Christian Baesler is the Chief Executive Officer of Business Insider. Christian has held the CEO seat since June 2026, and was previously Chief Operating Officer at BuzzFeed.
Current company
Business Insider
Business Insider is a financial and business news website.
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Source: WikidataChristian Baesler has been CEO of Business Insider since June 2026. Before Business Insider, Christian was Chief Operating Officer at BuzzFeed from January 2022 until April 2023.
Career
Sources: LinkedIn profile
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Vice president level and above, most senior firstChristian Baesler is the Chief Executive Officer of Business Insider. Christian has held the CEO seat since June 2026, and was previously Chief Operating Officer at BuzzFeed.
Christian Baesler has been CEO of Business Insider since June 2026, according to LinkedIn profile.
Christian Baesler was Chief Operating Officer at BuzzFeed from January 2022 until April 2023, according to LinkedIn profile.
Christian Baesler has been CEO of Business Insider for 3 months, since June 2026.
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