In search of Julius Genachowski

Who is the real Julius Genachowski? He served as law clerk to Supreme Court justices David Souter and William Brennan in the early 1990s. Then he signed on as Senior Legal Advisor to FCC Chair Reed Hundt in 1994. A year later, he went out on a limb and wrote a letter to The New Republic, urging its readers to file comments on Hundt's proposal that broadcasters "generate a minimum amount of children's educational programming each week (say three hours rising to five)." The FCC eventually got this done, settling on three hours. After the FCC, Genachowski sat on the boards of JackBe.Com, Expedia Inc, Hotels.com, the Motley Fool, and Ticketmaster. Plus, he served as general counsel to General Atlantic, USA Networks, Interactive Corp., USA Networks, and USA Broadcasting. He made a chuck of change with Barry Diller. Most recently, he chaired the group that helped craft then-Sen Barack Obama's technology and innovation plan -- a plan he now seems likely to help implement.