Jim VandeHei is the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Axios, a
media company focused on breaking news and invaluable insights
across business, politics, technology and the world. VandeHei is
also an executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning docu-news
series, Axioson HBO. Before Axios, VandeHei co-founded and
was CEO of Politico, the media company that upended and
revolutionised political and policy journalism in Washington, New
York, and Europe. Overseeing both the editorial and business teams,
VandeHei was the leading strategist behind its highly scalable and
successful business model. Prior to this, VandeHei spent more than
a decade as a reporter, covering the Presidency and Congress for
The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. He
was named national Editor of the Year in 2016. VandeHei is from
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He has a bachelor's degree from the University
of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
Mike Allen is a co-founder of Axios. Mike is responsible for
Axios editorial coverage, and writes the flagship daily
newsletters, Axios AM and Axios PM. Mike was a co-founder of
Politico, where he created the Playbook franchise and helped build
the company for its first decade. He has been named several times
to Vanity Fair's 'New Establishment' list. He is also an alumnus of
TIME, The New York Times, The Washington Post,
the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The (Fredericksburg, Va.)
Free Lance-Star. Allen is from Orange County, Calif., and
graduated from Washington and Lee University.
Roy Schwartz is the co-founder and President of Axios. As
President, Schwartz has led Axios through multiple fundraising
rounds, overseen all company strategy and business operations and
most recently launched Axios HQ, an internal communications
software platform to help teams communicate more effectively.
Schwartz also serves as executive producer of the Emmy
Award-winning docu-news series Axios on HBO. Under his
leadership, Axios was listed as one of Fast Company's 'World's Most
Innovative Companies 2018' and announced as Washington Business
Journal's '2021 Fastest Growing Companies'. Schwartz has been
named as one of DCInno's 2016 '50 on Fire' for marketing and
advertising, and as 2015 FOLIO 100 'Corporate Catalyst'. Schwartz
is the former chief revenue officer for Politico. Prior to
Politico, he was a Partner at Gallup's management consulting
practice in Washington, DC and California advising Fortune 500
companies on employee and customer engagement. Schwartz was born in
Israel and grew up in England. He has a bachelor's degree and
M.B.A. from the University of Maryland.
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