User:Pasta8~enwiki/John Koten

John Koten is the CEO and editor in chief of Mansueto Ventures LLC, the independent publishing company that owns Inc. and Fast Company magazines. Koten oversees the editorial and business departments of both publications, which have a combined circulation of more than 1.5 million subscribers. He also supervises their digital properties and events division.

Mansueto Ventures was established in 2005 following the purchase of Inc. and Fast Company by Joe Mansueto the Chicago-based entrepreneur who founded the mutual fund research company, Morningstar. Mansueto, who continues to oversee Morningstar as its CEO, named Koten to his current post.

Although edited for different audiences, Inc. and Fast Company share the common goal of highlighting entrepreneurial and creative thinking in business, focusing less on the activities of the power elite, Wall Street, and large bureaucratic corporations than on the revolutionary thinkers who are changing the face of the business at a profound and unprecedented pace.

During his tenure, Koten has sought to make Mansueto Ventures an organization that practices the enlightened concepts advocated within the pages of its magazines. The company is participating in the revival of lower Manhattan from its headquarters one block north of Ground Zero in New York’s first LEED-certified, “green” office building. Its two print magazines are the only major national magazines currently printed on 100% recycled content paper.

In 2008, Fast Company was named “best publication” by the Delaney Report, an influential media-industry newsletter. It also earned a spot on both Adweek’s prestigious “Hot List” and on Advertising Age’s “A List”, which honor magazines for  gains in advertising and circulation. In 2007, Editor & Publisher named fastcompany.com the “Best Magazine Web Site.” Inc. was named a finalist for a National Magazine Award given by the American Society of Magazine Editors.

From September 2002 until July 2005, Koten was editor of Inc. He strengthened the magazine's mission to serve the leaders of entrepreneurial companies by making Inc. a more dynamic and topical resource. He also has led the expansion of the Inc. 500, Inc.’s annual list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, to an online version listing the top 5,000 such enterprises.

Before joining Inc., Koten was editor in chief of Worth magazine for 10 years, as well as bureau chief, senior editor, and reporter at The Wall Street Journal for 15 years. Under his leadership, Worth was a National Magazine Award finalist in four separate categories in one year.

Koten partnered with former President Bill Clinton and the William J. Clinton Foundation to launch the Inner City Economic Initiative, which facilitates mentoring relationships between experienced entrepreneurs and emerging inner city businesses.