Guy Vidra

Guy Vidra
Occupation(s)	Business executive, venture capitalist
Known for	CEO of The New Republic (2014–2016), Head of Revenue at XO Group, General Manager and Strategy & Development lead at Yahoo! News
Notable work	Reinventing The New Republic as a digital media enterprise

Guy Vidra is currently a partner at Collaborative Fund, a firm specializing in venture capital. His prior roles include serving as Head of Revenue at XO Group and holding the position of CEO at The New Republic between October 2014 and April 2016. Earlier in his career, he was General Manager and led Strategy & Development at Yahoo! News.

Vidra was named CEO of The New Republic by its proprietor, Chris Hughes, who co-founded Facebook. His appointment triggered the departure of editor Franklin Foer, who was succeeded by Gabriel Snyder, formerly of Gawker. In December 2014, Vidra and Hughes unveiled a plan to reinvent the publication—originally established in the living room of Theodore Roosevelt—as a fully integrated digital media enterprise.

This approach, which Jonathan Chait characterized as laden with corporate jargon yet lacking a definitive vision, resulted in considerable disruption within the organization. Significant editorial figures, including literary editor Leon Wieseltier, executive editors Rachel Morris and Greg Veis, nine out of eleven senior writers, along with various other editors and contributors, either resigned or removed their names from the masthead. Overall, approximately two-thirds of the editorial team exited. Vidra stepped down as CEO in April 2016.

Education

Vidra holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan and completed a Master's degree in International Relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.