- Company
- Blavity
- Role
- Founder & CEO
- Est. Net Worth
- $7 Million
- Stage
- Emerging
- Industry
- Tech & SaaS
Morgan DeBaun
Founder & CEO at Blavity
About
Morgan DeBaun founded Blavity in 2014, building a media and technology company focused on Black audiences that now spans several digital brands and live events. She has grown it as founder and CEO and become a prominent voice on entrepreneurship.
Current Company
Blavity — Founder & CEO
Building a Media Company for a Underserved Audience
Morgan DeBaun founded Blavity in 2014 after recognizing that Black millennials and Gen-Z audiences were underserved by mainstream media. Morgan DeBaun, who had previously worked in tech at Intuit, built Blavity from a single blog into a media and technology company with multiple digital brands and large-scale live events, including AfroTech — one of the largest conferences for Black professionals in technology.
Under Morgan DeBaun's leadership as Founder and CEO, Blavity has grown into a platform that reaches millions of monthly readers across its portfolio of brands. Morgan DeBaun has been recognized as one of the most influential young entrepreneurs in media, building a company that fills a genuine gap in the media landscape while creating a sustainable business model around content, events, and community.