Nick Denton

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Nick Denton
Born 24 August 1966 (1966-08-24) (age 43)
Residence New York, NY
Occupation Journalist, editor, internet entrepreneur
Website
http://www.nickdenton.org/

Nick Denton (born August 24, 1966[1]) is a British journalist and internet entrepreneur, the founder and proprietor of the blog collective Gawker Media, and the managing editor of the New York-based Gawker.com.

Denton was educated at University College School and University College, Oxford. He began his career as a journalist with the Financial Times. He co-wrote a book about the collapse of Barings Bank called All That Glitters. He was one of the founders of a social networking site called First Tuesday[2] and co-founded Moreover Technologies[3] with David Galbraith and Angus Bankes, schoolmates from UCS.

Denton was featured in the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 in position 502 with an estimated wealth of £140m (approximately $290m) based on the sale of his previous companies and the current value of Gawker Media. He was once featured in a Vanity Fair photoshoot.

Denton is openly gay.[4]

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  1. ^ Sorkin, Andrew (November 2003). "New York Times". http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/17/technology/17blog.html?ex=1384491600&en=d14f43fbe25dcfd4&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND. Retrieved 2007-08-24. 
  2. ^ "FirstTuesday.com". http://www.firsttuesday.com. 
  3. ^ "Moreover.com". http://www.moreover.com/. 
  4. ^ Levy, Steven (June 2004). "How Can I Sex Up This Blog Business?". Wired.com. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/blog.html. Retrieved 2007-04-25. 

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