Jibjab

About Jibjab

JibJab is a digital entertainment studio based in Venica, California. Founded in 1999 by two Greek Americans named Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, the company achieved international acclaim during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of George Bush and John Kerry singing 'This Land is Your Land' became one of the biggest viral video hits in history. Since the election, the Spiridellis Brothers have built JibJab into an online entertainment studio with 35 employees creating, producing and distributing original content. From comedy videos to Sendables eCards, the company's mission is to help more people share more laughs than any other company in the history of the world.

Back in ancient times, 1998 to be exact, two brothers bore witness to an animated dancing doodie streaming over a 56K modem and it changed their lives forever. What Evan and Gregg Spiridellis saw in their browser was more than a dancing piece of dung; it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be pioneers in a brave new world of entertainment.

At the time, Gregg was an MBA student at the Wharton School of Business, recovering from four years of investment banking, and Evan was an accomplished independent animator creating festival-winning short films. The idea that production costs were dropping and distribution was opening up led the brothers to believe (some said naively) that they could create a giant, new entertainment brand. In 1999, the brothers started JibJab in a Brooklyn garage (despite the fact that starting an Internet company in a garage is really a cliché thing to do).