He got his start at
The Triangle Business Journal in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1995.
Forbes In 1996 he moved to
Forbes in New York where he worked on the
Forbes 400, and fact-checked stories. —at the same time; hung out with
Phil Knight Spent week working for companies as part of the 100 Best Companies to Work for issue (sold gift wrap at the Container Store, delivered packages at FedEx, worked the door at the Four Seasons).
Condé Nast Portfolio In 2006, Roth joined Conde Nast to help launch
Conde Nast Portfolio, the now shuttered business monthly. He was the first writer hired for what would become Condé Nast Portfolio, a business monthly launched in Spring 2007. He wrote major features ranging from the
Barry Sternlicht (founder of Starwood Hotels) and his plans to launch a new hotel empire to Steve Feinberg (founder of Cerberus) and how he planned to turnaround or teardown Chrysler. One of the few journalists to have done extensive interviews with
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (at his horse track in Dubai).
Wired In 2007 he moved to
Wired magazine a year later, becoming a senior writer there where he wrote about technology and business, including major profiles of Better Place's
Shai Agassi, Netflix's
Reed Hastings, Demand Media and others. Some of his articles have been technology-related (iPhone; Comcast's Broadband offerings; Electric Cars) and others have been more eclectic (Financial Recovery; Society and Human/non-Human Rights; Henry Blodget: version 2).
Return to Fortune In 2010 he returned to
Fortune as managing editor, with the mission of "revitalizing" the magazine's Web site. He was hired to plan and rebuild Fortune.com, which had been shuttered. Staffed up team of writers, editors, bloggers, a designer and product manager. Produced at least 25 stories a day, plus videos, interactive graphics and more—up from about two stories a day in its previous incarnation. Boosted traffic and engagement through story selection, social media, went after new verticals, and rethought what readers want from Fortune online. Oversaw all of Fortune's digital initiatives, including Fortune.com, apps, social, mobile and more. He was hired to help lead its move to a content site; he now leads a newsroom that helps "curate, cultivate and create" professionally relevant articles, posts, videos and voices for 1B+ members of the social network In his role, Roth oversees a team of 200+ editors across the globe – from Amsterdam to Sydney – who handle curation of breaking news and views on LinkedIn; creation of original articles and videos; and the cultivation of new and top contributors across the site. Over the years, he helped build and launch the Influencer program, the This is Working series and podcast – and other areas of original and curated articles and insights.
Business Insider once dubbed him the "most powerful business journalist on the Internet." He has spoken to guests such as Sir Richard Branson, Brene Brown, Sarah Blakely and Mark Cuban. In 2020, the editorial team was renamed the LinkedIn News team. In 2024, the Editorial team and LinkedIn Learning teams were combined to create the 500-person Content Development team, responsible for all original content and creators on LinkedIn. ==References==