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Ben Lerer      

Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau & CEO of Group Nine Media; Founder and Former CEO of Thrillist Media Group

Ben Lerer is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau and the CEO of Group Nine Media -- a new digital media holding company consisting of Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo, and Seeker. He is the co-founder & former CEO of Thrillist. He chairs the Board of Directors for Urban Upbound and is an Associate Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS). Lerer sits on the Board of Directors for Casper and the Board of RaisedByUs. Lerer leads the Lerer Hippeau team in total pairs of Allbirds shoes, with no fewer than eight.

An expert in digital media and strategy, Lerer was among Crain's 40 under 40, Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 5 Entrepreneurs of the Year, and Silicon Alley Insider's 100 Coolest People in Tech for five years running, in addition to being featured on the cover of AdWeek's "Digital Hotshots" Issue and the front page of The New York Times' Business Section.

Lerer holds a bachelor's of science degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Ben Lerer to be CEO of Group Nine Media, new holding company ...
Ben Lerer, Thrillist's CEO, will be the CEO of Group Nine. ... Post and BuzzFeed, is a cofounder of NowThis, and Izzie Lerer is the founder of The Dodo.
Can Ben Lerer Turn Discovery-Backed Roll-Up Into the Next Vice ...
Ben Lerer is embarking on an ambitious Vice-like strategy with the newly created Group Nine Media, fueled by Discovery Communications' $100 million cash ...
Ben Lerer interview: Group Nine and Discovery investment ...
Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer explains why Discovery just invested $100 million and made him a new media mogul. Nathan McAlone. Oct. 15, 2016, 7:09 PM; 24,477.

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