Kaleil Isaza Tuzman

Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
BornOctober 1971
Alma materHarvard University
Known forConvicted felon, Former Businessman, Former Entrepreneur, Co-founder of govWorks.com, subject of documentary Startup.com (2001)

Kaleil Isaza Tuzman is a former entrepreneur associated with digital media, who spent more than 20 years in that industry before being convicted of multiple counts of fraud in 2017. Tuzman started his career at Goldman Sachs, was co-founder of GovWorks.com (the subject of the 2001 documentary Startup.com, which followed the company from its founding to its bankruptcy), served as President of JumpTV, until he changed its name to KIT Digital, Inc. and served as its CEO and chairman until its bankruptcy in 2013 On September 7, 2015, he was arrested in Colombia and held in a Bogotá prison until being extradited to the United States to face charges of fraud and market manipulation in connection with the defrauding of investors in KIT Digital and two investment funds. He was convicted on all counts in December 2017.