Ashish Patel

Ashish Patel​ is chief insights officer at Group Nine Media, the No. 1 publisher on mobile in the U.S. and home to category-leading media brands Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo, Seeker and POPSUGAR. Ashish concurrently holds the title of Executive-in-Residence at early-stage VC fund Lerer Hippeau. Prior to Group Nine’s formation, Ashish was senior vice president of social media at NowThis Media as well as advisor at The Dodo and Thrillist, and head of global social media at VICE. Ashish was born and raised in Salt Lake City and attended The Waterford School. Ashish graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and has worked and resided in Brooklyn, New York, since.