I’m the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew.
Investor in Oceans Talent.
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Rough Timeline
| 1995 | I was born and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| 2011 | My interest in the business world began during my junior year of high school. |
| 2013 | I graduated from Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School. |
| 2014 | I started college at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. |
| 2015 | My future co-founder, Alex Lieberman, started a basic business newsletter; I joined him as a sophomore to help build it. We officially launched Morning Brew as a daily email newsletter, with me as co-founder and COO. |
| 2016 | We focused on grassroots growth for Morning Brew, using an ambassador program to expand to more universities nationwide. |
| 2017 | I graduated from college and we secured a $750,000 seed funding round for Morning Brew. |
| 2018 | Morning Brew hit 1 million subscribers, and I was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. |
| 2019 | Morning Brew neared 2 million subscribers and $13 million in revenue; we also launched our first podcast, “Business Casual.” |
| 2020 | Insider Inc. acquired a majority stake in Morning Brew in a deal valuing us at $75 million; we launched new newsletters. |
| 2021 | I became CEO of Morning Brew, focused on expanding our content, and began making personal investments through Austin Rief Ventures. |
| 2022 | Morning Brew hit 4 million subscribers and $50 million in revenue; we launched several new B2B newsletters like IT Brew. |
| 2023 | We launched our “Money Scoop” personal finance newsletter and our daily news podcast, “Morning Brew Daily.” |
| 2024 | Morning Brew celebrated reaching 5 million subscribers; I also invested in Beehiiv through Austin Rief Ventures. |
| 2025 | Axel Springer fully acquired Morning Brew, and I transitioned from CEO to the role of Executive Chairman. |