Leadership
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Don Katz
Founder
Don Katz is the founder of Audible. Don was previously a journalist and author for 20 years, writing five books and serving as contributing editor at Rolling Stone and other publications. His work won a National Magazine Award and his book Home Fires was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. For his leadership and founding vision for Audible, he was awarded the 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for New Jersey and honored by both PEN America and Gotham Film & Media Institute in 2022. Don graduated from New York University, where he studied with novelist Ralph Ellison.