Robert A. Sauerberg Jr. is president and CEO of Condé Nast, a premier media company known for producing the highest quality content for the world's most influential audiences. Attracting more than 144 million consumers across its industry-leading print, digital and video brands in the U.S., the company’s portfolio includes some of the most iconic titles in media (Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, Wired, AD and Pitchfork, among others).
Under Sauerberg’s leadership, the company has seen dramatic expansion of its audiences, digital content, data and experiential capabilities. Since Sauerberg’s appointment as president in 2010, the company’s audience across all platforms has nearly tripled. The development of Copilot, the company’s proprietary content management platform, revolutionized how Condé Nast creates and distributes content on a global scale. Spire harnesses the company’s first-party data to deliver world-class audience targeting and campaign optimization in real time, leveraging the reach of the company’s audiences more effectively for advertisers. Additionally, Condé Nast has diversified revenue by developing many new experiential extensions of its brands, including the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit, Vogue Forces of Fashion, Teen Vogue Summit, and the Allure Beauty and GQ Best Stuff subscription boxes.
Sauerberg has also overseen the development and launch of several new vertical brands including The Hive, Healthyish, Basically, Clever, AD Pro and them, among others. In addition to focusing on next generation content, the company has transformed into a multiplatform force, with a commitment to creating best-in-class content and experiences for consumers and business partners. In 2011, Sauerberg also led the creation of the newest division of the company, Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE), to develop film, television and premium digital video programming. Since its creation, CNE has released four feature films, including the critically acclaimed “Old Man and the Gun” and “Only the Brave,” with many more in development. The company has several television series in production and on the air including Emmy-nominated “Last Chance U.” The company also has earned more prestigious National Magazine Awards than any competitor; CNE won its first Emmy Award in 2015, received a Peabody nomination in 2017 and multiple Academy Award nominations for its short-form digital content since 2015.
Prior to his appointment as president in July 2010, Sauerberg served as group president and as executive vice president of consumer marketing. Under his leadership, Condé Nast’s consumer marketing operations led the industry in circulation growth and audience vitality. During his tenure at Condé Nast, Sauerberg also served in a number of leadership roles at Fairchild Publications, Inc., including chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
Earlier in his career, Sauerberg spent 18 years with The New York Times Company in senior finance and administrative roles in the newspaper and magazine divisions, culminating in his being named chief financial officer of The New York Times Magazine Group. He also spent several years at The New York Times regional newspapers in Atlanta, Alabama and California, where he was in charge of financial operations and integrating new businesses.
Sauerberg has an MBA from Mercer University and a B.S.B.A. in finance from the University of Arkansas.