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