Zennie Abraham AKA Zenophon Abraham is currently CEO of the Delaware C-Corporation media startup Zennie62Media, Inc., and before that Chairman and CEO of Sports Business Simulations (SBS).
Zennie Abraham Is A Vlogger And Blogger Who Built Zennie62Media, Inc.
Zennie62Media built and now run and owns most of the stock in the 100-blog network including the blogs Oakland News Now Blog, Zennie62.com Oakland News Online , Oakland Focus, and the companion YouTube channel Zennie62 On YouTube. I am also at Zen62Com On Twitter @Zennie62 On Twitter and Zennie62 On Instagram and Zennie62Media of Facebook. I was also on the Advisory Board of Vidoco.com, a video-sharing startup based in Tel Aviv.
Zennie Abraham’s Zennie62 YouTube Channel is a YouTube Partner Channel, and Zennie himself has been a partner or board member of a number of pioneer video platforms, most notably Vidoco, where he was part of the advisory board, and Tout, where he was a brand partner. Zennie was one of the first iReporters on CNN here: Zennie62 on CNN iReport even before it was purchased by CNN. My CNN Tour is here!
In Zennie’s political life, he worked as Economic Advisor To Elihu Harris, The Mayor Of Oakland between 1995 and 1999. From 1999 to 2001, Zennie headed the Oakland Super Bowl XXXIV Bidding Committee while Jerry Brown was Mayor. He reports that Oakland lost to Jacksonville for the right to host the 2005 Super Bowl (Monte Poole, then of the Oakland Tribune, gives a good accounting of what happened here.)
Zennie Abraham Created Sports Business Simulations
Sports Business Simulations is a private Dormant Corporation located in Oakland, California. SBS developed web-based sports business simulations based on system dynamics and for use in the classroom, as a sports fantasy game, and as a consulting tool. One product suite; three markets. See: http://www.sportsbusinesssims.com
Zennie Abraham Worked In Politics And Economic Development
Zennie has an extensive work background in politics, urban planning and economic development, having worked as intern in the Dallas Office of The Late Sen. Lloyd Bentson, and then as intern in the Dallas and Ft. Worth Planning Depts, from 1983 to 1985. After graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, Zennie was hired as an economic development intern in the Oakland Economic Development Office in the old annex building on Clay Street (since replaced by the Elihu M. Harris State Building).
Then, at the behest of Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, Zennie also served on the 1994 Alameda Base Reuse Committee, where he helped guide policy for the redevelopment of lands that hosted the West Oakland Army Base and the Alameda Naval Air Station. He says it was his experience in witnessing how consulting firms were just seeking a contract from Alameda County but not focused on the needs of the community that spurred him to want to write about the problem, and other topics.
Thanks to Supervisor Carson’s then-aide Amalia Egri, who encouraged him to seek a position as a newspaper columnist with a story to tell about Oakland, Alameda County, and economic development. And that’s how Zennie wound up as Columnist for The Montclarion – and thanks to the late editor Chris Treadway. He was the first black columnist the white-oriented Oakland Hills publication has ever hired. His column, initially , called “Oakland’s Economy”, then “Zennie Abraham”, lasted for three years from October of 1993 to October of 1996.
In Zennie’s personal life, he is an only-child (but has three half-sisters Valerie, Jackie, and Amanda), is single, not been married as of this writing, and flies between Oakland and Atlanta, where his Mom, a breast-cancer survivor, has lived since 2002. In 2005, I lost my biological father Zenophon Abraham, Sr. and my stepfather Chester H. Yerger, Jr. to prostate cancer – than was also the year his Mother had breast cancer. Thanks to the work of doctors with Kaiser, and an early state drug called Femara, she was declared cancer-free on 5-17-2005, and has been since then.
Zennie Abraham Is A Huge Star Trek Fan And Since 1966
Additionally, Zennie a Trekker, and have been since the age of 13. He’s proud to say he has worked at Star Trek Conventions going back to the 1970s, including the famous Oakland Star Trek Conventions with his long time friends Bill Boyd and Lars Frykman (who passed on in 2018):
And Zennie has interviewed many of the cast members, including William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Denise Crosby from Star Trek; The Next Generation, and actors who played supporting characters like the late Celeste Yarnall (Yeoman Martha Landon in The Apple), Malachi Throne (Commadore J.I. Mendez), and Bobby Clark (The Gorn).
Zennie Abraham Loves San Diego Comic Con, CES Las Vegas, The NFL Draft, The Oscars, And Tech Events
Zennie Abraham loves to vlog San Diego Comic Con, where he and now Zennie62Media have been part of the press corps since 2010. Some of his most legendary videos and interviews have come from what is called SDCC, like this examples:
Zennie Abraham Loves His Mother Pat Abraham Yerger
Zennie Abraham holds a special place for his Mom, Patricia Abraham Yerger, who, he says, showed her a great life as a child. “Mom was one of the first black reservation sales agents at United Airlines in 1967,” Zennie said. “She showed me as much of America and the World as she could before I was an adult.” Mom didn’t tell me who to be or how to think about such topics as race (but we did talk about racism, of course). Zennie says he’s blessed to be able to be with her and keep her company.
Zennie Abraham Loves Oakland, California
Zennie Abraham was born in Chicago, Illinois, but he and his Mom moved to Oakland, California April 8th of 1974. “I hated leaving Chicago, but quickly took to Oakland, where he met life long friends who shared a love of Star Trek. Oakland is a small town that is also a big city and still has not figured out what it wants to be,” Zennie said. Most of Zennie’s vlog are about or deal with Oakland.
Zennie Abraham Is Oakland’s First News Blogger And Vlogger
Zennie Abraham started Oakland’s first blog, Oakland Focus, and then Oakland’s first YouTube Partner Channel Zennie62. He was invited to be on the CNN – YouTube Democratic Debates as a sample vlog maker and contributor.
Zennie Abraham Loves United Airlines
Zennie Abraham Is A Fan Of Women’s Bodybuilding
From as far back as 14 years old, Zennie says he’s been a big fan of women’s bodybuilding. Here’s one of his interviews with female bodybuilders, this one with Theresa Ivansic:
Zennie Abraham Is A Builder Of Web Blogs
Zennie Abraham makes his own websites and blogs on a regular basis. He’s also a System Dynamics Modeling, and Social Media expert and game developer who knows several programming languages.
Zennie Abraham’s eclectic background and skill-set has caused him to run this life path: trained in Urban Planning and Economics, but now an internationally-recognized blogger and video-blogger, media entrepreneur, pundit, and expert in vlogging, blogging, online PR, and social media.
The main business objectives are as of this writing securing video and blog talent, and investors and sponsors for Zennie62Media, Inc. – the video / blog which has over 76 million views , and securing investors for it and the 11 contributors who have made it go.
SBS, created in 2003, makes online simulations of the business of sports organizations for use in the classroom. It consists of three online games Zennie Abraham created: the Oakland Baseball Simworld and the XFL Simworld. All games are designed for use as part of an online classroom or for traditional courses in business, marketing, and sport management. SBS is used in several colleges and high schools in America.
Zennie62Media, Inc. .consists of a 100-blog network (mostly consisting of the same content annoyingly cross-posted to numerous sites and Twitter feeds) and features the YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/zennie62. Zennie62 YouTube also the basis for of a television show “The Blog Report with Zennie62” on The CoLoursTV Network at DISH 9407, and also the “Atlanta Vidblogger” show that was on Comcast Atlanta.
Zennie Abraham’s specialty is video-blogging, without a script, on any topic covering pop-culture, politics, news, sports, and tech.
Zennie62.com and Zennie62 YouTube covers pop-culture, politics, news, sports, and tech, including The Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Party, WonderCon, The NFL Draft, and Comic Con. The objective here in 2010 was to grow Zennie62Media into a content-provider media company; today, in 2023, its in it’s 4th year as a Delaware C-Corporation.