Emerson Spartz at TEDxNaperville

At the age of 12, Emerson Spartz founded MuggleNet, the #1 Harry Potter website, which attracted 50 million page views per month. By the age of 19, Spartz became a New York Times bestselling author after publishing his first book. He is now one of the world's leading experts on internet virality and has been featured in major media including the Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening News, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. As the CEO of Spartz Inc, he runs one of the fastest-growing digital media publishers with 160 million page views per month. The Spartz media network of eighteen websites includes OMG Facts, GivesMeHope, and SmartphOWNED.

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