Jon Steinberg

This article is about the president of Buzzfeed. For the producer and screen writer, see Jonathan E. Steinberg. For the professor of history, see Jonathan Steinberg.

Jon Steinberg is best known for being the President and COO of website Buzzfeed.[1]

Early life

Steinberg's mother, Renee, is a teacher at a New York private School and his father, Jon, is a doctor turned real estate broker.[2] He attended the Collegiate School and was interested in computers from an early age. When he was 15 years old, he was accepted into the Walt Disney Imagineering summer intern program.[3] He is a graduate of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and holds an MBA from Columbia University.[4]

Career

Prior to Buzzfeed, Jon was strategic partner development manager on Google’s small medium business partnerships team, executive in residence at Polaris Venture Partners, and founded iBuilding, a commercial real estate software company.

In May 2010, Steinberg joined Buzzfeed while it was still a 15-person company.[5] He has played a role in helping to develop Buzzfeed's business model, which is rooted in content marketing.[6]

In 2012, Steinberg was named an Ad Age Media Maven.[7]

In 2013, he joined the board of Legal Mobile App startup, Shake.[8][9]

Personal life

Steinberg lives in the Upper East Side with his wife, Jill, and his children, Cooper and Edie.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Guardian,"BuzzFeed president: 'We feel strongly that traditional media have given up on young people" Oct 9, 2013
  2. ↑ "Raising Buzzfeed’s Jon Steinberg". Business News Daily. Oct 23, 2013
  3. ↑ Startup Grind, "Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed talks about the Buzz" Jun 24, 2013
  4. 1 2 "on Steinberg". We Are NY Tech. September 12, 2013
  5. ↑ Business Insider, "Ex-Googler Jon Steinberg Joins NYC Startup BuzzFeed" May 20, 2010
  6. ↑ New Tech City, "Buzzfeed COO Jon Steinberg on Social Marketing" March 19, 2013
  7. ↑ "Special Report Media Mavens 2012". Ad Age. Jan 31, 2011
  8. ↑ Forbes, "Shake On It: New App Puts Legally Binding Documents At Your Fingertips" Sept 12, 2013
  9. ↑ "Lessons For Incubating A Company". Business Insider. September 12, 2013.

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