Kenneth Lerer is an American businessman and a media executive. He was the chairman and co-founder of The Huffington Post, an American news website acquired by Aol in 2011.[1] He is also a managing director of Lerer Hippeau, and chairman of Betaworks and BuzzFeed.
Lerer is a past executive vice president of AOL Time Warner[2] and was a founding partner of corporate communications firm Robinson, Lerer, and Montgomery which is based in New York.[3] In January 2010, Lerer and his son began a seed stage venture capital fund, Lerer Hippeau Ventures.[4]
Lerer is married to interior designer Katherine Sailer.[7] He is Jewish.[8]
Ken Lerer has two children. His son, Benjamin, started Thrillist, an online men's lifestyle website; Benjamin is also a managing director at Lerer Hippeau.[citation needed] His daughter, Izzie, is founder and CEO of The Dodo, a digital media company for people who care about animals.[citation needed] Kenneth Lerer is one of the minority owners of the New York Mets, holding a 4% stake in the baseball team.[9]
In 2013, Lerer launched StoptheNRA.com to advocate for the continuation of the assault weapons ban as a federal law. He later donated the website to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.[10]
