Alexia Bonatsos
American journalist
Alexia Bonatsos, née Tsotsis (born 1982), is an American venture capitalist and former co-editor of TechCrunch, a technology news website. In 2011, she was listed by Forbes magazine as among the top 30 under 30 in the Media category.
Early life and education
Alexia Tsotsis was born in 1982. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, majoring in writing and art, and then worked in New York for four years trying to enter the media business, also attending classes at New York University on the side. She then worked at LA Weekly (in Los Angeles) and after that at SF Weekly (in San Francisco, California).
Career
In 2010, she joined TechCrunch. On February 27, 2012, Tsotsis became co-editor of TechCrunch along with Eric Eldon. The pair replaced Erick Schonfeld. This was one of the last of a string of departures that rocked the publication for the months since Michael Arrington's departure in late September 2011.
In August 2012, Business Insider published a detailed look at a day in the life of Tsotsis in her role as co-editor of TechCrunch.
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