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07.12.2023 - 16:37 / deadline.com
Hozefa Lokhandwala is the latest top exec to leave Vice Media Group.
Lokhandwala has been co-CEO since Februrary, when he and Bruce Dixon took over following Nancy Dubuc’s departure. Dixon will now be the sole CEO of VMG as Lokhandwala pursues other opportunities.
He had previously been Chief Strategy Officer at VMG since October 2018, having been an MD in the Media Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan before joining the youth-skewing media company.
His exit follows a number of layoffs at the company over the year, twelve months that has seen its bankruptcy sale. The company was acquired at the end of July by a group of its former lenders, Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital.
VICE Team,
It’s been an incredible journey together, but today I am writing to you all to let you know that I have made the decision to leave VICE and my role as Co-CEO of the company. I didn’t come to this decision easily. As many of you know I live and breathe the brand, love the content we make and feel incredibly close to all the teams that make all of this possible, but I decided that it’s time for me to start on my next chapter. We are at a moment in time where the company is in a place with strong leadership and a new board, that I felt I could take this opportunity to leave and spend some time with my family and friends, before starting a new endeavor.
I came to VICE in 2018 but I was not a stranger to the company. I was a consumer, first picking up the magazine in the Stussy store when VICE first came to NYC. I had participated in many of the “experiential events” in the early days in Brooklyn and followed its progress as it grew into its aspirations. As an advisor to VICE, I helped start and
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