About Ann
Bio
CEO. Media Brand Builder. Next Gen Expert. Author and past Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen magazine. With each achievement in her career, trailblazing senior media executive Ann Shoket used her platform to help women step into their power and to redefine ambition and success for a new generation.
Shoket has made her mark launching or reimaging media brands including CosmoGIRL and Seventeen—which she led to number one across all print, digital and social platforms.
Most recently, as founder of New Power Media, Shoket is redefining content and community. In 2020, she acquired and became CEO of TheLi.st, a nationwide community of high-impact leaders in media, technology, business, and entrepreneurship.
Shoket wrote a widely acclaimed book, The Big Life, which was hailed by The New York Times as “a guide for women in their 20s and 30s who are hungry for a job they love, a supportive network of friends, respect from their bosses and partners who want all those things for them as badly as they do.”
Shoket is a speaker for corporations and conferences, including a popular TEDx Talk, “Why We Should All Be More Millennial.”
She has been a consultant and a contributor for Good Morning America. She also appears regularly as an expert on TV, including Today, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, CNN, and she was a guest judge for four seasons on America’s Next Top Model.
Forbes named Shoket one of the “10 Most Powerful US Fashion Magazine Editors.” Folio: awarded her the “Top Women in Media” honor.
I'm passionate about
Creating community and connections that help
Women and underrepresented leaders succeed.
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