Ed Sussman

Background

About Ed Sussman

I am a media & marketing executive known for running fast growth, innovative media and internet companies. I am the CEO of Buzzr.com, a digital media & content marketing agency. I was the EVP of Mansueto Ventures, a $70m media company; president of FastCompany.com and Inc.com (increasing revenue >600%); Managing Director for business websites at Gruner & Jaher USA (a division of Bertelsmann) and Executive Editor of Inc. Magazine. Buzzr is a data-driven content marketing agency with expertise in branding, strategy, story telling, audience growth, optimization and scaling. As part of Buzzr, I also run WhiteHatWiki.com, a high-end Wikipedia consultancy. I started Buzzr as a SaaS CMS (built on top of open source Drupal) offering white label and self-service website building solutions. I have advised some of the world's most interesting organizations, such as American Express OPEN, Monster.com, Dell, Lincoln Center, Taboola and Cision on subjects such as branding, native advertising, content and content marketing. As Executive VP of Mansueto Ventures (Inc. and Fast Company magazines), I oversaw digital media, conferences and business development. I simultaneously served as president of Mansueto Digital (FastCompany.com, Inc.com and IncTechnology.com.) I directly managed editorial, sales, marketing, technology, design and partnerships for the websites. Team of about 60 with conference staff. Under my leadership, FastCompany.com became the first mainstream media website tightly integrating journalism and socially-generated content. I also created IncTechnology.com and Fast Company.TV. I created and ran the the Inc. list of fast-growth private companies. A journalist for 20 years, I was the Executive Editor of Inc. Magazine, and Senior Editor of both Worth and P.O.V. magazines. I started out writing for the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. I also worked as a law clerk to two federal judges.