Eason Jordan is the CEO of Oryx Strategies, a New York-based strategic planning and communications company he founded in December 2017. He previously helped launch and lead CNN, NowThis, the Malala Fund and several of his own companies. At CNN, where he worked 1982-2005, he served as chief news executive and president of newsgathering and international networks. He subsequently (2005-2012) headed several companies he founded, including Poll Position, Headline Apps and Praedict. In 2012, he joined NowThis, a digital video news service, as its founding general manager, working there for two years.