Lerer Ventures: Riding the Wave of eCommerce
Lerer Ventures: Riding the Wave of eCommerce
The Paley Center for Media - Paley Center for Media
This Media Council Breakfast features father and son entrepreneurs Kenneth and Ben Lerer. Kenneth Lerer is a Manager of Lerer Ventures. He was the chairman and cofounder of The Huffington Post and is chairman of Betaworks, Bedrocket and Buzzfeed. He is a member of Pilot Group LLC, a private investment firm. In 2008-09, Lerer served as the Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at Columbia Journalism School. Ben Lerer is a Manager of Lerer Ventures and the cofounder and CEO of Thrillist.com, a leading men’s multi-platform lifestyle publication with over 3 million daily subscriptions in 19 localized markets in the U.S. and the U.K. Since its launch in 2005, Lerer has overseen the growth of Thrillist's marketing, sales and business development efforts, as well as its recent expansion into e-commerce with the acquisition of members only online retailer JackThreads.com and the launch of localized commerce platform Thrillist Rewards. Thrillist has been placed on Inc Magazine's list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for two years running."
The Paley Center for Media - Paley Center for Media
This Media Council Breakfast features father and son entrepreneurs Kenneth and Ben Lerer. Kenneth Lerer is a Manager of Lerer Ventures. He was the chairman and cofounder of The Huffington Post and is chairman of Betaworks, Bedrocket and Buzzfeed. He is a member of Pilot Group LLC, a private investment firm. In 2008-09, Lerer served as the Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at Columbia Journalism School. Ben Lerer is a Manager of Lerer Ventures and the cofounder and CEO of Thrillist.com, a leading men’s multi-platform lifestyle publication with over 3 million daily subscriptions in 19 localized markets in the U.S. and the U.K. Since its launch in 2005, Lerer has overseen the growth of Thrillist's marketing, sales and business development efforts, as well as its recent expansion into e-commerce with the acquisition of members only online retailer JackThreads.com and the launch of localized commerce platform Thrillist Rewards. Thrillist has been placed on Inc Magazine's list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for two years running."