founding Maker Studios, he served as Vice President, Director of Innovations at Initiative, a large advertising agency subsidiary of IPG.

Cooperstein was also on the founding creative team of Al Gore’s Current TV where he served as Vice President, Development, and Programming. There, he was responsible for show development and scheduling strategy and is credited as a pioneer of user-generated video programming, having led the viewer-created content (VC2) division, the fabric of the company’s vision.

The Hollywood Reporter named Cooperstein one of the “Top 35 Executives Under Age 35″ in 2010. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the American AdCouncil.