Shane Snow is an entrepreneur and hacker-journalist based in New York City. In 2010, he co-founded Contently Inc., which grew to more than $30 million in its first three years. He writes about technology for WIRED Magazine, and is known nationwide for speaking about the future of media and writing about innovation for Fast Company, The Washington Post, and LinkedIn’s Influencer program alongside Bill Gates, Martha Stewart, and Richard Branson-yet, just four years before he was living in Hawaii and didn’t own a pair of shoes. Snow has been named one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 Media Innovators, Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 “Coolest Entrepreneurs”, and Folio’s 15 Under 30 Magazine Innovators. A Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, his work has been featured in The New York Times, GQ, MTV, and Time.
