Laura Betterly

Who is Laura Betterly?

Laura Betterly, also known as Laura Betterly-Blom, was born in Long Island, New York and lived there until 1995. She is now a resident of Clearwater, Florida who, as the head of Data Resource Consulting, became notorious for sending large quantities of commercial e-mail in the early 21st century when she cracked as a joke, "call me the Spam Queen" to a Wall Street Journal reporter. She has been married to Steven Blom, an officer in her corporation, since 2002. She has two children from her first marriage, Chris and Craig.

Before starting Data Resource Consulting, she was president and co-founder of Visiosonic, later known as PCDJ.COM, an mp3 music company. She worked with celebrities such as Ice T, Nile Rodgers, Jam Master Jay and Chaka Kahn. She has been a featured speaker at the Consumer Electronics Show and the Winter Music Conference.