# John Kremer

> John Kremer is the CEO of Rizzle, a San Francisco-based AI video platform that turns written content into broadcast-quality video for publishers and media companies. A 30-year Silicon Valley veteran, Kremer brings operational depth from senior leadership roles at Yahoo!, Adobe, and JP Morgan Chase - having helped Adobe's Digital Media business scale from under $3B to over $12B in revenue. At Rizzle, he leads a platform reaching over 1 billion viewers across MSN, Yahoo, NewsBreak, and social media, cutting video production time by up to 98% and costs by 80% for media clients.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Rizzle
- **Organizations:** Rizzle, NosTerra Ventures, Castilleja School
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Undergraduate, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Helped scale Adobe Digital Media from under $3B to over $12B in annual revenue, Managed Yahoo! Mail as VP & GM when it was the world's largest email platform, Chief of Staff to three different Yahoo! CEOs

## Career timeline

- **Cornell** — Co-Captain of Varsity Men's Tennis team at Cornell University
- **Early career** — Co-founded EXP.com
- **Yahoo! era** — Joined Yahoo! as VP of Business Development & Marketing Partner
- **Yahoo! era** — Became VP & General Manager of Yahoo! Mail, then the world's largest email platform
- **Yahoo! era** — Served as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff to three consecutive Yahoo! CEOs
- **Post-Yahoo** — Joined JP Morgan Chase as Senior Vice President and Product Leader for Chase.com and digital experiences
- **2015** — Joined Adobe as VP of Business Development and Operations, Chief of Staff for Digital Media
- **2015-2022** — At Adobe, Digital Media revenue grew from under $3B to over $12B during his tenure
- **2021** — Co-founded NosTerra Ventures as Founding Partner
- **2022+** — Became CEO of Rizzle, leading AI-powered video platform for publishers
- **2023** — Led Rizzle's Series C1 funding round of $19.5M (March 2023)

## Achievements

- Helped scale Adobe Digital Media from under $3B to over $12B in annual revenue
- Managed Yahoo! Mail as VP & GM when it was the world's largest email platform
- Chief of Staff to three different Yahoo! CEOs
- Co-founded EXP.com, an early internet startup
- Raised $76.5M in total funding for Rizzle
- Built Rizzle platform reaching 1B+ viewers across MSN, Yahoo, NewsBreak, and social platforms
- Launched AI-powered video creation reducing production time by up to 98% and costs by 80%
- Founding Partner at NosTerra Ventures
- Co-captain of Cornell University Varsity Men's Tennis team

## Latest updates

- **2023-03** — Rizzle raised $19.5M Series C1 funding led by Celesta Capital and other investors
- **2024** — Rizzle launched Podcast-to-Video platform for automatic conversion of podcast content to video
- **2024** — Rizzle released Text-to-Map feature enabling dynamic choropleth map generation for storytelling
- **2025** — Rizzle continues expanding AI video infrastructure partnerships with publishers reaching 1B+ viewers

## Links

- Website: https://rizzle.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-kremer-53351210/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/johnkremer

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Last updated: 2026-05-18