PLBY Group appoints Marc Crossman as COO and CFO

PLBY Group owner of Playboy announced the appointment of Marc Crossman as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Lance Barton will remain with the Company as a strategic advisor to assist with an orderly transition. Crossman joins PLBY Group from Rizvi Traverse Management, where he was a Partner and was responsible for investment sourcing and evaluation of technology venture capital investments from May 2021 to March 2023. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of RealD Me a consumer electronics company, from February 2019 to April 2021. From 2015 to January 2019, Mr. Crossman worked as a consultant and managed personal investments. Before RealD Me, Mr. Crossman served as the Chief Financial Officer of Joe’s Jeans Inc. from 2003-2006, and its Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to 2015, during which time he built the company into a leading premium denim brand with distribution in over 30 countries, a base of retail stores across the United States, and a domestic wholesale distribution platform in over 1,000 department and specialty stores. From 1999 until 2003, Mr. Crossman served as a Vice President and Equity Analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.