Jeremy Abelson
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Jeremy Abelson is the President of Urban Hostess, a rental firm that finds housing for recent college graduates. Urban Hostess also creates apartment listing guides to prices and roommate connecting services for new hires at JP Morgan and other Fortune 500
firms. Jeremy is also the founder of Pocket Change (newsletter)
, an online newsletter that covers the most expensive goods and services in New York
and Los Angeles
. Pocket Change was acquired in 2008 by thelab, an advertising agency in New York City. Jeremy found a spokesman for the site in Richard Nouveau, a handsome, white, affluent, crass, and fictional character. Pocket Change uses Nouveau as a tool to make a mockery of the white upper class. Pocket Change has recently been in the public spotlight for a piece on New York City's most expensive Hamburger, a $175 burger at the Wall Street Burger Shoppe. Abelson and Pocket Change have been responsible for a number of New York City
dating events such the Natural Selection Speed Date, pairing wealthy bachelors with beautiful women. Conversely, Jeremy organized an event dubbed "Sugar Momas and Boy Toys" bringing together attractive younger men and wealthy older women. Pocket Change most recently hosted a dating event called Fashion Meets Finance that incorporated a similar theme of bringing wealth and beauty together. Through Pocket Change Abelson attracted promotional clients including AmEx, Bravo, Absolut Vodka, Warner Brothers and SilverJet. Abelson’s client campaigns have been featured on the Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox Business News, The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Phil Show, and Good Morning America, among others. Jeremy now manages Samson’s Barber, the interactive division of thelab. Abelson is a regular speaker at the Media Summit New York, Columbia Business School and NYU, as well as a regular contributor to The Huffington Post
. Jeremy graduated from the University of Michigan and is originally from Silicon Valley.
Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
firms. Jeremy is also the founder of Pocket Change (newsletter)
Pocket Change (newsletter)
Pocket Change is an online newsletter covering expensive and luxury goods in New York City and Los Angeles.Founded by Jeremy Abelson, Pocket Change has recently been in the media for covering a $175 hamburger....
, an online newsletter that covers the most expensive goods and services in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. Pocket Change was acquired in 2008 by thelab, an advertising agency in New York City. Jeremy found a spokesman for the site in Richard Nouveau, a handsome, white, affluent, crass, and fictional character. Pocket Change uses Nouveau as a tool to make a mockery of the white upper class. Pocket Change has recently been in the public spotlight for a piece on New York City's most expensive Hamburger, a $175 burger at the Wall Street Burger Shoppe. Abelson and Pocket Change have been responsible for a number of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
dating events such the Natural Selection Speed Date, pairing wealthy bachelors with beautiful women. Conversely, Jeremy organized an event dubbed "Sugar Momas and Boy Toys" bringing together attractive younger men and wealthy older women. Pocket Change most recently hosted a dating event called Fashion Meets Finance that incorporated a similar theme of bringing wealth and beauty together. Through Pocket Change Abelson attracted promotional clients including AmEx, Bravo, Absolut Vodka, Warner Brothers and SilverJet. Abelson’s client campaigns have been featured on the Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox Business News, The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Phil Show, and Good Morning America, among others. Jeremy now manages Samson’s Barber, the interactive division of thelab. Abelson is a regular speaker at the Media Summit New York, Columbia Business School and NYU, as well as a regular contributor to The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
. Jeremy graduated from the University of Michigan and is originally from Silicon Valley.
External links
- http://www.pocketchangenyc.com Pocket Change Website
- http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/45857/new-york-on-a-million-a-day People of the Web
- http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20080622/Jeremy+Abelson+Sells+Sex+and+Wealth Page Six Magazine
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18764907 Sugar Mamas Dating Service on NPR
- http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/09/07/olderwomen/index.htm Natural Selection Speed Date on CNN
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17138397/ Rich Guys and Hot Girls on MSNBC
- http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN3061371020080130 Sugar Mamas and Boy Toys on Reuters
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-abelson Abelson's Huffington Post Bio