- Kenneth Lerer
Kenneth Lerer is an American businessman and media executive. In
2005 , he co-founded the political blogThe Huffington Post withArianna Huffington . The Huffington Post is headquartered in New York. In2007 , after theHuffington Post hiredBetsy Morgan ofCBS News , he went from actingCEO to Chairman. He is a past Executive Vice President ofAOL Time Warner and was a founding partner of New York based PR firm Robinson, Lerer, and Montgomery. He has served as a visiting professor at theUniversity of Pennsylvania andNew York University , where he taught courses on the media and American corporations. He is also a former Chairman of thePublic Theater in New York. His son started an online men's newsletter calledThrillist.com . According to the New York Times, onApril 9 2007 , he co-hosted a $2,300/plate fundraiser for Barack Obama at hisCentral Park West apartment in New York [ [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/obamas-2nd-quarter-foray-in-new-york/ Obamas 2nd-Quarter Foray in New York - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog ] ] .References
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