Fortune hires McGregor as editorial director for Europe
Fortune has hired Kirsty McGregor to be editorial director in Europe. McGregor has been European editor of Vogue Business, editor of Drapers and head of content at Community Care. She has been freelancing since the beginning of the year. She will lead on content creation, event moderation and building Fortune Europe’s ever increasing presence across the region. […]
Fortune taps Ventresca as director of audience and social growth
Rachel Ventresca has been named director of audience and social growth at Fortune. She has been senior editor of distribution and social video. Before that, she was senior audience editor. Ventresca was previously manager of social media at Cheddar News and a social media producer and editor. She interned at NBC News, CNN Politics and Cumulus Media. […]
Fortune taps Banicki to run video team
Mike Kiley of Fortune sent out the following to the staff on Wednesday: Dear Team, I’m pleased to share that Adam Banicki has been promoted to General Manager, Video at Fortune, and will be joining the Senior Leadership Team. In this role, Adam continues to lead the video team, which is now its own business […]
The Real Deal hires Botros in Los Angeles
The Real Deal has hired Alena Botros as a reporter in Los Angeles. Botros spent nearly three years at Fortune as an editorial fellow and then a reporter in its Los Angeles bureau. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Diego and a master’s degree from the University of Southern California.
Phrases that Fortune invented, from trophy wife to hedge fund
Rachel Ventresca of Fortune writes about eight iconic phrases that the 95-year-old magazine made popular. Ventresca writes, “Yes, Fortune is old. The ’95-year-old startup’ is technically a member of the Silent Generation, predating the invention of not just the internet but also ZIP codes and crash test dummies, not to mention most of the Fortune 500 companies […]
Fortune promotes Royle to success associate editor
Orianna Rosa Royle has been promoted to success associate editor at Fortune. She has been with the magazine since January 2023. Royle was inspired to start writing about success—and how those with it, attained it—after her own experience escaping poverty and trying to enter the corporate world with zero help. She was the first in […]
Fortune promotes Lake to associate editor
Fortune magazine has promoted Sydney Lake to associate editor. Lake has been a reporter at Fortune, where she covers housing, real estate, and general business news. She previously wrote about higher education and worked on the publication’s business school rankings. Before joining Fortune, Lake served as the assistant editor of Virginia Business magazine and interned on the production desk at […]
Fortune taps Smith to be US news chief
Dave Smith has been named the U.S. news chief at Fortune magazine. He has been at the publication since January. Smith previously worked at The Messenger as deputy editor for the homepage and story production. He also worked at Business Insider as a deputy editor of audience. Smith was previously the technology editor of the International […]
Senior reporter Daniel departs Fortune
Will Daniel, a senior reporter at Fortune magazine, has left the publication. He has been with Fortune since March 2022 covering markets and the economy. Daniel previously worked at Markets Insider and has an MS in business journalism from Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He holds an undergraduate degree from […]
Morse hired by Fortune to cover HR and workplace trends
Brit Morse has been hired by Fortune magazine to cover human resources and workplace trends on the leadership desk. She has been an associate editor at Inc. covering the worlds of HR, public policy, and legal affairs for both the print edition of Inc. magazine and Inc.com. Morse also worked as a contract staffer for […]
