Eric Hippeau is a partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures in New York City.

Early life and education

Hippeau graduated from the Lycee Francais de Londres and attended the

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University () is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the Unive ...

in Paris.

Career

Hippeau joined

Ziff-Davis Ziff Davis, Inc. is an American digital media and internet company. Founded in 1927 by William Bernard Ziff Sr. and Bernard George Davis, the company primarily owns technology- and health-oriented media websites, online shopping-related servic ...

in 1989 as publisher of ''

PC Magazine ''PC Magazine'' (shortened as ''PCMag'') is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009. Publication of online editions started in late 1994 and continues . Overview ''PC Mag ...

''. He became president in 1991 and chairman and CEO in 1993. In 1995, SoftBank acquired

, and Hippeau continued in the role of CEO until 2000, when the company was sold. Hippeau joined

SoftBank Capital SoftBank Capital is a venture capital group in the United States, focusing on technology and telecom early stage businesses. It was founded by SoftBank. Since 2015 it does not actively make investments, but it continues to oversee its prior portfo ...

in 2000 from

, Inc., where he was chairman and CEO. Hippeau was managing partner at

. Hippeau was President of SoftBank International Ventures, where he established SoftBank's international private equity funds and expanded them into Europe, Latin America and Asia. He was also SB Capital's board representative for its direct investments in companies, such as

Yahoo! Yahoo (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web portal that provides the search engine Yahoo Search and related services including My Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, y!entertainment, yahoo!life, and its a ...

Geocities GeoCities, later Yahoo! GeoCities, was a web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free and to browse user-created websites by their theme or interest, active from 1994 to 2009. GeoCities was started in November 1 ...

and CNET. Hippeau was also responsible for founding

ZDTV TechTV was an American cable television channel with a focus on technology. It was launched as ZDTV on May 11, 1998, by computer magazine publisher Ziff-Davis following two short-lived technology-based programs by the company. Initially target ...

, a cable channel dedicated to technology and the Internet. Hippeau was the CEO of

HuffPost ''HuffPost'' (''The Huffington Post'' until 2017, itself often abbreviated as ''HPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers p ...

which he joined in June 2009, after investing through

and taking a board seat in 2006. Hippeau is a co-founder of

NowThis News NowThis Media is an American progressive social media-focused media organization founded in 2012. The company specializes in creating short-form videos. Their target audience are Gen Z and Millennials. History NowThis was founded by ''Huff ...

. In 2011, Hippeau became a partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures in New York City.

Boards and committees

Hippeau serves on the boards of several public and private companies including Resorts Worldwide, BuddyMedia, and

BuzzFeed BuzzFeed, Inc. is an American Internet mass media, media, news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media. Based in New York City, BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John Seward Johnson III, John S. Johnson III to ...

. He served on

's board of directors . He is also on the investment committee for the SB Asia Infrastructure Fund.

Personal life

Hippeau lives in New York City with his wife, Barbara; they have four children and two grandchildren.

References

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