I’m the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew.

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Rough Timeline

1995I was born and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.
2011My interest in the business world began during my junior year of high school.
2013I graduated from Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School.
2014I started college at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
2015My future co-founder, Alex Lieberman, started a basic business newsletter; I joined him as a sophomore to help build it. We officially launched Morning Brew as a daily email newsletter, with me as co-founder and COO.
2016We focused on grassroots growth for Morning Brew, using an ambassador program to expand to more universities nationwide.
2017I graduated from college and we secured a $750,000 seed funding round for Morning Brew.
2018Morning Brew hit 1 million subscribers, and I was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
2019Morning Brew neared 2 million subscribers and $13 million in revenue; we also launched our first podcast, “Business Casual.”
2020Insider Inc. acquired a majority stake in Morning Brew in a deal valuing us at $75 million; we launched new newsletters.
2021I became CEO of Morning Brew, focused on expanding our content, and began making personal investments through Austin Rief Ventures.
2022Morning Brew hit 4 million subscribers and $50 million in revenue; we launched several new B2B newsletters like IT Brew.
2023We launched our “Money Scoop” personal finance newsletter and our daily news podcast, “Morning Brew Daily.”
2024Morning Brew celebrated reaching 5 million subscribers; I also invested in Beehiiv through Austin Rief Ventures.
2025Axel Springer fully acquired Morning Brew, and I transitioned from CEO to the role of Executive Chairman.

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