Jann Wenner
Birth Name:
Jann Simon Wenner
Birth Place:
New York City, New York, United States
Profession
Actor, Producer
Fast Facts
- Rolling Stone has won 14 National Magazine Awards in various categories, including Design, Feature Writing, Reporting, and General Excellence
- Was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and also earned a Lifetime Achievement Award in March 2004
- Was the youngest inductee into the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame in 1997
- Attended the University of California at Berkeley, but dropped out in 1967 to start Rolling Stone
- Was only 7 years old when he began writing and editing for a neighborhood newspaper that he created
- Was influential in the career development of writers like Hunter S․ Thompson, Tom Wolfe, P․J․ O'Rourke, and Tim Cahill
- Best known as the co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine and owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly
- Founded America's first outdoor magazine, Outside, in 1977 and later launched Family Life, a parenting magazine, in 1993
- Was the co-editor of the biography "Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S․ Thompson," published in 2007