Jessica Lessin
American journalist (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jessica E. Lessin is an American journalist who serves as editor-in-chief of the technology website The Information, which she founded in December 2013.[2][3][4] Lessin had previously spent eight years at The Wall Street Journal covering the technology and media industries.[5][6][7]
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| Born | Jessica Elizabeth Vascellaro May 11, 1983 |
| Occupation | Journalist, businesswoman |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (BA) |
| Years active | 2005 - current |
| Spouse | Samuel Lessin[1] |
| Children | 3 |
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Early life and education
Born Jessica Elizabeth Vascellaro, her father, Jerome Vascellaro, is the COO of private equity firm TPG Capital and a trustee of Brown University.[8][9] She attended New Canaan Country School in Connecticut before enrolling at Harvard University in 2001.[10] She graduated from Harvard College in 2005, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in history. While at Harvard, she wrote for The Harvard Crimson and served as an executive editor.[11][12]
Career
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After graduating from Harvard, she completed an internship at the Wall Street Journal and later became a full-time staff member.[10] During her tenure at the publication, Lessin wrote more than a thousand articles and news stories while covering Apple,[13] Google,[14] Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and other global technology companies.[12] She was part of the team that was a 2012 Pulitzer Finalist for a series on digital privacy.[15] The team won a public service award from the Society of Professional Journalists for the same series. She has appeared on CNBC, NPR, CNN, Charlie Rose, and is a regular speaker at international conferences.[16][17]
Lessin left the Wall Street Journal in 2013 to establish The Information, an online tech publication based in San Francisco.[18] Lessin was listed as an Influential Woman in Technology by Business Insider in 2014.[19]
By 2017, The Information expanded the markets it covered, opened offices in Hong Kong and New York City, and had grown to 22 staff members.[12] That same year, Lessin announced that The Information was launching a business accelerator aimed at building subscription-based news organizations.[20]
In June 2023, Jessica Lessin together with Sam Lessin, Dave Morin and Brit Morin started a podcast called "More or Less" where they discuss the latest news from Silicon Valley.
Personal life
In 2012, Lessin married Samuel Lessin, a former Facebook VP and current startup founder and investor.[21][22] Their first child was born in early 2017. Both Lessin and her husband are close friends with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.[23]
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