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	Evan Thornley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Evan Thornley (born 1965), Australian businessman, was a founder (with his wife, Tracey Ellery) and former Chairman and CEO of internet company Looksmart Ltd.
		In 1991, Thornley graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws.
		Evan Thornley is a member of the Australian Labor Party and as of January 28, 2006 is seeking state preselection in the state of Victoria with strong support from Premier Bracks [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evan_Thornley (239 words)

	LookSmart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		LookSmart was founded by Australian husband and wife Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery in 1995.
		Evan Thornley stood down as Chairman in May 2004 and was replaced by Teresa Dial, a former CEO of Wells Fargo.
		In May 2005 Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery announced that they would not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the conclusion of their terms in June 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/LookSmart (804 words)

	Inside Business - 19/10/2003: LookSmart faces reality of life without MSN
		EVAN THORNLEY: I think that all of the data that we and everybody else in this industry have seen for time immemorial tells us that users are after one thing and that is relevance and they want the most relevant results.
		EVAN THORNLEY: I don't think that whatever the causes of the differences between LookSmart and Google's relative financial performance is driven by that issue.
		EVAN THORNLEY: Look, I think that you're seeing an increasing separation of the interests of management from the interests of the shareholders and, you know, I think that that's problematic, particularly as the shareholders are increasingly the ordinary mums and dads, either directly as the direct shareholders or through their superannuation.
	www.abc.net.au /insidebusiness/content/2003/s970161.htm (1698 words)

	Life Matters: 5 June 2003 - Feature Interview: Evan Thornley, Lefty Millionaire
		Evan Thornley is co-founder (with his wife Tracey Ellery) of internet company 'LookSmart'.
		Thornley believes in the power of business, and has an agenda for government and business reform, which he presented this week in the annual Warren Centre Lectures.
		Thornley joined us to tell his story, to describe the surreal world of the dotcom boom in Sylicon Valley, and to argue his case for export-based reform.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/lm/stories/s871868.htm (143 words)

	AM Archive - IT stocks turn around
		EVAN THORNLEY: We're the longest term holders there are in this stock, so, you know, what happens to the stock on a daily basis is not something that I'm going to trouble myself too much about.
		EVAN THORNLEY: You have a market driven by a lot of relatively unsophisticated investors, driven by fearing and greed, and if you've got a fear-and-greed driven market, it's going to be a volatile market.
		EVAN THORNLEY: It's inevitable when a market swings that widely that all stocks are effected, regardless with what people think as the prospects of the company.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s117110.htm (542 words)

	LookSmart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In years 1999 through to 2001, some of the founders such as Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery and senior executives made tens of millions of dollars selling what most thought to be its overpriced stock even though the accumulated losses of the company approached one hundred and sixty million dollars.
		Thornley frequently pointed to the value of Infospace, Inktomi in declaring Looksmart to be undervalued at $5 billion and even compared himself with billionaire Michael Dell in justifying his stock sales.
		After Thornley's resignation as Chief Executive the founders Australians Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery resisted a palace coup on the board from independent directors unhappy the husband and wife team intended to remain on the board.
	www.aaaah.org /wiki/en/lo/LookSmart.htm (1299 words)

	Exports promoted as cure for economic woes - smh.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thornley claimed that growth fed by local earnings would fuel inflation, whereas a 0.2 per cent increase in Australia's share of the world economy would bring in another $40 billion and "permanently solve our unemployment problem".
		Thornley was delivering the annual Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering innovation lecture in Melbourne and Sydney.
		Thornley said that if the company hadn't responded quickly to customers' dissatisfaction with banner advertising in 2000 by bringing in paid listings, its revenues would have dropped to about a tenth of their 2000 levels.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/06/09/1055010918849.html (691 words)

	Dot-com prodigal dreams of pies and peace - theage.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		LookSmart founder Evan Thornley is returning to Australia but is not prepared to go over old ground.
		Thornley declined to say whether they would join the Labor Party or any other party, saying that was a matter of "personal views (that) don't merit coverage in newspapers".
		As a student, Thornley was president of the University of Melbourne's student council in 1986, and a member of the Labor club; Ellery was student union president at Deakin University, and they reportedly met through the National Union of Students.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/07/1025667089032.html (704 words)

	THE OTHER CHEEK // The Whole Story // Andrew Landeryou's Blog of Freedom: REVEALED: Thornley Planned Privately Owned ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thornley's journalist confidante native title leftist Michael Bachelard of The Australian reported the story with a surprising degree of balance this morning but failed to pick up on the fact that this is all part of a carefully laid plan by Thornley.
		Thornley was not cyber-squatting he was planning his own little grouping within the ALP at a time when he hadn't indicated any interest in running.
		Thornley is possibly the greatest con artist to put himself forward for public office in the history of the Commonwealth so he will be getting a fair bit of probing as the preselections draw nearer.
	andrewlanderyou.blogspot.com /2005/06/revealed-thornley-planned-privately.html (3603 words)

	The Australian Institute of Political Science
		Evan Thornley's address offers an opportunity for an important discussion of public policy as well as a highly entertaining evening.
		Evan Thornley and wife Tracey Ellery co-founded LookSmart in Melbourne in October 1995.
		Evan holds degrees in commerce and law from the University of Melbourne.
	www.aips.net.au /newsandevents/cowper_2000.htm (255 words)

	THE OTHER CHEEK // The Whole Story // Andrew Landeryou's Blog of Freedom: REVEALED: Evan Thornley Cashes In on Tatts ...
		Thornley is believed to be a client of Macquarie Equities, who handled Looksmart's Australian float which fleeced hundreds of millions of dollars out of Australian small investors.
		Evan cannot be that clever though to use his socially retarded brother-in-law as a stooge director.
		Evan is not exactly a pin-up boy if he ever is pre-selected there will need to be a lot of airbrushing of the posters.
	andrewlanderyou.blogspot.com /2005/07/revealed-evan-thornley-cashes-in-on.html (1523 words)

	Exports promoted as cure for economic woes
		Thornley challenged what he called the “twin false prophets of innovation and commercialisation” because they occur in “quasi-commercial, primarily government funded organisations that have few established customer bases or product lines to drive commercial innovation”.
		Thornley stressed he is not an advocate of big government and throwing money at problems.
		Evan Thornley, the 2003 Warren Centre Innovation Lecturer and Warren Centre Innovation Hero is Chairman of LookSmart, the company he and Tracey Ellery founded in Australia in 1995.
	www.warren.usyd.edu.au /bulletin/NO34/ed34art1.htm (1178 words)

	CRC - Board of Directors - Evan Thornley
		Evan Thornley is the Chairman of Looksmart (New Window) a leading global company in search targeted marketing.
		Mr Thornley holds degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of Melbourne.
		Evan was also a member of Labor's Knowledge Nation Taskforce prior to the 2001 election.
	www.chifley.org.au /about/board/index.php?people_id=14 (165 words)

	Bulletin - Evan Thornley - Founder LookSmart/owner Pluto Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thornley is not necessarily suggesting LookSmart as a role model but he makes the point that he took the operating base off to the US, not to seek capital, but to satisfy the quest for scale.
		But Thornley gives the figures on his own company to make the point that the size of the prize is what counts.
		Thornley and Ellery have kicked themselves upstairs and returned home to Melbourne with their young family.
	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/eddesk.nsf/All/96A93A003128E6E6CA256D88002FEE5C!open (1800 words)

	Shock: Blogger Mixup \| LaborFirst Blog
		Thornley is quite wealthy, and so the first thing I did was check my bank balance.
		Andrew is just bitter and twisted over Evan tossing him out of their shared offices in the 90's - he even changes comments pointing out this fact on his blogsite - proving how sad and sour he really is.
		I notice you are not actually denying the rumour that you and Evan are one and the same person.
	bloggers.laborfirst.com.au /bloggers/blog.asp?entryId=67225 (1068 words)

	The money or the box: Lessons from LookSmart
		Evan Thornley will explain the challenges faced by an Australian company moving into Silicon Valley and will contribute to the wider debate on policy that successfully supports innovation.
		Evan founded LookSmart in Australia in 1995 with the simple but ambitious goal of helping people find what they are looking for on the Internet.
		Before founding LookSmart in1995, Evan Thornley was consulting at McKinsey and Company, the global consulting firm, in their New York, Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne offices.
	www.warren.usyd.edu.au /bulletin/NO33/art2.htm (440 words)

	looksmar information,looksmart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In years 1999 through to 2001, some of the founders such as Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery and senior executives made tens ofmillions of dollars selling what most thought to be its overpriced stock even though the accumulated losses of the companyapproached one hundred and sixty million dollars.
		Thornley frequently pointed to the value of Infospace, Inktomi in declaring looksmar to be undervalued at $5 billion and even compared himself with billionaire Michael Dell in justifying his stock sales.
		After Thornley's resignation as Chief Executive the founders Australians Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery resisted a palacecoup on the board from independent directors unhappy the husband and wife team intended to remain on the board.
	www.vsearchmedia.com /looksmar.html (1308 words)

	Exodus follows major shakeup of LookSmart leadership
		Thornley will remain as chairman, a decision that he acknowledged was opposed by some directors.
		Thornley, an Australian who is frequently mentioned as a potential political candidate in his country by newspapers there, said he thought it was best to stay as chairman for a "measured transition." However, he added that he may have considered stepping down from that role at a later date.
		Thornley also described one of LookSmart's directors, whose name he did not disclose, as disagreeing with the company's strategy.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/06/25/BU214404.DTL&type=printable (427 words)

	The Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery co-founded internet search company LookSmart in October, 1995 and Evan has served as Chair of the Board since then and was CEO until October 2002 when Tracey, Evan and their family returned to Australia.
		UPSIDE, the US Venture Capital magazine, named Evan one of the 100 most influential people in the digital world in its UPSIDE Elite 100 list and he was recently recognised as an "Innovation Hero" by the Warren Centre of Advanced Engineering at the University of Sydney.
		He has degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Melbourne, where is also served as president of the SRC and as a founding officer of the National Union of Students.
	www.deakinlectures.com.au /speakers/Thornley_E.php (275 words)

	Media Releases
		Evan Thornley was formerly CEO of Looksmart from 1995 to October 2002 and remains a director.
		Upside, the US venture capital magazine, named Evan one of the 100 most influential people in the digital world in its Upside Elite 100 list and he is listed in Forbes’ America’s Most Powerful People.
		Prior to Looksmart, Evan was a management consultant at global consulting firm McKinsey & Co, in their New York, Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne offices.
	www.swin.edu.au /corporate/marketing/mediacentre/core/releases_article.php?releaseid=461 (359 words)

	Australia and New Zealand School of Government - news and events - overview
		Evan Thornley, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and member of the BRW Rich 200, thinks so.
		By simply sending them home when they graduate, Thornley believes Australia is overlooking longer-term benefits that these people could bring as employees in an area of structural weakness in the national economy.
		Thornley says Australian exporters fall down in three ways: they fail to assess the needs of customers in foreign markets; they do not effectively market to these customers; and they do not efficiently distribute their goods and services.
	www.anzsog.edu.au /news/articles/article_10.htm (619 words)

	News : Thornley tips LookSmart profits after boardroom showdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		LookSmart's Evan Thornley says he is keen to help Australian start-ups emulate his success in Silicon Valley when he returns in October.
		Thornley defended his decision as chairman: "Tracey (Ellery), Ted West (a director who backed him) and I had just been re-elected to the board by an overwhelming majority of shareholders.
		Thornley responded to questions about possible political involvement saying that his views and those of his wife and LookSmart co-founder Tracey Ellery did not "merit coverage in the newspapers".
	www.searchutilities.com /news/archive/65/1678.html (472 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/LookSmart
		Evan Thornley resigned as Chief Executive in mid-2002.
		Microsoft's decision not to renew their contract with LookSmart led to a major reduction in revenue, and a change in management, as Chief Executive Jason Kellerman resigned in January 2004, replaced on an interim basis by the CEO of LookSmart's international operations and company veteran Damian Smith.
		In May 2005, LookSmart announced that Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery would not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the conclusion of their terms in June 2005.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Looksmart (999 words)

	wsacaucus.org: Is Rex Ringschott Evan Thornley? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		All that Landeryou seems to have been able to come up with to diss Thornley is that he's not a right-winger (or a left-winger for that matter) and that he's made a motzah from Looksmart, but that it's not been doing so well since the dotcom boom collapsed.
		The comment that Thornley is a proprietor of Pluto is supposed to be a negative, but we all know that Pluto had collapsed and only survived because Evan and his wife decided it needed rescuing.
		I heard Thornley recently on Radio National (I think) and thought he was excellent.
	www.wsacaucus.org /archives/2006/01/is_rex_ringscho.html (416 words)

	Swinke eNewsletter - Swinburne eNews, Views and Profiles ;-)
		Evan Thornley speaking at the AGSE Richard Pratt Oration in Entrepreneurship.
		Richard Pratt is a great ‘business builder’ who exemplifies many of the values we need to encourage in Australian business and society, said entrepreneur Evan Thornley said at the inaugural AGSE Richard Pratt Oration in Entrepreneurship held recently.
		Evan named other great business builders as media magnate Rupert Murdoch, shopping mall developer Frank Lowy and former general manager of BHP, Essington Lewis.
	www.swinke.com /2005/articles/mar-apr-sub-article3.html (221 words)

	Thanks a million: tycoon to enter state politics - National - theage.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Worth an estimated $54 million, Thornley — the founder of internet search engine LookSmart, the owner of Pluto Press, and a member of the Melbourne University council, among other things — is used to being in the public spotlight.
		In an interview, Mr Thornley agreed with Mr Bracks' view that the Labor Party was in need of renewal and said he would be "thrilled" to play a part in that process.
		Asked why he had sought state preselection instead of a federal seat — which had long been rumoured in political circles — his answer was simple: Mr Bracks had approached him late last year to consider standing for preselection.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2006/01/27/1138319450851.html (578 words)

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