Her Campus Media (HerCampus.com)
Her Campus is the #1 online and offline community for college women. Written entirely by the world's top college journalists –with 4,000+ contributors and counting– HerCampus.com features national content on Style, Beauty, Health, Love, Life, Career, and High School supplemented by local content from 230+ campus chapters nationwide and in eight countries. In addition, Her Campus offers the HC Study Break email newsletter, Her Campus Blogger Network, High School Ambassador Program, National Intercollegiette Conference, College Fashion Week™, Her Campus Shop, and even more products, programming, tools, and events to fulfill its mission of serving college women across every platform. Founded by three students while they were undergraduates at Harvard, Her Campus was a winner in Harvard College’s business plan competition in 2009, a Gold Winner & Best All-Around Team in MassChallenge in 2011, and named Top Small Business of the Year by the Boston Chamber of Commerce in 2013.
- Industry: Media
- Year Started: 2009
- Organization Type: For-Profit
- # of Employees: 12 ( as of Dec 31, 2013)
Stephanie Kaplan
Co-founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief
Stephanie has grown Her Campus to 3.5+ million monthly users with chapters at 230+ colleges nationwide and in eight countries, spearheaded Her Campus's expansion to additional platforms including the Her Campus Blogger Network, HC Study Break email newsletter, and Her Campus high school ambassador program, and led Her Campus Media's acquisition of HerUni Media Limited. Stephanie is a 2010 graduate of Harvard University where she majored in Psychology and minored in Economics. Stephanie has served as a National Women's Health Week Ambassador, MassChallenge Alumni-in-Residence, and is a regular guest on Fox25 News and NECN for college-related segments. Stephanie has been named to BusinessWeek's 25 Under 25 Best Young Entrepreneurs, Inc. magazine's 30 Under 30 Coolest Young Entrepreneurs, The Boston Globe's 25 Under 25, Glamour magazine's 20 Amazing Young Women, and The Boston Globe's 25 Most Stylish Bostonians, and she was a Semifinalist for Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year 2013.
- Age: 35
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
Windsor Hanger Western
Co-founder, President & Publisher
At Her Campus, Windsor leads business development, marketing, sales, and event execution and has been responsible for bringing on clients including Victoria's Secret, U by Kotex, Merck, Pinkberry, LOFT, and Intel. Windsor is a 2010 honors graduate of Harvard University where she majored in the History of Science with a citation in French. At Harvard, Windsor was named one of the 15 most interesting seniors for the class of 2010. Windsor has been named to BusinessWeek's 25 Under 25 Best Young Entrepreneurs, Inc. magazine's 30 Under 30 Coolest Young Entrepreneurs, Glamour magazine's 20 Amazing Young Women, and The Boston Globe's 25 Most Stylish Bostonians.
- Age: 35
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
Annie Wang
Co-founder, CPO & Creative Director
As Chief Product Officer and Creative Director, Annie is passionate about synthesizing the various stakeholder considerations for Her Campus into a cohesive vision, and building an end product that best serves its readers, writers, and partners. She is responsible for overseeing strategy and implementation for user experience, branding, and technology for Her Campus. In September 2010, Annie took a leave of absence from Harvard University to work on Her Campus full time. She was concentrating in Visual and Environmental Studies and pursuing a secondary field in Psychology. Prior to founding Her Campus, Annie managed websites and branding for two dozen organizations nationally. Annie has been named to Businessweek’s 25 Under 25 Best Young Entrepreneurs, Inc. magazine’s 30 Under 30 Coolest Young Entrepreneurs, Glamour’s 20 Amazing Young Women, The Boston Globe’s 25 Most Stylish Bostonians, and Boston Business Journal’s Innovation All-Stars.
- Age: 35
- Ethnicity: East Asian
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