1. Andrew Clurman
Andrew Clurman is the Chief Executive Office and President of Active Interest, a
media company comprised of more than 50 internationally renowned print,
digital and social media brands, a state of the art video production company, and
first-in-class events.
AIM’s leading consumer magazines and digital properties include Yoga Journal,
Backpacker, SKI, Skiing, Vegetarian Times, Yachts International, Sail, Power &
Motoryacht, Black Belt, American Cowboy, Practical Horseman, Dressage Today,
Old House Journal, and more. The company’s five divisions—the Equine
Network, Home Group, Healthy Living Group, Marine Group, and Outdoor
Group—reach more than 40 million people in 85 countries. AIM produces seven
major boat shows, including those in Ft. Lauderdale, Miami Beach, and Palm
Beach. It operates B2B businesses, a state-of-the-art video unit, Warren Miller
Entertainment, and Yoga Journal Events.
Prior to starting AIM with Chairman Efrem (Skip) Zimbalist, Clurman was
Senior Vice President of Time4Media, a division of Time Warner/AOL, serving
as President and Publisher of Mountain Sports Media, the world’s leading winter
sports media company, which included SKI, Skiing, Freeze, Skiing Trade News
Magazines, Warren Miller Films & Entertainment, and Mountain Sports Press, as
well as TransWorld Publications, which included Transworld Skateboarding,
Snowboarding, Motocross, Surf, BMX, and Ride Magazines. Under his
leadership, these two divisions grew to comprise fifteen consumer and trade
magazines, an award-winning film and television production unit, and category-
leading Internet, book, video/DVD publishing, and event marketing businesses.
Clurman’s career in publishing began at The Vineyard Gazette newspaper. He
later joined Ziff Davis where he was a sales representative, regional sales
manager, marketing director and, finally, publisher of SKI and Skiing Magazines.
He is a graduate of Rutgers College and holds an MBA from the University of
Colorado.
He serves as Chairman of the Board of the Independent Magazine Publishers of
America, a board member of Yankee Publishing, and is a University of Colorado
Leeds School of Business Mentor. Clurman lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his
wife, Claire, and three children.