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Business Insider lays off executive editor Ariel Schwartz

May 30, 2025

Posted by Chris Roush

Ariel Schwartz

Business Insider executive editor Ariel Schwartz is among the layoffs this week.

She oversaw health, parenting, essays, and features in the life section. She previously was deputy editor of the innovation section.

Previously, Schwartz was the senior editor of Co.Exist, Fast Company’s spinoff site focusing on world-changing innovation. She has also contributed to Popular Science, SF Weekly, Modern Farmer, and Inhabitat, among other publications.

Schwartz is a graduate of Vassar College.

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