New York City Metropolitan Area
I am Yahoo Finance's first-ever Executive Editor and a member of Yahoo Finance's editorial/content leadership team. I also host the 'Power Players' podcast that airs on Yahoo Finance, Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon and iHeartMedia. Further, I am the co-creator, head booker and editorial leader of Yahoo Finance's annual 'Invest' conference, a full day in person and TV event that brings together top CEOs and celebrities to discuss all things investing, business and finance to a global audience. My time at Yahoo Finance has been amazing. I lead editorial, booking and the on-camera interviews and text stories for some of the most impactful events in the world such as the World Economic Forum, Milken and Cannes Lions. Some top TV interviews I have done since I have joined Yahoo Finance: President Joe Biden, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, NBA Legend Magic Johnson, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, Pivotal Ventures Founder Melinda French Gates, Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Exxon CEO Darren Woods, Apollo CEO Marc Rowan, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, Citi CEO Jane Frasier, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. Above all of this, I have been able to mentor the next generation of business news journalists and pass the baton on so many things taught to me. It has been amazing to see my team members grow and achieve great things. I have also gotten to learn from some of the best leaders around while working at Yahoo Finance. In the nearly seven years I have been at Yahoo Finance, we have grown content views by 35%. We are the #1 most visited investing platform in the world by more than 2x, clocking in at about 108 million monthly visitors. Prior to joining Yahoo Finance to help launch our TV network and lead our CEO coverage as an anchor and the publication's founding editor-at-large, I also led editorial direction across TheStreet's three publications as Executive Editor and a member of the management team: TheStreet; The Deal; RealMoney spanning bureaus in New York City, Washington, DC, San Francisco, and the UK. I led and managed a team of more than 100 journalists and had direct P&L responsibilities. Under my leadership, TheStreet increased content views by more than 40% to 50 million monthly views and subscriptions to premium services by more than 25%. TheStreet also won a 2017 SABEW award for best financial commentary. I worked closely with my fellow management team members to prepare the business for a sale, which included various spin-offs and eventually a sale of the parent company.
Member of the editorial leadership team, reporting directly to the Head of Content for Yahoo Finance. Yahoo Finance's first-ever Executive Editor. Co-creator and lead on the annual fall Yahoo Finance 'Invest' event. 'Invest' is an in-person + digital, all day live event that also streams on Yahoo Finance's TV network. In my capacity, I lead the event narrative, bookings, text story distribution among other intricacies. 'Invest' brings together top CEOs and celebrities for personal chats in front of investors worldwide. Lead all content creation, booking and editorial for Yahoo Finance's tentpole events, including the World Economic Forum in Davos, Milken, Dreamforce and numerous investment banking conferences. Host of the 'Power Players With Brian Sozzi' podcast that airs on Yahoo Finance, all major streaming platforms, and podcast platforms Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora and iHeartMedia. Host of Opening Bid Live, which runs daily on Yahoo Finance. Lead interviewer of all global newsmakers. A few of the top TV interviews conducted in this role: Then sitting President Joe Biden, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Ford CEO Jim Farley, Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates, LA Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, Blackstone Founder Steve Schwarzman, Pivotal Ventures Melinda French Gates. Led the content launch of Yahoo Finance's 'Lead This Way' leadership show, and remain a frequent contributor. Top interviews included Melinda French Gates, GM CEO Mary Barra, LA Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer. Work collaboratively with the head of video, news and distribution to ensure high quality journalism is released daily. Strategic planner and new idea developer in concert with Head of Content. Newsroom mentor and trusted colleague. Have generated more than 600 million text views alone in my time at Yahoo Finance. Including video and social views, total output exceeds 1 billion.
Yahoo Finance's first-ever editor-at-large. Booked and conducted feature interviews with top Fortune 500 executives and other influencers across Yahoo Finance's industry leading platform: live programming, online web pieces, taped interviews and conferences. Top interviews included Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, Grammy-award winning artist Ciara, NBA great Dwayne Wade, NFL Hall of Famer Troy Aikman, bond king Jeffrey Gundlach, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su, Target CEO Brian Cornell, Melinda French Gates, David Rubenstein, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins. Authored daily and feature stories that ranged from key trend stories to insights gleaned from conversations with top executives and influencers across the sports, media, and business communities. Wrote up to 4 stories a day. Generated more than 450 million page views while serving in this position. Anchored Yahoo Finance's flagship two-hour morning show, which airs on Yahoo Finance, the Yahoo Finance app, DirecTV, Freevee, Samsung TV, YouTube, Roku, Pluto TV and Apple TV. Worked closely with executive producers, conference organizers and content leadership team to hatch new ideas to be developed across Yahoo Finance and Yahoo properties. Top projects included organizing, booking and hosting Yahoo Finance's first-ever 'Infrastructure Week', which included interviews with 30 top executives changing the country's infrastructure. Another project included planning anf live on the ground hosting of Yahoo Finance's coverage of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland. Co-authored Yahoo Finance's flagship 'Morning Brief' daily newsletter which reaches more than 2 million inboxes each day.
Led editorial strategy across TheStreet's -- a publicly traded financial media company -- three publications: TheStreet; The Deal; RealMoney spanning bureaus in New York City, Washington, DC, San Francisco, and the United Kingdom. Under my leadership, TheStreet increased content views by more than 40% to 50 million monthly views and subscriptions to premium services by more than 25%. TheStreet also won a 2017 SABEW award for best financial commentary. P&L responsibility for multi-million $$ budget of journalists. Coordinated coverage across various multimedia platforms, including video, graphic design, podcasts, and social media to maximize reader experiences and drive subscription and advertising revenues. This coordination helped to drive numerous new advertisers to TheStreet's platform. Drove editorial direction for a newsroom of more than 100 journalists globally and helped bring in top guests for TheStreet's numerous investor focused conferences. Interviewed Fortune 500 CEOs, other top executives and leading influencers in the world of business for written and video platforms. Some interviews included Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, Boeing CEO Dennis Muillenberg and Ford CEO Mark Fields. Created and authored the 'Morning Jolt' daily newsletter and hosted the 'Morning Jolt' webshow. The 'Morning Jolt' newsletter amassed 25,000 subscribers within its first three months of launch. Helped incubate new ideas across TheStreet's digital publications, including new newsletters and video content. Member of TheStreet Inc.'s executive management team, reporting to the CEO. Duties included budget planning, helping to drive strategic direction for the company, presentations to fellow executive team members, assisting in preparation for quarterly earnings calls with investors, and talent development efforts. As a member of the executive team, played a key role in the successful sale of TheStreet's businesses for a total enterprise value of more than $160 million.
Developed/hosted on-air and written special features focusing on behind the scenes profiles of Fortune 500 businesses and the executives at the helm. Lead correspondent for TheStreet's consumer coverage. Authored the daily "Daily Dose" column that discussed market-moving economic events, and potential long-term economic outcomes, and how to position one’s financial portfolio accordingly. Authored the "Weekend Watcher" Saturday column that addressed such education-themed topics as investment strategies, mechanisms driving the market and common investor misconceptions.
Authored the weekly "Million Dollar Man" column, which included top executive interviews and easy to approach investing insights.