Mike Golden, President and CEO, Home Décor Products

Since 2002, Mike Golden has been president and CEO of Home Décor Products, an online retailer of home furnishings and accessories which, according to Internet Retailer's Top 400 Guide, operates the country's 111th largest e-retail business with 2004 revenues of $50 million. When he joined the company, it offered home-improvement products through one web site, HomeClick.com. Today, Home Décor Products offers a range of products across four web sites. Under Mike's leadership, Home Décor Products' revenue has more than doubled every year. Before joining Home Décor, Mike was co-founder and chief operating officer of GSI Commerce, the largest operator of web sites for manufacturers and retailers of sporting and entertainment equipment and apparel. Previously, Mike served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, at Organic Online, where he founded Organic Online's subsidiary Organic Media. Mike also founded and was chairman of Iguana Studios, a multimedia content developer, eventually sold to Change Technology Partners. He received a bachelor's degree in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Pittsburgh and his Juris Doctorate from Villanova University School of Law.