Warren Webster

Warren Webster is CEO of live music promoter Sofar Sounds. He previously led travel and exploration company Atlas Obscura.{{Cite web|last=Sternberg|first=Josh|date=2020-03-02|title=Warren Webster Will Lead Atlas Obscura|url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/atlas-obscura-hires-long-term-media-executive-as-new-ceo/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118051153/https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/atlas-obscura-hires-long-term-media-executive-as-new-ceo/|archive-date=2021-01-18|website=adweek.com}} He was previously the president and co-founder of Patch Media, a network of more than 900 local news sites launched in 2007 and sold in 2009 to AOL. Webster departed Patch in 2014 to become COO of goop, the lifestyle company founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow.{{cite news|last=Hays|first=Kali|date=2018-07-19|title=Cindy Crawford Takes Minority Stake in Coveteur|publisher=yahoo.com|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cindy-crawford-takes-minority-stake-140000202.html|access-date=5 November 2018}}

Webster was named in Forbes Magazine as Arianna Huffington's list of "Most Powerful People in Media" alongside Patch Editor-in-Chief Brian Farnham, as well as Business Insider's "SAI 100 New York Tech" list in 2010 and 2011.{{Cite web|date=2010-10-26|title=The Silicon Alley 100: New York's Coolest Tech People In 2010|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/sa100-2010|website=Business Insider}} Originally from Osterville, Massachusetts,{{Cite web|last=Joiner|first=J. James|date=2011-01-14|title=Osterville native brings his Patch home|url=http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23409&Itemid=30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209005329/http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23409&Itemid=30|archive-date=2011-02-09|access-date=2021-05-14|website=The Barnstable Patriot}} Webster attended St. Lawrence University and lives in New York City.

At Atlas Obscura, he expanded brand partnerships and oversaw the company's first profitable quarter.{{cite news |last1=Stenberg |first1=Mark |title=Atlas Obscura, on Pace to $24M, Finds Profitability Through Brand Partnerships |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/atlas-obscura-profitability-brand-partnerships/ |date=16 August 2023}}

Webster joined Sofar Sounds in 2024.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Dylan |title=Seated Founders Reacquire Company from Sofar Sounds |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/02/sofar-sounds-seated-reacquisition/ |access-date=5 June 2025 |work=Digital Music News |date=2 June 2025}}