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Anna Jones is a prominent British businessperson and entrepreneur who lives in London, UK. Jones served as CEO of Hearst Magazines, UK between 2014 and 2017, while she is also a co-founder and current director of AllBright, an investment fund designed to support female entrepreneurship, and a co-founder and current executive chairman of Sharestyle, a digital marketplace for style services.[1] [2]
Early Life
Jones, whose mother is Danish, grew up in rural Yorkshire. She studied international business management at the University of Newcastle and spent a year at the École Supérieur de Commerce in Provence, France, as part of her studies.[3]
EMAP, Hachette Filipacchi, and Hearst
Between 2000 and 2005 Jones worked in the marketing department of EMAP, one UK’s largest publishing houses. At EMAP she oversaw the marketing for the launch of Grazia, the UK’s first weekly glossy magazine.[4] In 2005 Jones was appointed as Digital and Marketing Director at Hachette Filipacchi, the Lagardère-owned publishing company, where she worked on media brands such as Elle, Red and Digital Spy.[5] In 2010 Jones became Hachette’s Digital and Strategy Director.[4]
In 2011 Hachette merged with the Hearst-owned National Magazine Company to create Hearst Magazines, UK. Following the merger, Jones was appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Hearst Magazines, a company whose titles include Cosmopolitan, Elle, Country Living, Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar and which has an extensive digital portfolio that includes websites such as Digital Spy and Net Doctor.[6][7]
In 2014, following the departure of Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Jones was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of Hearst, UK at the age of 39.[8] As CEO, Jones notably championed new, dynamic approaches to the distribution of leading titles such as Cosmopolitan and Elle, while she also oversaw the launch of new divisions such as the event-focused Hearst Live and Hearst Made, which provides editorial content for companies such as Procter & Gamble, Asda, and Jamie Oliver Magazine.[2]
Empowering Women and AllBright
As Hearst's CEO, Jones also launched Hearst Empowering Women, "a major new editorial brand aimed at celebrating the lives, aspirations and achievements of British women". In partnership with Theirworld, Sarah Jane Brown's charity for women and children, the initiative established a digital hub and hosted live events to inspire women and encourage female empowerment.[9]
Jones stepped down as CEO of Hearst, UK in 2017 to pursue two new business ventures, one of which is AllBright, a venture capital fund that invests exclusively in female-founded businesses and also aims to create support networks to encourage female entrepreneurship. AllBright aims to improve gender imbalances in entrepreneurial activity as a way of creating greater equality in business and unlocking new sources of economic growth. AllBright's co-founder and current chair is Debbie Wosskow, entrepreneur and founder of Love Home Swap.[10][1]
Sharestyle
In 2016 Jones and Wosskow also founded Sharestyle, a digital marketplace that aggregates and curates style services from a range of creative talent, from interior designers and dinner party chefs to personal stylists and photographers. Jones is currently executive chair of Sharestyle.[2]
Accolades
In 2014 Jones was featured in Women Fashion Power, Zaha Hadid's exhibition at London's Design Museum. One of Jones' dresses appeared alongside outfits from influential women including Naomi Campbell, Diana, Princess of Wales, Miriam González Durántez, Vivienne Westwood, Natalie Massenet, and Kirsty Wark.[11]
In 2015 Jones was listed as one of the Evening Standard’s 1000 most influential Londoners and the following year she was shortlisted for 'Pioneer of the Year' at the British Media Awards.[12][13]
- ^ a b Loizou, Kiki (October 23, 2016). "Boost for female founders". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
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{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Williams, Oscar (2015-01-28). "Hearst UK chief Anna Jones on the enduring power of print magazines". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ^ "Hearst Magazines UK Names Anna Jones CEO". Folio. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Introducing: Hearst Empowers". Cosmopolitan. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ Spalding, Dee Poku (November 14, 2016). "Why The Founders Of Allbright Invest 100% Of Its Funds In Women Entrepreneurs". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ London, Bianca (October 26, 2014). "Two centuries of female power-dressing revealed in new exhibition". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2015 - Journalists". The Evening Standard. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Our 2016 British Media Awards pioneers of the year". themediabriefing.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
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