Tom Freston

Board Chair, ONE, and Principal, Firefly3 *

Tom Freston is a Principal of Firefly3, an investment and consultancy firm focusing on the media and entertainment industries. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Viacom Inc., where he also served as Chief Operating Officer. For seventeen years, Mr. Freston was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MTV Networks, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, Comedy Central, and other networks. Prior to that, Mr. Freston ran a textile business in Afghanistan and India. Currently, he is Board Chairman of the ONE Campaign, an advocacy organization to fight extreme poverty and serves on the boards of Imagine Entertainment, Moby Media in Afghanistan, Vice Media in New York and New America. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2005 Mr. Freston was cited in the TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” issue. He has received many industry honors and awards.

*Also serves on the ONE Action Board.

President/Chief Executive of the Dangote Group and Chairman of the Dangote Foundation

Co-founder, ONE and (RED)

Lead singer, U2 Co-founder, ONE and (RED)

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Chief Executive Officer, African Leadership Institute

Chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

President and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust *

Co-founder, ONE

Managing Director, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

President & CEO, Business Roundtable *

Former United States Senator

Global Head of Government Relations and Communications, Bloomberg L.P. Chairman, Bloomberg Government

Former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States

Senior Vice President for Public-Private Partnerships, Mastercard Inc.

Senior Advisor, Open Society Foundations *

Director of the School of Transnational Governance

Chief Operating Officer, Facebook

Chairwoman, The Sherwood Foundation and the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

Lead singer, U2
Co-founder, ONE and (RED)