Nick Denton

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Nick Denton (born August 24, 1966[1]) is a British journalist and internet entrepreneur, the founder and proprietor of the blog collection Gawker Media, and the managing editor of the New York-based Gawker.com.

Denton was educated at University College School and University College, Oxford. He began his career as a journalist with the Financial Times. He co-wrote a book about the collapse of Barings Bank called All That Glitters. He was one of the founders of a social networking site called First Tuesday[2] and co-founded Moreover Technologies[3] with David Galbraith and Angus Bankes, schoolmates from UCS.

Denton was featured in the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 in position 502 with an estimated wealth of £140m (approximately $290m) based on the sale of his previous companies and the current value of Gawker Media. He was once featured in a Vanity Fair photoshoot.

Denton is openly gay.[4]

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  1. ^ Sorkin, Andrew (November 2003). New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
  2. ^ FirstTuesday.com.
  3. ^ Moreover.com.
  4. ^ Levy, Steven (June 2004). How Can I Sex Up This Blog Business?. Wired.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.

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