BlogHer Co-founders Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort Page, and Jory Des Jardins Among FORTUNE’s 2013 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs
Belmont, CA (PRWEB) September 13, 2013 -- Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort Page, and Jory Des Jardins, co-founders of BlogHer, Inc., the premium cross-platform media network and publisher for women, have been named to FORTUNE's 2013 list of Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. Each year, FORTUNE recognizes 10 female entrepreneurs who are outstanding game changers, groundbreakers, and innovators. The 2013 list includes women who have created innovative companies across various industries, with BlogHer as the only honoree from the publishing category. The three co-founders will join The FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs community which includes prominent female leaders such as Lauren Bush, FEED Projects LLC; Jessica Alba, The Honest Co.; and Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss, Rent the Runway.
"On behalf of the BlogHer Community, we are so honored that FORTUNE’s editors have named us to the FORTUNE 2013 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs list and to be among such a distinguished community of women entrepreneurs," said co-founders Lisa Stone, CEO, Elisa Camahort Page, COO, and Jory Des Jardins, President of Strategic Alliances, in a joint statement. "We'd like to thank our sponsors and our investors for their partnership. We look forward to unveiling more pioneering, cross-platform publishing opportunities for the influencers and the brands who support BlogHer, Inc."
In 2005, Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins co-founded BlogHer, creating a new kind of media company and social media marketplace, built in partnership with women who are social media leaders and passionately committed to quality content. BlogHer has become an unstoppable movement, inspiring women to raise their voices and turn their passions into content, community and commerce, attracting some of the web’s best talent and top social sites, in topics from food and fashion to politics and parenting. Today the BlogHer community reaches an audience of 92 million across premium blogs, Web sites, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter, including 55 million blog readers alone (May 2013, Nielsen Site Census).
The 2013 FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit takes place October 15-17, 2013 in Washington, D.C. For more information and the full list of the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, please visit: http://www.fortuneconferences.com/most-powerful-women-summit-2013/
About BlogHer:
BlogHer (http://www.blogher.com) is the leading cross-platform media network created by, for and with women in social media. BlogHer delivers quality advocacy at scale for brands seeking to engage in authentic and persuasive dialogue with moderated communities led by more than 11,000 leading influencers who reach an audience of 92 million across premium blogs, Pinterest™, Facebook®, Twitter™ and social media, including 55 million blog readers alone (Source: Nielsen Site Census, May, 2013). Founded in February 2005 by Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone, BlogHer publishes and syndicates news, information, advice, recommendations and research on women in social media across interest areas as well as on BlogHer.com. The Company also hosts the world’s largest conferences for women in social media.
Elisa Camahort Page, Blogher Inc, http://www.blogher.com/, 650.551.1364 x227, [email protected]
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