About Us
FORTUNE is a global media organization dedicated to helping its readers, viewers, and attendees succeed big in business through unrivaled access and best-in-class storytelling.
Our Manifesto
Fortune drives the conversation about business. With a global perspective, the guiding wisdom of history, and an unflinching eye to the future, we report and reveal the stories that matter today—and that will matter even more tomorrow. With the trusted power to convene and challenge those who are shaping industry, commerce and society around the world, Fortune lights the path for global leaders—and gives them the tools to make business better.
Our History
Henry Robinson Luce founded Fortune magazine in 1929 in the wake of the Great Depression and the death of Yale classmate Briton Hadden, with whom he cofounded Time magazine and the Time-Fortune Corporation (later Time Incorporated) in 1922. In a 1929 prospectus for advertisers, Luce wrote that Fortune should be “the Ideal Super-Class Magazine” for “wealthy and influential people.” It should be, he added, “surpassingly beautiful” and “so richly illustrated and so distinguished in appearance that it will be instinctive to turn the pages. And having turned the pages, his reader will discover the editorial content of such arresting vitality that, were it but mimeographed on cheapest newsprint, he would still pay dearly for it.” Its price? $10 per year, “a barrier so high that only the reader both enthusiastic and well-to-do will vault it.”
The first issue of Fortune, featuring on its cover the Roman goddess Fortuna with her wheel, was distributed to subscribers beginning in February 1930. (The magazine was not initially available on newsstands.) As with Time, Luce made himself editor of Fortune; its first managing editor was Parker Lloyd-Smith and its first art editor was Thomas Maitland Cleland. Fortune’s first headquarters were located in the Chrysler Building at 135 East 42nd Street in New York City; it later moved to the Time-Life Building at 1271 Avenue of the Americas and Brookfield Place at 225 Liberty Street and is currently headquartered at 40 Fulton Street.
The pages of Fortune have been filled with the work of some of the world’s greatest writers, editors, illustrators, and photographers. Among them: Ansel Adams, James Agee, Constantin Alajálov, John Atherton, Herbert Bayer, Lester Beal, Thomas Benrimo, Joseph Binder, Margaret Bourke-White, A.M. Cassandre, Thomas Maitland Cleland, Miguel Covarrubias, Walker Evans, John Kenneth Galbraith, George Gusti, Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Kazin, Fernand Léger, Leo Lionni, Fred Ludekens, Dwight Macdonald, Archibald MacLeish, Erik Nitsche, Miné Okubo, Antonio Petruccelli, Diego Rivera, Ben Shahn, and Charles Sheeler.
Today, Fortune is one of the world’s leading business media brands and comprises a multinational monthly magazine, daily website, and conference series. It is owned by Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon, and published by the Meredith Corporation. It occupies offices in Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Shanghai.
Our Founding Mission
An outline of Fortune’s mission can be found in a sidebar calling for subscriptions in Volume 1, Issue 1 of the magazine:
“FORTUNE’S purpose is to reflect Industrial Life in ink and paper and word and picture as the finest skyscraper reflects it in stone and steel and architecture. Business takes FORTUNE to the tip of the wing of the airplane and through the depths of the ocean along be-barnacled cables. It forces FORTUNE to peer into dazzling furnaces and into the faces of bankers. FORTUNE must follow the chemist to the brink of worlds newer than Columbus found and it must jog with freight cars across Nevada’s desert. FORTUNE is involved in the fashions of flappers and in glass made from sand. It is packed in millions of cans and saluted by Boards of Directors on the pinnacles of skyscrapers. Mountains diminish, rivers change their course and thirty million people assemble nightly at the cinema. Into all these matters FORTUNE will inquire with unbridled curiosity. And, above all, FORTUNE will make its discoveries clear, coherent, vivid, so that the reading of it may be one of the keenest pleasures in the life of every subscriber.”
Our Editorial Standards
Fortune is committed to producing journalism that meets the highest standards of accuracy, fairness, transparency, and lawfulness. Our print, digital, and live products aim to inform, delight, illuminate, and help our readers, viewers, and attendees. We believe that our products must reflect our commitment to quality and integrity and we recognize that our reputation depends on upholding these journalistic values.
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Who We Are
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FOUNDER Henry R. Luce, 1898-1967
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Alan Murray
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Lisa Cline
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER AND PUBLISHER Michael Schneider
CHIEF STRATEGY AND FINANCIAL OFFICER Anastasia Nyrkovskaya
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Jonathan Rivers
CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER Selma Stern
CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER Mike Kiley
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Alyson Shontell
EXECUTIVE EDITOR, FEATURES Matthew Heimer
MANAGING EDITOR Holly Epstein Ojalvo
EXECUTIVE EDITOR, NEWS Nick Lichtenberg
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EDITORIAL GROWTH Ashley Lutz
EXECUTIVE EDITOR, ASIA Clay Chandler (Hong Kong)
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Peter Herbert
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Mia J. Diehl
DIRECTOR OF VIDEO Megan J. Arnold
EDITOR, INVESTING AND FINANCE Lee Clifford
LEADERSHIP EDITOR Ruth Umoh
CRYPTO EDITOR Jeff John Roberts
TECH EDITOR Alexei Oreskovic
REAL ESTATE EDITOR Lance Lambert
EDITOR, WELL Jennifer Fields
SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE Geoff Colvin
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, LIVE MEDIA, AND EDITOR AT LARGE Michal Lev-Ram
CORRESPONDENT Shawn Tully
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, CONNECT Ellen McGirt
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Lydia Belanger
INFORMATION GRAPHICS DIRECTOR Nicolas Rapp
ART DIRECTOR Josue Evilla
ART DIRECTOR (Hong Kong) Rio Tang
HEAD OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Maia Samuel
PROJECT MANAGER, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Tari Ayala-Keating
SENIOR EDITORS Scott DeCarlo (lists), Verne Kopytoff, Steve Mollman, Indrani Sen (features), Jasmine Suarez (Fortune Recommends), Claire Zillman (features, Hong Kong), Yue Wei (Beijing)
NEWS EDITOR, U.S. Azure Gilman
NEWS EDITOR, EUROPE Massimo Marioni (London)
SENIOR WRITERS Alicia Adamczyk, Maria Aspan, Sheryl Estrada, Erika Fry, Emma Hinchliffe, Jeremy Kahn, Jessica Mathews, David Meyer, Anne Sraders, Phil Wahba, Trey Williams
EDITORS Mohamed El Aassar (commentary, London), Justin Doom (Fortune Crypto), Nicholas Gordon (associate editor), Hillary Hoffower (Fortune Success), Rachel King, Jack Long (newsletter production)
BEIJING EDIT TEAM Maiwen Zhang (executive editor), Yvonne Xie (new media executive editor), Yu Yang (new media director/data research director), Yang Anqi (new media associate executive editor), Yu Wenyao (assistant managing editor), Yang Jingyi (editor)
SHANGHAI EDIT TEAM Wang Fang (executive editor), Wang Kunzuo (senior digital editor), Alice Liu (senior digital editor), Terry Wei (digital editor), Tom Yu (digital editor), Carol Xu (editor), Kinsley Du (editorial assistant)
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT Rachel Ventresca (senior editor, distribution and social video), Jonathan Fazio (lead YouTube series producer), Payton Kirol (video producer), Alice Hearing (editor), Cheyann Harris, Mahnoor Khan (producers)
SENIOR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS Susie Gharib, Vivienne Walt
WRITERS Luisa Beltran, Chloe Berger, Amber Burton, Will Daniel, Christiaan Hetzner, Lila MacLellan, Paige McGlauflin, Alexa Mikhail, Erin Prater, Eleanor Pringle, Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, L’Oreal Thompson Payton, Kylie Robison, Orianna Rosa Royle, Leo Schwartz, Alexandra Sternlicht, Chloe Taylor, Jane Thier
AUDIO PRODUCER Alexis Haut
LIST TEAM FOR FORTUNE 500 Rhona Altschuler, Kathleen Smyth
FORTUNE EDUCATION TEAM Karelle Gordon (marketing director), Anna-Louise Jackson (editor), Sydney Lake (writer), Meghan Malas (data)
PHOTO/ART Christine Bower-Wright, Victoria Ellis (designers), Alexandra Scimecca, Michele Taylor (associate photo editors)
PHOTO/ART (HK) Leung Yuk Nam (production supervisor), Chris Wai (senior designer), Wing Mak (production manager)
SUPERVISING PRODUCER, FEATURED VIDEO Chris Joslin
VIDEO PRODUCER Theodore Tae (senior producer)
COPYROOM Maria Carmicino, Lauren Goldstein, Katherine Raymond
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS Sharon Lawrence, Carmen Melendez, Nadine Quinlan, Hildegarde P. Vilmenay, Amy Wu (HK)
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SVP, SALES Lindsey Kintner
VP, LIVE MEDIA SPONSORSHIP Monica Sembler
SVP, SALES & MARKETING, ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST Khoon-Fong Ang
SALES, NEW YORK Sarah Williams (account director & digital development lead), Tim Mullaly (account director), Hannah Showak (account director), James Bohlinger (sales assistant), Breanna Felice (senior account manager), Elizabeth English (account manager)
SALES, CHICAGO Austin Kopplin (director, digital revenue & account management), John Winterhalder (account director), Charlotte McCarthy (digital account manager)
SALES, CALIFORNIA Julia Keefe (account director), Megan Bauer (account director)
SALES, EUROPE Rupert Turnbull
SALES, SHANGHAI Ivy Qu (deputy general manager), Migee Ma (integrated sales director), Casey Zhuang (integrated sales director), Leona Wang (integrated sales director), Lindy Lin (integrated sales director), Berry Huang (integrated sales director), Crystal Chen (senior integrated sales manager), Catherine Wang (senior integrated sales manager), Sona Jiang (sales assistant)
SALES, BEIJING Amanda Shao (deputy general manager), Spring Guo (deputy general manager), Stefanie Shen (senior integrated sales manager), Jiapin Wan (digital sales director),
SALES, HK Eric Cheung (integrated solutions director), Fiona Xu (senior integrated sales manager)
CONNECT SALES Dannygail Dean (client partner)
CONFERENCE SALES Monica Sembler (VP), Elizabeth Parks (executive director)
VP, PARTNERSHIP MARKETING Sheyna Bruckner
SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARKETING Paul Casey
DIRECTOR, SUBSCRIPTION MARKETING Niya Sinckler
DIRECTOR, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE John Seiler
MARKETING Nicolette Lustrino (manager), Holly Brockerhoff (associate marketing manager), Carly Linnemann (assistant marketing manager), Catherine Caufield (senior manager), Sylvia Canestrari (marketing coordinator)
MARKETING, ASIA Fiona Xu (event marketing manager, HK), Emily Zheng (event marketing executive (Shanghai), Sylvia Hu (senior event operation executive (Shanghai), Jayna Li (event marketing executive, Shanghai), Annie Chan (marketing executive, HK), Demi Ding (marketing manager, Shanghai), Li Yao (marketing manager, Beijing), Kiki Xiong (marketing manager, Shanghai)
SUBSCRIPTIONS Danielle Calabrese (customer service representative), Todd Woodard (senior customer care specialist)
PARTNERSHIP MARKETING Giselle Anne Peled (senior director, integrated marketing), Ellyn Villar (associate director, integrated marketing), Savannah Llewellyn (integrated marketing manager), Kelsea Watkins (director, client activation), Scott Kerr (head of research & insights), Becky Evantash (client lead & special projects)
SVP, BRAND STUDIO David Lennon
VP, BRAND STUDIO Megan Gilbert
BRAND STUDIO Erica Euse (branded content editor), Shineil Persad (creative strategy program manager), Helen Ventura (copy editor), Shilpi Kuchal (senior creative strategist), Susie Gharib (anchor & senior special correspondent), Kim Coyle (head of design), Gregory Leeds (design director), Alberto Gonzalez (senior designer), Fernando Mancuello (creative lead), Stephanie Silvera (art director), Ana Suarez-Fennell (senior designer), Andrew Mixter (senior designer), Teri Sanders (designer), Zeyd Rahman (creative commercial strategist), Pia de Soiza (senior production manager)
BRAND STUDIO, SHANGHAI Terrance Zhang (associate director), Chen Yujun (editor), Sophie Gao (business research manager)
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT Lauren Chomiuk (director, program management), Kelly Smith (program manager), Alannah Fay (associate director, digital program management), Manoella Macedo (associate content producer)
VP, LIVE MEDIA Delwyn Gray (production)
LIVE MEDIA Katie Mandara (associate director, event logistics), Cindy Shieh (art director), Natasha Ortiz (video producer, events), Madeline Kraft (production & logistics coordinator), Liana Sasloff (production coordinator)
VP, MEMBER SERVICES Elizabeth Tighe
MEMBER SERVICES Arianna Gomez (digital director, acquisition & membership), Katherine Ramsingh (associate director executive relations), Sarah Worob (associate director, live media), Andrea Harasymowicz (associate manager, executive relations), Zackiel Marsh (executive relations coordinator)
CIRCULATION, ASIA Calvin Chan (senior circulation supervisor, HK), Winnie Ng (marketing services manager, HK), Adrian R. Andaya (circulation manager, HK), Zhang Wenxin (circulation assistant, Beijing)
PROGRAMMING Alia Aijunied (executive director), Janis Foerster (associate director, program operations & speaker relations), Kameron Turner (associate speaker relations manager), Michelle Chung (associate program manager, connect)
PROGRAMMING, ASIA Duan Yan (program director, Beijing), Zhang Chenhao (program director, Shanghai), Yulin Zheng (project development director, Shanghai)
CONNECT Peter Vanham (executive editor), Alison Fried (general manager), Lauren Paglisotti (community strategist & engagement director), Evan Gordon (communications coordinator), Jasmin Hedvat (community engagement coordinator)
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Ron Moss (director); Joel Baboolal (manager)
PARTNERSHIPS, LICENSING, & SYNDICATION Jim Jacovides (VP), Nadine Ghosn (associate director, content licensing)
TECHNOLOGY (NY) Nicholas Bailey (IT manager), Shaywn Lewis (IT support engineer), Matthew Flaherty (senior systems administrator), Jimmy Jiminian (IT support engineer)
TECHNOLOGY (SH) Jimmy Mao (IT support engineer)
TECHNOLOGY (HK) Anthony Wong (IT support engineer)
VP, ENGINEERING Rajeev Maskey
ENGINEERING Ted Coyle (technical lead), Alicia Javier (CRM admin), Kyle Ermentrout (web developer), Uriel Rodriguez (web developer), Amanda Baydar (web developer), Catherine Jimenez (web developer), Prabhkiran Kaur (web developer), Givi Tvalavadze (backend web engineer), Baltazar Figuereo (senior software engineer)
DATA ENGINEERING Cooper Robinson (technical manager), Jessica Miles (data engineer), Salma Elshahawy (data engineer)
VP, PRODUCT Maren Pyenson
PRODUCT Aviel Fahl (director, search strategy), Dave Geller (senior product manager), Alexia Delest (product manager), Johrten Sternberg (technical product manager), Stan Wilson (director, product analytics), Gabriel Acosta (UX designer)
FINANCE (NY) Paula Esposito (finance & HR manager), Brian Ernst (executive director, business development), Melissa Goldman (controller), Tyler Cristy (revenue accounting manager), Kevin Tang (accounting manager), Ruben Fernandez (finance associate)
FINANCE (ASIA) Alan Wong (HK/Macau director), Irene Wong (HK manager), Polaris Gu (Beijing/Shanghai manager), Holly Guo (Beijing/Shanghai admin officer), Lydia Tang (Beijing/Shanghai cashier), Janet Sin (Macau senior accountant), Sonia Lio (Macau assistant accountant), Suki Chan (Macau accounting assistant)
HUMAN RESOURCES Wendy Alper (senior recruiter), Maggie Chan (HR business partner)
HUMAN RESOURCES (HK) Doris Lee (manager), Angel Ip (senior HR & admin officer), Mini Wang (HR business partner)
LEGAL Steve Weissman (general counsel), Stacey Keller (associate general counselor), Laura Ferguson-Bowman (paralegal)
Our Live Programming Teams
For more information, visit FortuneConferences.com.
BRAINSTORM A.I.
Program Director: Marlene Saritzky
Editorial Director:
Co-chairs: Rana El-Kaliouby, Jeremy Kahn, Verne Kopytoff
BRAINSTORM DESIGN
Program Director: Belinda Roth
Co-chairs: Clay Chandler, Ellen McGirt
BRAINSTORM FINANCE
Program Director: Lisa Desai
Co-chairs:
BRAINSTORM HEALTH
Program Director: Sara Leeder
Co-chairs: David Agus, Arianna Huffington
BRAINSTORM TECH
Program Director: Marlene Saritzky
Co-chairs: Michal Lev-Ram, Lo Toney
THE CEO INITIATIVE
Program Director: Maria Ebrahimji
Co-chairs: Matt Heimer, Ellen McGirt, Alan Murray
GLOBAL FORUM
Program Director: Maria Ebrahimji
Co-chairs: Alan Murray
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY FORUM
Program Director: Mei Zhang
Co-chairs: Jeffrey Ball, Clay Chandler
GLOBAL TECH FORUM
Program Director: Mei Zhang
Co-chairs: Clay Chandler, Michal Lev-Ram, Jennifer Zhu Scott
MOST POWERFUL WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Program Director: Maria Ebrahimji
Co-chairs: Maria Aspan, Erika Fry, Claire Zillman
MOST POWERFUL WOMEN NEXT GEN
Program Director: Lisa Clucas
Co-chairs: Claire Zillman
MOST POWERFUL WOMEN SUMMIT
Program Director: Lisa Clucas
Co-chairs: Michal Lev-Ram, Ellen McGirt
Our Fortune Connect Team
For more information, visit Fortune.com/Connect.
Editorial Director: Ellen McGirt
Co-chairs: Maria Aspan, Phil Wahba