Warren Webster

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Warren Webster is CEO of Atlas Obscura [1] and former president and CEO of luxury digital media company Coveteur. [2] He was previously the president and co-founder of Patch Media, a network of more than 900 local news sites launched in 2007 and sold in 2009 to AOL. Webster departed Patch in 2014 to become COO of goop, the lifestyle company founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow. [3]

Webster was named in Forbes Magazine as Arianna Huffington's list of "Most Powerful People in Media" alongside Patch Editor-in-Chief Brian Farnham, as well as Business Insider's "SAI 100 New York Tech" list in 2010 and 2011. [4] Originally from Osterville, Massachusetts, [5] Webster attended St. Lawrence University and lives in New York City.

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References

  1. Sternberg, Josh (2020-03-02). "Warren Webster Will Lead Atlas Obscura". adweek.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18.
  2. Saltzman, Jason. "Life After Your Company Has Been Sold". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. Hays, Kali (2018-07-19). "Cindy Crawford Takes Minority Stake in Coveteur". yahoo.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. "The Silicon Alley 100: New York's Coolest Tech People In 2010". Business Insider . 2010-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Joiner, J. James (2011-01-14). "Osterville native brings his Patch home". The Barnstable Patriot . Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2021-05-14.