Halsey M. Minor
College of Arts and Sciences '87
CNET, Inc.

Halsey Minor founded CNET, Inc. in 1992 after first working in investment banking. His goal was large: CNET is an integrated media company created to be the leading source of information and services relating to computers and technology.

As chairman and CEO, he has built CNET into one of the world's leading new-media companies, creating Internet content and services to provide value to computer users. He also has pioneered a media marriage between television and the Web, using television programming to make complex subject matter about technology widely accessible.

CNET's network of Web sites on technology news and computer products draws more than 8 million users a month, while its weekly television series are broadcast by several cable networks to more than 70 million households.

Snap.com, a Web-directory portal that that CNET publishes with NBC, has further expanded CNET's extensive offerings.