Ross Levinsohn is the CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media and he has an estimated net worth of $40 million. In 1981, he graduated from Tenafly High School in New Jersey where he grew up. He then earned his B.A. in Broadcast Communications from American University. After graduation, he has held several positions from various companies. He worked in the sports management and marketing at ProServe, and Lapin and Rose Communications, and advertising at Saatchi and Saatchi. He was also an executive producer at CBS Sportsline. From 1999 to 2000, he was the executive and vice president at Alta Vista.
Levinsohn joined the News Digital Media, an internet division of News Corporation, in 2000. Along with Ruperet Murdoch and Peter Chernin, he was one of the leaders in the acquisition of MySpace, IGN, Askmen.com, Scout.com, Newroo, and Ksolo. From 2001 to 2005, he was the President and General Manager of Fox Sports Interactive Media. In 2005, he became the president for all of Fox Interactive Media platform.
Together with former AOL Chairman Jonathan Miller and billionaire Keyur Patel, Ross Levinsohn launched Velocity Interactive Group in December 2007. The $1.5 billion media and communications investment fund has interests in a wide variety of media and technology concerns around the world. The company changed its name to Fuse Digital in 2005. He joined Yahoo! in October 2010 where he served as Head of Global Media and Executive Vice President. He was the CEO from May 2012 to July 2012.