Jerry was the youngest staff correspondent hired at Newsweek, where he scored interviews with Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the Dalai Lama (in his Himalayan home).

Previously, he was the last Western journalist to report from Tehran during the 2009 post-election crisis, serving as a correspondent for the The New York times, The Economist, and Time Magazine. Dubious honors include being arrested in North Korea while on assignment for the Washington Post and hanging out with Zimbabwe's "Mr. Inflation", Gideon Gono.

After Newsweek, he co-founded Grouper, a way to meet awesome people in the city. Journalism apps he's worked on include Paperbuff.com and Qomments.com.

Jerry Guo

Co-founder, Grouper (joingrouper.com)

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