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EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 1061

TOTAL RATINGS: 5321

CEO: Ben Kohn

David Israel — Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Playboy

Executive Bio

Mr. David Israel serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Playboy Enterprises, Inc. and has been its Chief Financial Officer since April 2016. Mr. Israel served as President of Playboy Media at Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Israel served as General Manager of Playboy Media at Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Israel is responsible for executing Playboy's unified brand strategy across all media platforms. He drives the coordination and alignment of Playboy's digital content initiatives, social networking platforms and print businesses. He served as Chief Executive Officer for International of Reed Business Information Us., since November 2002. Mr. Israel oversaw Reed Business's developing publishing and data businesses in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Australia and Asia. He joined Reed Business Information US in December 2000 as Division President, Construction and Retail. Mr. Israel served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Classified Ventures Inc., a leading provider of online classified advertising and services. Mr. Israel was responsible for providing strategic direction for its network of e-commerce companies in three vertical markets. He joined Classified Ventures in 1998. He has over 20 years experience in publishing and information services. He served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and founding partner of Procysive Corporation, an online intelligence and competitor/opposition research start-up. He earned his M.B.A. and B.B.A. degrees from James Madison University.

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Impact on Finance Department's Culture

David Israel holds the highest position within the Finance department at Playboy — Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Finance department. The average employee described daily life within the Finance department as a having a Bureaucratic pace and challenging more than 12 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Playboy's Finance department are invested in Playboy's goals, and feel as though there is space for career growth.

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Executive Team Culture Ratings from Playboy Employees

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Playboy's Executive Team scores in the Top 50%
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Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Department - Customer Support 93/100

Ethnicity - African American/Black 90/100

Department - Marketing 76/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Department - Design 43/100

Department - Executive 45/100

Gender - Female 49/100

Playboy's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 316 ratings, Playboy's employees are less satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a “C+” or 65/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Customer Support department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Design department.

Playboy's Executive Team ranks in the Bottom 40% of other companies in Los Angeles and Top 50% of other companies on Comparably that also have 1,001-5,000 Employees.

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