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Inc. editor in chief Ledbetter departs for Sequoia Capital

November 8, 2019

Posted by Chris Roush

James Ledbetter

James Ledbetter, the editor in chief of Inc. magazine for nearly six years, has left the publication.

Ledbetter is now head of content at Sequoia Capital.

“I am energized and thrilled to be working with the brilliant Sequoia team,” he wrote on Facebook.

He joined Inc. in February 2014. Before that, he was with Reuters as opinions editor.

Ledbetter has previously been deputy managing editor of CNNMoney.com and Fortune.com. He was the founding editor of Slate’s financial site The Big Money and has published six books, most recently One Nation Under Gold.

Ledbetter also worked at The Industry Standard, the Village Voice and Time magazine.

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