Jose Tolosa is the Chief Executive Officer of Meow Wolf, a US-based innovative arts and entertainment company that creates mind-bending experiences through immersive and interactive storytelling. Previously, Jose was the Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer of ViacomCBS from 2019 through the end of 2021, and Chief Transformation Officer for Viacom from 2017 to 2019.  Throughout this time he led the integration process for the merger of Viacom and CBS, and led both companies’ transformation efforts to accelerate the evolution of its businesses and organization. Tolosa joined Viacom in 2008 and acted in a number of global business development and strategy roles over his 14-year career at the company. He spent close to 10 years working on Viacom’s international business ultimately becoming Chief Operating Officer in 2015.  

Before Viacom, Jose was a co-founder and COO at the HNMA Funding Company and held roles at The Parthenon Group, Bear Stearns and Co. and Claxson Interactive Group. 

In his spare time, Jose is an avid supporter of art and DEI initiatives. At ViacomCBS, he was the executive champion of the employee resource group, SOMOS, which represented over 2,000 Latinos. And he sits on the board of Ballet Hispanico, the largest Latinx dance and cultural organization in the US, named one of America’s cultural treasures by the Ford Foundation.  

A native of Puerto Rico, Tolosa holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Finance and Accounting.