Kenneth Lerer

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Kenneth Lerer
Known forVenture capital
SpouseKatherine Sailer
Children2

Kenneth Lerer is an American businessman and a media executive. He was the chairman and co-founder of

Aol in 2011.[1] He is also a managing director of Lerer Hippeau, and chairman of Betaworks and BuzzFeed
.

Career

Lerer is a past executive vice president of

AOL Time Warner[2] and was a founding partner of corporate communications firm Robinson, Lerer, and Montgomery which is based in New York.[3] In January 2010, Lerer and his son began a seed stage venture capital fund, Lerer Hippeau Ventures.[4]

Lerer has taught at the

Public Theater in New York for 10 years, and is now its Chairman Emeritus.[5]

In June 2019, he announced he would step down as chairman of BuzzFeed after ten years at the company.[6]

Personal life

Lerer is married to interior designer Katherine Sailer.[7] He is Jewish.[8]

Ken Lerer has two children. His son, Benjamin, started Thrillist, an online men's lifestyle website; Benjamin is also a managing director at Lerer Hippeau.[citation needed] His daughter, Izzie, is founder and CEO of The Dodo, a digital media company for people who care about animals.[citation needed] Kenneth Lerer is one of the minority owners of the New York Mets, holding a 4% stake in the baseball team.[9]

Politics

In 2013, Lerer launched StoptheNRA.com to advocate for the continuation of the assault weapons ban as a federal law. He later donated the website to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.[10]

References

  1. The Huffington Post
    . February 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Grove, Lloyd (February 13, 2011). "Arianna Huffington's Quiet Partner". The Daily Beast.
  3. ^ Elliott, Stuart (March 1, 2000). "The Media Business: Advertising—Addenda; Robinson Lerer To Be Taken Over". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Why Today's New York Tech Scene Looks Nothing Like You'd Expect". Inc.com. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  5. ^ McKinley, Jesse (June 14, 2005). "The Public Nominates Its New Chairman". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Axios Media Trends".
  7. ^ Indvik, Lauren (September 24, 2013). "Thrillist: From a Simple Newsletter to $80 Million in Revenue". Mashable.
  8. ^ @BenjLerer (October 25, 2012). "that's why I'm Jewish" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Costa, Brian (March 20, 2012). "Metropolis: Meet the Mets (Minority Owners): Bob Pittman, Kenneth Lerer". The Wall Street Journal (blog).
  10. ^ Tracy, Marc (June 6, 2013). "Can Gun Control Go Viral?". The New Republic.
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