Jann Wenner

Jann Wenner is the co-founder of Rolling Stone Magazine and the owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly.

1. Born: January 7, 1946
2. 1966: Dropped out of the University of California at Berkeley
3. 1967: Co-founded Rolling Stone Magazine with Ralph J. Gleason in San Francisco
4. 1977: Shifted Rolling Stone's base of operations from San Francisco to New York City
5. 1977: Founded Outside Magazine
6. 1983: Co-founded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation
7. 1995: Separated from his wife Jane
8. Since the separation his partner has been Matt Nye
9. 1997:Inducted into the Society of Magazine Editors
10. Hired photographer Annie Leibovitz when she was still a student

Jann Wenner was born in New York City in 1946. After graduating from the Chadwick School in 1964 he attended the University of California at Berkeley. He dropped out of Berkeley in 1966 and co-founded Rolling Stone a year later with his mentor, Ralph J. Gleason.

Today, Rolling Stone is a major music and lifestyle publication. In 2006, the magazine published it's 1000th issue and was selling a reported 1.5 million copies every two weeks.Washington Post: How Does It Feel?

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