Jessica Lessin
| Jessica Lessin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jessica Elizabeth Vascellaro May 11, 1983 |
| Alma mater | Harvard |
| Spouse | Samuel Lessin |
| Children | Lion Lessin |
Jessica E. Lessin is a journalist and founder and editor-in-chief of the technology website The Information.[1][2] Before starting The Information in December 2013,[3] Lessin spent 8 years at The Wall Street Journal covering the technology and media industries.[4][5]
Personal life
Lessin was born Jessica Elizabeth Vascellaro. Her father, Jerome Vascallero,[6] is the COO of private equity firm TPG Capital and is a trustee at Brown University.[7]
She graduated from Harvard College in 2005, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in history. While at Harvard, she wrote for The Harvard Crimson[8] and served as an executive editor.[9]
She married Samuel Lessin in 2012,[10] and her first child, Lion, was born in early 2017.
She currently lives in San Francisco.
Career
At the Wall Street Journal, she wrote more than a thousand articles and news stories while covering Apple,[11] Google,[12] Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and other global technology and telecom companies. She was part of the team that was a 2012 Pulitzer Finalist for a series on digital privacy.[13] The team won a public service award from the Society of Professional Journalists for that same series. Jessica has appeared on CNBC, NPR, CNN and PBS's "The Charlie Rose Show" and is a regular speaker at international conferences.[14][15] Lessin was listed in 2014 as an Influential Woman in Technology by Business Insider.[16]
Relationship with Mark Zuckerberg
Lessin's husband Sam is a close friend of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, from the time they spent together as students at Harvard University.[17] Sam Lessin was brought into Facebook when his company Drop.io was acquired in 2010.[18] Sam Lessin left Facebook on August 29, 2014.[19]
References
- ↑ "Lack of centralized cloud infrastructure team hampering Apple's development of iCloud services – report". Apple Insider. By Katie MarsalNovember 24, 2014,
- ↑ "Apple Watch: Apple Silent On Smartwatch’s Battery Life". International Business Times, By Thomas Halleck on September 9, 2014.
- ↑ "New Venture for AllThingsD Journalists". New York Times, By RAVI SOMAIYAJAN. 2, 2014.
- ↑ Luis Suarez-Villa (December 9, 2014). Corporate Power, Oligopolies, and the Crisis of the State. SUNY Press. pp. 243–. ISBN 978-1-4384-5485-6.
- ↑ "Fusion Set to Name Director of Media Innovation". New York Times, By EMILY STEEL, September 7, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/fashion/weddings/jessica-vascellaro-samuel-lessin-weddings.html
- ↑ https://www.tpg.com/team/who-we-are?title=Jerome+Vascellaro
- ↑ http://www.thecrimson.com/writer/3470/Jessica_E._Vascellaro/
- ↑ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/3/3/the-case-for-senior-gift-senior/
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/fashion/weddings/jessica-vascellaro-samuel-lessin-weddings.html
- ↑ "It’s iTime: Apple gets to work on glass smartwatch". Irish Examiner, February 13, 2013. By Karen O'Shea
- ↑ "Interview: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt talks Apple". iPhone Developers, December 5, 2012 | Chase Tillar
- ↑ "The Pulitzer Prizes – Finalists". pulitzer.org.
- ↑ Robert Andrews (March 20, 2014). "The Information's Jessica Lessin on building a subscription business – video". the Guardian.
- ↑ "The future of news: know thy audience". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Most Influential Tech Women on Twitter – Business Insider". Business Insider. May 18, 2014.
- ↑ Spayd, Liz (November 30, 2016). "How Much Disclosure About an Op-Ed Author Is Required?". The New York Times.
- ↑ Tsostis, Alexia (October 29, 2010). "Facebook Acquires Drop.io, Nabs Sam Lessin". TechCrunch.
- ↑ Buhr, Sarah (August 14, 2014). "Sam Lessin Is Leaving Facebook". TechCrunch.