Louis Rossetto

Louis Rossetto, 2017

Louis Rossetto (born June 6, 1949 in Long Island , New York City ) is an American author , journalist and entrepreneur of Italian descent. He is the founder and former editor-in-chief / publisher of Wired . He was also the first investor and former CEO of the chocolate manufacturer TCHO .

Life

Rossetto grew up in Long Island in an Italian-American family. He attended Columbia University for undergraduate political science and later returned for a master's degree.

In 1974 he wrote the novel Take-Over, published by Lyle Stuart. In 1985 he joined CBC reporter Richard Evans to cover the Afghan war for ABC News . Rossetto's subsequent articles for The Christian Science Monitor , newsweeklies Elseviers in the Netherlands, and Panorama in Italy, are among the first to highlight the turning point in the war when the mujahideen forced Russian troops on the defensive.

In 1991, Rossetto and his partner, Jane Metcalfe, went back to the United States to raise capital to start Wired. They started the magazine in January 1993. After leaving Wired, Rossetto avoided the public eye. He helped redesign Reason magazine in 2001, defending the US invasion of Iraq. In 2006 he invested in the premium chocolate manufacturer TCHO. Rossetto was its chairman from 2007 to 2014.

In 2015, Rossetto and Metcalfe received the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award.

literature

Gary Wolf: Wired - A Romance. Random House, New York 2003, ISBN 0-375-50290-4 .
Louis Rossetto: Change is good, TYPO 2005, Berlin.

Individual evidence

^ A conversation with Wired Magazine founder Louis Rossetto . In: L'Italo-American , October 23, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
↑ Alumni Profiles on college.Columbia.edu, summer 2013.
^ Afghan guerrilla wants Soviets out, but has no illusions of victory . In: The Christian Science Monitor , October 10, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
^ Iraq Progress Report . In: Reason Magazine , March 17, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
↑ The votes are in: Your 2015 Webby Awards winners . In: Mashable , April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Rossetto, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American author, journalist and entrepreneur of Italian descent
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Long Island , New York City , United States

[1] A conversation with Wired Magazine founder Louis Rossetto . In: L'Italo-American , October 23, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2017.

[2] Alumni Profiles on college.Columbia.edu, summer 2013.

[3] Afghan guerrilla wants Soviets out, but has no illusions of victory . In: The Christian Science Monitor , October 10, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2017.

[4] Iraq Progress Report . In: Reason Magazine , March 17, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2017.

[5] The votes are in: Your 2015 Webby Awards winners . In: Mashable , April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2017.