Jessica Lessin - Founded, CEO & Editor-in-Chief @ The Information - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Overview

Number of Portfolio Companies

CB Rank (Investor)

Primary Job Title Founded, CEO & Editor-in-Chief
Primary Organization
The Information

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Female

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Personal Investments

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Seed Round - Dynamo

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
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obfuscated obfuscation	Charter	—	Seed Round - Charter	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Number of Past Jobs

is the

Founded, CEO & Editor-in-Chief

at

The Information

. Additionally,

has had

past jobs including

Deputy Bureau Chief

at

The Wall Street Journal

.

The Information Founded, CEO & Editor-in-ChiefJul 2013

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
The Wall Street Journal	Deputy Bureau Chief	Jun 2010	Nov 2011
The Wall Street Journal	Senior Technology Reporter, News Editor	—	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
San Francisco Publishing Companies	59,095
Broadcasting Female Founded Companies	76,369
Western US News Companies	16,450
United States News Female Founded Companies	77,729
Publishing Female Founded Companies	46,011
Broadcasting Companies (Top 10K)	2,451
News Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)	1,517
Western US Information Services Companies	21,004
United States Information Services Female Founded Companies	71,692
San Francisco Bay Area Publishing Companies	35,124

Education

studied at

Harvard University

.

Harvard University Graduateunknown2005

Events

Number of Events

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

2017 San Francisco Subscriber Summit

on

Oct 20, 2017

.

2017 San Francisco Subscriber Summit Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaOct 20, 2017
Next: Economy Summit Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaOct 10, 2016
Code/Media 2016 Speaker Dana Point, California, United States, North AmericaFeb 17, 2016
Rock Health Summit Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaSep 29, 2015

Recent News and Activity

Number of News Articles

Funding Round•

Nov 12, 2024

Dynamo raised

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from Alyson Shontell and 4 other investors

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Funding Round•

Jun 22, 2022

Semafor raised

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from David G. Bradley and 6 other investors

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Jun 7, 2022

Charter raised

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from Bloomberg Beta and 7 other investors

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