Jim Vandehei

Jim VandeHei is the cofounder and CEO of Axios, a media company focused on breaking news and invaluable insights across business, politics, technology, and the world. VandeHei is also coauthor of Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less . Before Axios, VandeHei cofounded and was CEO of Politico , the media company that upended and revolutionized political and policy journalism. Prior to this, VandeHei spent more than a decade as a reporter, covering the presidency and Congress for The...See more

Jim VandeHei is the cofounder and CEO of Axios, a media company focused on breaking news and invaluable insights across business, politics, technology, and the world. VandeHei is also coauthor of Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less . Before Axios, VandeHei cofounded and was CEO of Politico , the media company that upended and revolutionized political and policy journalism. Prior to this, VandeHei spent more than a decade as a reporter, covering the presidency and Congress for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post . VandeHei is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. See less