Jessica Lessin is the 32-year-old founder and CEO of The Information, the publication known for original, in-depth reporting about the technology industry. Mrs. Lessin previously covered the biggest tech companies for the Wall Street Journal, breaking major deals, product launches and CEO changes. In 2011, she was part of a team that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for a series on digital privacy. In 2014, Vanity Fair named her one of a new generation of Media Disruptors. She is a contributor and regular guest on CNBC and has appeared on NPR, CNN and PBS’s “The Charlie Rose Show. The Information has become the go-to daily read for business leaders in more than 60 countries through a combination of the best talent in the reporting industry, high standards for reporting, sourcing and a focus on analysis. Since launching two years ago, the team has been first to billions of dollars in acquisitions and fundraising deals, gotten access to the industry’s biggest exclusives and published more than 100 interactive charts and databases. The Information stories have been followed by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Bloomberg and other media outlets hundreds of times. The Information has reporters and engineers in San Francisco and New York and is opening an office in Beijing. Its subscribers include executives, entrepreneurs and investors from tech, media and finance, and they hail from more than 65 countries. In addition to growing The Information’s subscriber community and team, Mrs. Lessin continues to break news about the technology industry regularly and writes The Information’s weekly “The Takeaway” column.