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Ken Lerer

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Kenneth Lerer is a Managing Director at Lerer Ventures.

He was the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Huffington Post.

Mr. Lerer is Chairman of Betaworks and Buzzfeed, and is Vice-Chairman of Bedrocket.

He is a member of Pilot Group LLC, a private investment firm.

Mr. Lerer is Chairman Emeritus of the Public Theater in New York City and serves on the boards of directors of several nonprofit organizations, including Association to Benefit Children (ABC), and the Bank Street College of Education. In 2008-09, Mr. Lerer served as the Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at Columbia Journalism School.

Recent Milestones

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  Ken Lerer invested in Business Insider. (9/22/11)
  Posted 9/22/11 at 6:51pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ken Lerer invested in BuzzFeed. (5/12/10)
  Posted 5/12/10 at 10:44am via techcrunch.com
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  Ken Lerer added a position as Partner at Lerer Ventures. (2/1/10)
  Posted 3/22/10 at 9:03am
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  Ken Lerer invested in Hot Potato. (11/25/09)
  Posted 10/26/09 at 8:36am via thealarmclock.com
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  Ken Lerer invested in gdgt. (7/1/09)
  Posted 7/1/09 at 9:09am
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  Ken Lerer invested in BuzzFeed. (7/9/08)
  Posted 7/10/08 at 11:46am via paidcontent.org
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  Ken Lerer invested in Huffington Post. (9/1/07)
  Posted 11/15/07 at 12:19pm via paidcontent.org
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  Ken Lerer invested in Huffington Post. (8/1/06)
  Posted 11/15/07 at 12:14pm via venturebeat.com
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  Ken Lerer added a position as Co-Founder at Huffington Post.
  Posted 11/15/07 at 12:15pm
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  Ken Lerer added a position as investor at Daylife.
  Posted 2/9/09 at 11:13am
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  Ken Lerer added a position as Chairman at betaworks.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 2:44pm
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  Ken Lerer added a position as Board of Directors at GroupMe.
  Posted 1/4/11 at 11:30am
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  Ken Lerer added a position as Founder at NowThis News.
  Posted 4/9/13 at 5:34am
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  Ken Lerer added a position as Chairman at BuzzFeed.
  Posted 4/18/13 at 11:04am
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  Ken Lerer added a position as Vice-Chairman at Bedrocket Media Ventures.
  Posted 4/18/13 at 11:04am

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. IVP Leads $7 Million Investment In Business Insider (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Hot Potato Raises $1.42 For Event Social Networking (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
4. Citation Needed [add]
5. Trend Site Buzzfeed Raises $3.5 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
6. HuffingtonPost Raises Another $5 Million; Same Investors Including Pittman (paidcontent.org) [edit]
7. HuffingtonPost, politics blog site, raises $5M more to target elections (venturebeat.com) [edit]