GENE SIMMONS Speaks to the London Business School Community; Sponsored by Business Partner Ortsbo.com
GENE SIMMONS Speaks to the London Business School Community; Sponsored by Business Partner Ortsbo.com
Dream Big with Gene Simmons at the London Business School
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GENE SIMMONS, Ortsbo spokesman and business partner, will be holding a live speaking engagement entitled Dream Big with Gene Simmons at the prestigious London Business School sponsored by real-time conversational translator Ortsbo.com (www.ortsbo.com).
Although this event is not open to the public, a limited number of members of the media can attend in person. Public audiences and members of the press around the world can watch this exclusive event via a live webcast powered by Ortsbo.com on November 10, 2011 at 18:00 (GMT+1) at www.london-business-school-liveandglobal.com. In town to host the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards, GENE SIMMONS will take the time to talk to the next generation of business leaders and to share his inspiration and lessons from his diverse and highly successful career.
Ortsbo will also be hosting its first two-part live event outside of North America at this year's Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards. The Red Carpet event will begin at 18:00 London time on November 9 until 19:15 while the Backstage Press area will be active from 21:15 until approximately 23:30 that evening. Fans can pre-register at www.classicrockliveandglobal.com to view and participate in the chat.
About Gene Simmons: www.genesimmons.com
Rock legend, TV star, multi-hyphenate entrepreneur, writer, lecturer, and guest of financial and news programs, Gene Simmons is one of the world's most recognized personalities. With millions of fans on Twitter and Facebook and speaking FIVE languages including, English, Hebrew, Hungarian, German, some Japanese and intending to learn Mandarin, Gene Simmons is the personification of today's globally connected citizen and the ideal spokesperson for Ortsbo.
Born in Israel, an only child to his mother, a Holocaust survivor, Mr. Simmons has gone on to climb the heights of fame and international recognition.
Simmons co-founded the legendary KISS over 36 years ago. The band has sold over 100 million CDs and DVDs worldwide, and continues to sell out stadiums and arenas around the world, breaking box-office records set by Elvis and the Beatles, and boasting over 3,000 licensed / merchandise items.
In addition to performing, Mr. Simmons has his own record company, Simmons / Universal Music, a joint venture between Universal Music and Belinda Stronach. He also discovered, signed, and produced the demo for Van Halen, and has managed the music career of Liza Minnelli, among others.
Outside of his music business endeavours, Mr. Simmons expanded his artistic explorations in the areas of TV and film. He has his own realty show on A&E, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, now in its seventh year of production, making it the longest running celebrity reality show of all time. He has also completed two seasons of his other show, Gene Simmons' Rock School, for VH-1. In addition he created the show Mr. Romance for Oxygen, as well as his own cartoon, My Dad the Rock Star, for Nickelodeon's NickToons.
As an actor, Simmons has co-starred in several motion pictures, among them Runaway (TriStar), Wanted: Dead or Alive (New World), and Extract (Miramax). He also served as co-producer of New Line Films' Detroit Rock City.
Mr. Simmons is a Co-Founding Partner in Cool Springs Life.com, a venture that provides estate planning for high net worth individuals exceeding $20 Million.
Other entrepreneurial accomplishments include his own book imprint, Simmons / Phoenix books, which published his NY Times Best Seller, SEX MONEY KISS, the LA Times Best Seller, LADIES OF THE NIGHT and the upcoming new book, GENE SIMMONS ART OF WAR and Mr. Simmons tours internationally on the lecture circuit.
Mr. Simmons graduated from New York State University (NYSU) and City University New York (CUNY) and holds a Bachelor of Education degree. After graduating, he taught sixth grade in Spanish Harlem in New York City and then became the Assistant to the Director of the Puerto Rican InterAgency Council, a government funded research and demonstration project. Early in his career, Mr. Simmons worked at Glamour and then at Vogue, as the assistant to the editor, Kate Lloyd.
About Ortsbo Inc.: www.ortsbo.com
Ortsbo (www.ortsbo.com) enables real-time conversational translation in over 50 languages and seamlessly integrates with today's most popular social media platforms. Ortsbo Inc. is a subsidiary of Intertainment Media Inc., a Rich Media Applications leader, focused on delivering leading edge technology and marketing solutions enabling clients to power enhanced branding, loyalty initiatives and consumer engagement. Selected as a Microsoft Global Agency Initiative partner, Intertainment has joined an elite group of interactive agencies worldwide that Microsoft recommends to its Partners and Customers.
Ortsbo allows users to communicate with family, friends and colleagues around the world, providing users with the ability to break down language and cultural barriers through its easy to use, language centric platform products and services. Ortsbo's flagship product for social media (www.ortsbo.com) supports global communications with instant translation capability, real time multi-lingual social media chat connects to PC and Mac computers, mobile browsers as well as all major search engine and social media chat platforms.
Headquartered in the Toronto, Canada region, with offices in New York, Los Angeles and San Mateo, CA, Intertainment Media Inc. is listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange and in the US on the OTCQX. Intertainment is also traded in Europe, on XETRA.
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About London Business School
London Business School's purpose is to deliver insights and leaders that have impact. The School is ranked number one in the world for the full-time MBA programme*. In research, the School is ranked top ten and holds the highest average research score of any UK academic institution**.
The School's faculty, from over 30 countries, is grouped into seven subject areas - Accounting; Economics; Finance; Management Science and Operations; Marketing; Organisational Behaviour; and Strategy and Entrepreneurship.
Studying at the School provides access to an unmatched diversity of thought. With a presence in four international cities - London, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai - the School is well positioned to equip students from more than 100 countries with the capabilities needed to operate in today's business environment. Students further benefit from our 34,000 alumni from more than 130 countries who provide a wealth of knowledge, business experience and worldwide networking opportunities.
The School awards over 1,000 degrees every year, across MBA, Executive MBA, Masters in Finance, Sloan Fellow and PhD programmes and has most recently added Masters in Management to its portfolio. The Executive Education team offers a portfolio of over 25 open programmes as well as custom-designed programmes developed to meet the specific needs of individuals and their organisation. Annually, over 7,000 participants attend executive programmes that are led by many of the world's leading business thinkers.
* Financial Times MBA 2009,2010 and 2011 Rankings
** Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008
SOURCE Ortsbo.com
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CONTACT: Mary Campe, Public Relations / Media Inquiries, mcampe@sspr.com, www.sspr.com, for Ortsbo; or Katherine Lakeland, Press Officer of London Business School, + 44 (0) 207 000 7112, klakeland@london.edu
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