Kay Koplovitz

Kay Koplovitz is the founder of USA Network and the first woman network president in television history. A pioneer in cable television networks and new media ventures, she is a visionary who led the cable television industry in challenging the mighty broadcast networks for coveted audiences.

Koplovitz was the first to negotiate cable rights to major league sports and later developed the station into a leading provider of original programming. Under her leadership, the company also launched the SyFy Channel (formally Sci-Fi Channel), one of the top-ranked networks in viewership today. In 2000, she co-founded Springboard Enterprises, a national organization that has fostered the investment of more than $4 billion in women-led firms to date. Currently, she is principal at Koplovitz & Company, a media investment and management firm specializing in new media investments and the chairman of the Board of Liz Claiborne, Inc.

She continues to be a leader in raising venture capital for female entrepreneurs and in launching new programming companies that challenge the frontiers of the digital age. She is the author of Bold Women, Big Ideas, which she wrote to inform and inspire female entrepreneurs to create wealth through equity. Kay Koplovitz is a sought-after motivational speaker on subjects ranging from women's leadership, women's entrepreneurship, and capital formation to creating a human capital ecosystem, emerging media, and management.