Kenneth Lerer
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| Known for | Venture capital, HuffPost co-founder |
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Kenneth Lerer is an American businessman and a media executive. He was the chairman and co-founder of HuffPost, an American news website acquired by 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 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, the University of Pennsylvania, and New York University, where he lectured on the media and American corporations. He was Chairman of 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 10 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.[9] His daughter, Izzie, is founder and CEO of The Dodo, a digital media company for people who care about animals.[10] Ken Lerer is one of the minority owners of the New York Mets, holding a 4% stake in the baseball team.[11][12]
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.[13]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AOL Agrees To Acquire The Huffington Post". HuffPost. February 7, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grove, Lloyd (February 13, 2011). "Arianna Huffington's Quiet Partner". The Daily Beast.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Elliott, Stuart (March 1, 2000). "The Media Business: Advertising—Addenda; Robinson Lerer To Be Taken Over". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Why Today's New York Tech Scene Looks Nothing Like You'd Expect". Inc.com. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McKinley, Jesse (June 14, 2005). "The Public Nominates Its New Chairman". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fischer, Sara (June 25, 2019). "Axios Media Trends". Axios.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Indvik, Lauren (September 24, 2013). "Thrillist: From a Simple Newsletter to $80 Million in Revenue". Mashable.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Primack, Dan (2025-04-09). "Lerer Hippeau raises $200 million for latest VC fund". Axios. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shontell, Alyson. "How an animal lover turned her passion into The Dodo, a booming ~$40 million startup, in 2 years". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Costa, Brian (March 20, 2012). "Metropolis: Meet the Mets (Minority Owners): Bob Pittman, Kenneth Lerer". The Wall Street Journal (blog).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A New York VC Spotlight: Ken Lerer – AlleyWatch". Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tracy, Marc (June 6, 2013). "Can Gun Control Go Viral?". The New Republic.
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