Jimmy Soni

Jimmy Soni is an author and former Managing Editor of The Huffington Post.^[1][2]

Background

Soni graduated from Duke University in 2007.^[3] During his time at Duke he was chairman of the Honors Council and Vice President of Duke Student Government.^[4][5]

Career

Soni has been the managing editor at The Huffington Post since January 2012.^[6] Previously he had worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey and Company, as well as a speech writer at the office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.^[7]

Soni has co-authored several pieces with fellow Duke graduate Rob Goodman; their work has been featured in Politico, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, AdWeek, and The Atlantic, among others.^{[1][2][6][8][9]} In 2012, Thomas Dunne Books a division of St. Martin's Press, published their first book a biography of Cato the Younger, titled Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar.^[6][10][11]

In 2012, Soni was named to AdWeek's "Young Influentials", a list of 20 people under 40 "who are wicked smart and rebooting your world".^[2] He was featured at a TEDx event held at Duke University in March 2012.^[4][12]

In May 2014, Soni transferred to India where he was in charge of launching the Huffington Post in the country.^[13] He left the company before the launch to focus on writing a book.^[14] HIs departure, however, was followed by rumors of may have been related to an internal investigation regarding rumors concerning Soni’s harassing behavior toward certain female staffers.^[15]

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