Biography
John Hollar is in his third decade as an award-winning television and digital producer, institution-building CEO and leader of creative teams in the United States and Europe.
In his career as a producer and an executive producer, John has managed the creation of hundreds of hours of television for PBS, the BBC, France 5, China Central Television and Channel 4. His creative teams have won awards throughout the world, including a BAFTA and the Milia d'Or. He has structured successful co-production relationships worldwide with Discovery, BBC 4, PBS, Channel 4, Shine, Paladin Invision, David Grubin Productions, Millimages, CCTV, CTV Media and ZDF.
He has been a senior executive of PBS, where he co-founded PBS.org, and Pearson plc, the international media company. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley from 2008 to 2017, leading the transformation of the museum into a major international institution and an innovative media producer.
He is a voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Television Society, a Senior Fellow and board member of the American Leadership Forum-Silicon Valley and a member of the IMPACT Advisory Board of DocuSign, Inc., in San Francisco. He is an active investor in technology and digital media companies.
John grew up in Pampa, Texas, obtained BFA and BA degrees in Journalism and Political Science from Southern Methodist University, and a JD from Harvard Law School.
