Andrew Wing
President & CEO, Nielsen Entertainment

Andrew L. Wing was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen Entertainment, a business unit of VNU Media Measurement & Information, in July 2001. Mr. Wing, who is also a member of the VNU Media Board, oversees a portfolio of global entertainment companies, each market leaders dedicated to serving the information, creative and marketing needs of clients in the motion picture, music, home entertainment, television, on demand, game, mobile and book publishing industries. Based in Hollywood and New York with international offices across the globe, Nielsen Entertainment companies under Mr. Wing have aggressively grown VNU’s entertainment businesses through a combination of acquisitions, strategic alliances and international expansion. Mr. Wing has also been focused on driving organic growth through the development of innovative new products, technologies and services in concert with other VNU businesses and in partnership with the entertainment industry, as recently evidenced by Nielsen Entertainment’s entrée into the interactive entertainment space and entertainment marketing. Through custom research, consulting and the world's most comprehensive network of entertainment measurement systems and analysis, Nielsen Entertainment delivers Actionable Entertainment Intelligence (AEI) to clients engaged in the business of selling entertainment and trading in the marketplace of our popular culture. Nielsen Entertainment’s AEI products give clients unrivaled perspective from which to steer business decisions, providing the measure and the motivation in one package; comparing what the consumer says they do and what they actually do, in any given entertainment vertical. Andy brings over 25 years of diverse business experience – in areas including general management, finance, marketing and strategic business development – to his current role at Nielsen Entertainment. Previously he served as Managing Director, Entertainment, for ACNielsen, before that company was acquired by VNU in February 2001. Prior to joining ACNielsen, Mr. Wing held a variety of senior management positions with American Express (13 years), Avon Products, Inc. (5 years), and Deloitte Haskins & Sells. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from New York’s Hofstra University.