Jonathan Butler (entrepreneur)
Jonathan Butler is an American businessman who has founded or co-founded a number of businesses.[1][2]
Brownstoner.com
Butler launched Brownstoner in 2004 while working in the hedge fund group at Merrill Lynch. By 2008, the blog received 150,000 unique visitors per month.[3] Butler sold Brownstoner.com to BlankSlate in 2015 after "10 years and more than 42,000 blog posts."[4] Schneps Communications acquired Brownstoner from BlankSlate in 2017.[5][6] Butler partnered with Goldman Sachs to purchase the Studebaker Service Station at 1000 Dean Street in Brooklyn and convert it into small offices for local businesses. in 2017.[7]
Brooklyn Flea
With Eric Demby he co-founded Brooklyn Flea[8] in 2008 in a school yard in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.[9][10][11] "Perhaps more than any other entrepreneurs in a borough chock-full of kale and crafts, Mr. Butler and Mr. Demby have helped create, curate and nurture the booming Brooklyn artisanal complex."[12] In 2012, he created a partnership with Whole Foods.[12] In 2020, the duo took over the legendary Chelsea Flea[13] market on West 25th Street.[14]
Smorgasburg
Butler and Demby opened Smorgasburg, the biggest weekly outdoor food market in the United States, on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2011.[15] Smorgasburg has helped launch dozens of small food businesses, including Mighty Quinn's Barbecue.[12] In August, 2015, Smorgasburg began operating on Sundays in Prospect Park.[16] On June 19, 2016, Butler and Demby launched Smorgasburg LA in Downtown Los Angeles.[17] On August 7, 2017, Jonathan Butler was interviewed with chef David Chang at the New York Times' Cities for Tomorrow conference.[18]
Personal
Butler mentioned in a New York Times interview "I have two kids."[9] A 2008 article said that he is 38 years old.[19] Butler attended St. Bernard's School in New York City and the Groton School in Groton, MA. He graduated from Princeton University in 1992 and NYU's Stern School of Business in 1998.[12][20] He worked at Merrill Lynch from 2003 to 2005.[21] His great-grandfather is the architect James Gamble Rogers, who designed numerous buildings at Yale University as well as Butler Library (no relation) at Columbia University.[3]
References
- ↑ Vera Haller (June 28, 2013). "Queens: The New Frontier for a Brooklyn Blogger". NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Bios".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Konigsberg, Eric (2008-07-26). "Flea Market Is a Success, and Neighbors Are Furious". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ Cate Corcoran (March 16, 2015). "Brownstoner Has Been Acquired by BlankSlate".
- ↑ "Big News: Brownstoner Has a New Owner".
- ↑ Andrew Rice (March 18, 2011). "The Supersizer of Brooklyn". The New York Times.
- ↑ February 26, Gus Delaporte; Pm, 2014 12:00 (2014-02-26). "Batting 1000: Jonathan Butler on his Crown Heights Development". Commercial Observer. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ Guy Trebay (April 13, 2008). "Scavengers on the Urban Savannah". The New York Times.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Samantha Storey (January 23, 2009). "And the Blog Goes On". NYTimes.com. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Brooklyn Flea
- ↑ smorgasburg
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Robbins, Liz (2012-10-27). "Kings of a Small-Batch Empire in Brooklyn". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ "Chelsea Flea". Chelsea Flea. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ Sutter, Collier. "Chelsea Flea Market is reopening this fall with Smorgasburg". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ Glen Collins (May 17, 2011). "A Food Flea Market Sets Up in Brooklyn". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Smorgasburg Sundays Moving to Prospect Park from Brooklyn Bridge Waterfront". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ Elliott, Farley (2016-03-17). "Here's the incredible lineup of vendors coming to Smorgasburg LA this summer". Eater LA. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ Steinhauer, Jennifer. "Video: David Chang on Eating and Sharing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ Adam Sternbergh (May 25, 2008). "The What You Are Afraid Of". The New Yorker.
- ↑ 1692101. "Sternbusiness Spring/Summer 2013". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ "Jonathan Butler on the Boom That Ate Brooklyn". Observer. 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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