Amy Howe

Amy Howe is an American technology executive. She is currently the chief operating officer (COO) of Ticketmaster, a Live Nation subsidiary.[1] She is a frequent evangelist of live entertainment.[2][3]

Amy Howe
Born
Eden, New York
Alma materCornell University, The Wharton School
OccupationCOO of Ticketmaster
Spouse(s)
Steve Howe
(
m. 2009)
Children3

Early life and education

Howe was born in Eden, New York, a suburb of Buffalo.[4] There she attended Eden Junior / Senior High School. In 1994, Howe received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services from Cornell University.[5] In 1999 she received an Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing/Marketing Management from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School.[6]

Career

Howe began her career at Accenture as a business analyst in 1994. In 1997 she left Accenture to pursue her MBA. She then joined McKinsey & Company and worked her way up to partner over her 14 years with the company. She was recruited to Live Nation by CEO Michael Rapino[7] and joined the company as the Chief Strategy Officer in 2014. In 2015 she took the position of Ticketmaster North America COO.

Honors

In 2015, she was named to Billboard's Women In Music 2015: The 50 Most Powerful Executives in the Industry list.[8] In 2016, she was named to Billboard's Women In Music 2016: The 100 Most Powerful Executives list.[9] In 2017, she was named to Billboard's Women in Music 2017: The Most Powerful Executives in the Industry list.[10] Howe was also nominated to the 2017 Sports Business Journal Game Changers list[11] and listed on the National Diversity Council's 2018 list of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology.[12]

Boards

Howe is one of the Live Nation executives that advise and mentor the companies selected by the Women Nation Fund,[13] an early-stage investment fund that invests in companies founded by women that provide a product or service in the live entertainment space.

Personal life

She married Steve Howe, the SVP and CFO of The Wonderful Company, in 2009 and together they live in Brentwood with their three sons; Grant, Luke, and Dylan.[4]

gollark: Yes, clever.
gollark: So you also have suborganizations trading with *each other*?
gollark: That would... basically just defeat most of the point of the supply/demand mechanism?
gollark: Well, that seems awful.
gollark: Well, mostly, but as I said they also require you pay taxes in their currency.

References
  1. "Subsidiaries of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc". Subsidiaries of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. "How Live Events Can Stay Relevant In Our Netflix, Binge-Watching World". Forbes. December 28, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  3. "Ticketmaster's Howe leads change in ticketing". The Business Journals. November 6, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  4. "Amy Howe". MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  5. "Amy Howe profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  6. "Amy Howe". VB Profiles. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  7. "Amy Howe, Ticketmaster North America at Live Nation Entertainment". Sports Business Journal. September 11, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  8. "Women In Music 2015: The 50 Most Powerful Executives in the Industry". Billboard. December 3, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  9. "Women In Music 2016: The 100 Most Powerful Executives". Billboard. December 5, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  10. "Women in Music 2017: The Most Powerful Executives in the Industry". Billboard. November 30, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  11. "2017 Honorees". Sports Business Daily Game Changers. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  12. "California Diversity Council Announces 2018 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology". National Diversity Council. June 6, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  13. "Live Nation Launches the Women Nation Fund to Boost Female-Led Biz". Billboard. May 15, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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