NEW YORK, July 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- XO Group Inc.
(NYSE: XOXO) announced today that Zohar Yardeni is joining the
company as Executive Vice President, Product. Yardeni is a talented
product leader and visionary with a record of successfully
delivering experiences users love. Yardeni will lead the XO Group
product and design organization as The Knot continues to improve
its industry-leading wedding app and marketplace, offering a
seamless, all-in-one planning experience—from finding inspiration
and local wedding pros to creating and managing all guest
experiences, wedding registries and more.
"We're thrilled to welcome Zohar to the XO family," said
Mike Steib, CEO of XO Group. "His
extensive product development and business leadership experience
will help us further our mission of providing our couples and local
business partners with best-in-class products and services."
Yardeni was most recently a Product Manager at Facebook, where
he led several product teams in the Local organization. Prior,
Yardeni led product as well as design, content, and data teams as
Chief Product Officer at Knewton and VP of Product at ZocDoc. Prior
to ZocDoc, Yardeni ran several startups including CallStreet, an
earnings call transcription service which he founded and
subsequently sold to FactSet Research Systems. Yardeni also served
as Global Head of Product Management at Thomson Reuters, where he
led a team working to reinvent a multi-billion dollar platform of
financial applications and websites. Yardeni received an MBA from
Columbia Business School and a B.A. in
Philosophy and Psychology from Cornell
University.
"I'm excited to join a company that's at the forefront of
providing the best user experience and product-driven solutions for
couples planning life's biggest moments," said Zohar Yardeni. "I'm
extremely impressed with the team at XO Group and look forward to
joining them as they continue solving couple's needs and creating
deep, digital experiences across all platforms."
About XO Group Inc.
XO Group Inc.'s (NYSE: XOXO; xogroupinc.com) mission is to help
people navigate and truly enjoy life's biggest moments together.
Our multi-platform brands guide couples through transformative life
stages - from getting married with The Knot, to having a baby with
The Bump, helping bring important celebrations to life with
entertainment vendors from GigMasters and building a healthy, happy
marriage with Lasting. The Company is publicly listed on the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE: XOXO) and is headquartered in
New York City.
Forward Looking Statements
This release may contain projections or other forward-looking
statements regarding future events or our future financial
performance. These statements are only predictions and reflect our
current beliefs and expectations. Actual events or results may
differ materially from those contained in the projections or
forward-looking statements. It is routine for internal projections
and expectations to change as the quarter progresses, and therefore
it should be clearly understood that the internal projections and
beliefs upon which we base our expectations may change prior to the
end of the quarter. Although these expectations may change, we will
not necessarily inform you if they do. Our policy is to provide
expectations not more than once per quarter, and not to update that
information until the next quarter. Some of the factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements contained herein include, without limitation, (i) our
online wedding-related and other websites may fail to generate
sufficient revenue to survive over the long term, (ii) we incurred
losses for many years following our inception and may incur losses
in the future, (iii) we may be unable to adjust spending quickly
enough to offset any unexpected revenue shortfall, (iv) sales to
sponsors or advertisers may be delayed or cancelled, (v) efforts to
launch new technology and features may not generate significant new
revenue or may reduce revenue from existing services, (vi) we may
be unable to develop solutions that generate revenue from
advertising delivered to mobile phones and wireless devices, (vii)
the significant fluctuation to which our quarterly revenue and
operating results are subject, (viii) the seasonality of the
wedding industry, (ix) our e-commerce operations are dependent on
Internet search engine rankings, and our ability to influence those
rankings is limited, (x) the dependence of our registry services
business on third parties, and (xi) other factors detailed in
documents we file from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements in this release are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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