Executive Team
Brian Wolfe
Senior Vice President, Consumer Marketing
As Senior Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Brian Wolfe is responsible for the circulation activity of Time Inc.'s fifteen New York based magazines including TIME, Sports Illustrated, People, Entertainment Weekly, FORTUNE, Money, In Style and Real Simple. With a combined circulation of 24 million, these titles are the industry leaders in their respective categories. Wolfe has held this position since January 2003. In addition, Time Warner Retail Sales and Marketing, a wholly owned retail distribution company, also reports to Wolfe.
Prior to his current position, Wolfe served at TIME magazine as Vice President, Consumer Marketing, where he managed circulation marketing for TIME'S 4 million subscribers and newsstand buyers.
In October of 1999, Wolfe was named President and CEO of American Family Enterprises. In that capacity he oversaw the profitability, strategic direction and operation of this direct marketing company until February 2001. From 1996 to 1999, Brian worked as Vice President of Consumer Marketing for Sports Illustrated.
Wolfe came to Time Inc. in 1984 as a Systems Analyst for its corporate circulation unit. Two years later, he joined FORTUNE magazine as a Financial Manager, moving on to become renewals manager, assistant consumer marketing director, consumer marketing director and vice president, consumer marketing. Under his direction, FORTUNE not only developed promising new consumer revenue streams, but significantly strengthened their core circulation economics as well. Prior to joining Time Inc., he worked at AT&T in market research and for J.C. Penney as an operations research analyst.
Wolfe serves on the Board of Directors for the Direct Marketing Association and is a frequent speaker at industry events.
Wolfe received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from James Madison University and an MBA from Virginia Tech.