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Jeff Binder is currently the CEO of Layer3 TV. The Company was founded by Jeff Binder and Dave Fellows in 2013.

Early Life
Binder was born in 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. He has a younger sister and brother. His younger brother is the Executive Producer of NCIS, the number one drama on television from 2011-2013. His sister is a nationally acclaimed yoga instructor and is a model for Lulu Lemon. At the age of 3 Binder's family moved to Northbrook, Il. Binder later attended Glenbrook North High School, which was also earlier attended by John Hughes, the famous filmmaker. Hughes used the unique environment of Glenbrook North to provide inspiration for many of his hit movies, such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles and Risky business. During high school, Binder played in several bands as lead guitarist and vocals including Numerous People with Bass player Jim Petti, touring major clubs in the Chicago area including as a both a headliner and back-up band at the then famous Haymakers, where such legends as BB King, Dave Mason, and Survivor would regularly play.

Career
After High School Binder and Numerous people recording side A of an album they hoped to release at the famous Chicago recording studio, Chicago Trax, later owned by R Kelley. Binder and the band moved to Colorado and toured the Western states, ultimately returning to Chicago to become a floor clerk at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) in 1986. In 1987, Binder was admitted a member to the CBOT as a trader in US Treasury Bond Futures and Options. He was on the floor of the exchange and traded during "Black Monday", when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 25% in a single day, marking the single worst day in stock market history. A number of traders did not survive Black Monday, but Binder had bet that interest rates would decline and successfully navigated the market disruption. In 1989, Binder was asked by his father to assist in a venture relating to the custom compilation of audio cassettes given Binder's background in audio technology, music and time spent in recording studios. It was here that Binder anchored his entrepreneurial roots