Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 24, 2000
JEFFREY A. STERN is CEO and Chairman of Numex Corporation, having merged
his companies, JSA Publishing Group, into Numex in April 1999. Mr. Stern
founded the JSA Publishing Group in 1990, and since that time he has
been responsible for the creation of the publications Buy Rite, Rap
Sheet, Mundo Deportivo, and Hogarama. Prior to JSA, Mr. Stern was
President and Publisher of Details Magazine, where he worked with
venture capitalist Alan Patricof. After leading the turnaround of
Details, the publication was sold to Cond Nast. Prior to Details
Magazine, Mr. Stern served as business manager for Newsweek magazine,
where he founded Newsweek on Campus. Prior to Newsweek, Mr. Stern was
employed at Ziff-Davis Publishing as General Manager of the Special
Markets Group, running Unique Homes magazine and University
Communications. Mr. Stern started his publishing career in 1980, when he
founded the magazine City Limits in Boston, shortly after his graduation
from Harvard College. Profile
TWST: Could you provide some background information on NumexCorporation?
Mr. Stern: In April 1999, we merged JSA Publishing, which is a Spanish-
language publishing business, into Numex