# Jeff Zucker

> Jeff Zucker is a seed investor at Turner Broadcasting System (Atlanta) backing News and Mobile. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Turner Broadcasting System](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/turner-broadcasting)
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-zucker-5691461

Jeff Zucker is a seed investor at Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta focused on News and Mobile. Zucker is the former president and CEO of NBC Universal. He spent more than two decades at NBC, assuming the top position in February 2007. He headed up the $16 billion global media and entertainment content company, which includes the NBC broadcast network, its news division and all of its cable entities, including MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Bravo, Oxygenand Syfy.Earlier, he had been president of the NBC Universal Television Group from May 2004, rising to chief executive officer of the NBC Universal Television Group in December 2005. Prior to that, he was president of the Entertainment, News & Cable Group since December 2003, and president of NBC Entertainment since December 2000.Zucker’s meteoric ascent at NBC began during his nearly eight-year tenure as the executive producer of NBC News’ Today. Under his leadership, the morning show propelled to the No. 1 position, which it consistently held throughout his term.Zucker was named executive producer of Today in January 1992 at age 26, which made him the youngest executive producer in the program’s history. Concurrent with his role at Today, he served as executive producer of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw in February and March 1993.Zucker joined NBC in 1986 as a researcher for NBC Sports’ coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. From 1986 to 1988, he traveled the world, compiling and writing background information for NBC Sports commentators and producers. In January 1989, he joined NBC News as a field producer for Today.Prior to joining CNN, Zucker co-created and executive produced "Katie," the syndicated daytime show starring Katie Couric.A five-time Emmy Award winner, Zucker graduated from Harvard College in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in American history. He served as president of The Harvard Crimson from 1985 to 1986.Born and raised in Miami, Zucker and his wife have four children and reside in New York.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$2.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Messaging | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Poland | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Front Office Sports | Front Office Sports is the media brand covering the business of sports |  |  | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| Foap AB | We turn your iPhone photos into Dollars. We are a Swedish start up which helps you to sell your iPhone photos. Snap or upload a photo via our iPhone App and if it gets approved it will be published at www.foap.com for editorial/commercial sale for companies which are looking for marketing material. Each photo can be sold unlimited amountof times, and we split the revenue with on a 50/50 basis. The current price is $10 per photo that is licensed. The goal is to build a image database that has a constant massive inflow of photos since we know that photo buying companies are looking for more variation. Also, we want to build a database consisting of more natural and local photos, and avoid feeding the market with something that it's already overwhelmed of: that is typical arranged stock modeling photos. | $2.3M | Seed | Dec 08, 2014 |  |
| Minbox | All of Minbox is real-time, including comments. Engage others in conversation on a file or in a project. Or click on an image to leave an annotation. Simply type the @ symbol and a menu will appear to mention any of your team members. Draw their attention to something specific anywhere in the app. | $800K | Seed | Jan 01, 2013 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vayner/RSE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vayner-rse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Turner Broadcasting System

VC Fund · Atlanta, United States

Turner is a global media company that creates and programs branded news, entertainment, sports, animation and young adult multi-platform content for consumers around the world.Turner brands and businesses are some of the most valuable in the world and include CNN, TBS, TNT, TCM, truTV, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim, Turner Sports,Bleacher Report, FilmStruck, Super Deluxe, iStreamPlanet, and ELEAGUE.Turner is a Time Warner company.

5 contacts available at Turner Broadcasting System.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gerhard Zeiler | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gerhard-zeiler |
| Jeff Zucker | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-zucker |
| Kerstin Brelie | VP, Human Resource | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kerstin-brelie |
| Molly Battin | Chief Media and Business Insights Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/molly-battin |
| Erik Resnick | SVP - Business Development and Commercial Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-resnick |

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## FAQ

### What does Jeff Zucker invest in?

Jeff Zucker invests primarily in News, Mobile and Sports startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jeff Zucker's check size?

Jeff Zucker typically joins rounds of $800k–$2.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jeff Zucker participates in.

### When did Jeff Zucker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jeff Zucker closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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