Alberto Ibargüen

President & Chief Executive Officer at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Alberto Ibargüen

Alberto Ibargüen

President & Chief Executive Officer at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Overview
Career Highlights

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation Venture Capital
Knight Enterprise Fund

RelSci Relationships

13894

Primary Location

Miami, FL, United States

Number of Boards

30

Birthday

1944

Age

77

Number of Awards

8
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Paul E. Steiger

Former Director at ProPublica, Inc.

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Francisco Lopes Borges

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner at Landmark Equity Advisors LLC

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Juan J. Martinez

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Susan D. Kronick

Operating Partner at Marvin Traub Associates, Inc.

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Benoit Wirz

Director, Venture Investments at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

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Earl W. Powell

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Powell Investment Advisors

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Charles L. Overby

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer/Trustee at Freedom Forum Diversity Institute

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Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi

Former President & Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo, Inc.

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Sharon Percy Rockefeller

President & Chief Executive Officer at Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.

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Judith Rodin

Former President & Chief Executive Officer at The Rockefeller Foundation

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In The News
The Miami Herald
March 14, 2021
‘An incredible gift’ — how this lifelong art collector made the switch to filmmaker
The New York Times
February 27, 2021
How Marty Baron and Jeff Bezos Remade The Washington Post
Targeted News Service
February 25, 2021
Knight Foundation Invests $15M in FIU, UM, Baptist Health to Expand Miami's Tech Talent, Accelerate Innovation
PR Newswire
February 24, 2021
Knight Foundation, FIU to accelerate growth of Miami's tech ecosystem, name School of Computing and Information Sciences
The Miami Herald
February 24, 2021
Knight investing millions at FIU, UM to stanch Miami’s brain drain
Trending People
Boris Johnson
Vaccines cut link between cases and hospital admissions - The Daily Telegraph (London)
Mitch McConnell
Biden, Setting Afghanistan Withdrawal, Says ‘It Is Time to End the Forever War’ - The New York Times
Thomas H. Gardner
SpaceX Boosts Funding Round to $1.16 Billion - Nasdaq
Bill Crothers
Prime Minister's deputy chief of staff faces conflict of interest accusations - City AM
Anthony S. Fauci
A number on Covid-19 vaccinations that will leave you shaking your head in wonde... - CNN
Trending People
Boris Johnson
Vaccines cut link between cases and hospital admissions - The Daily Telegraph (London)
Mitch McConnell
Biden, Setting Afghanistan Withdrawal, Says ‘It Is Time to End the Forever War’ - The New York Times
Thomas H. Gardner
SpaceX Boosts Funding Round to $1.16 Billion - Nasdaq
Bill Crothers
Prime Minister's deputy chief of staff faces conflict of interest accusations - City AM
Anthony S. Fauci
A number on Covid-19 vaccinations that will leave you shaking your head in wonde... - CNN
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President & Chief Executive Officer at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Family Members
Spouse
Susana L. Ibarguen
Member, Board of Trustees at Pérez Art Museum Miami

Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association, Inc. is an American nonprofit company located in Miami, FL, involved in museums and art galleries.

Education
JD
University of Pennsylvania - Law School

The University of Pennsylvania Law School, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the Ivy League, it is among the oldest and most selective law schools in the nation. It is currently ranked 7th overall by U.S. News & World Report, and 1st in terms of career prospects by the Princeton Review, a rank awarded also by the National Law Journal based on placement of graduates in top law firms.It offers the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M.), Master of Comparative Laws (LL.C.M.), and Doctor of the Science of Law (S.J.D.).

Graduate
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is known for the excellence of its academic and co-curricular programs. About 2,900 undergraduates—and some 200 graduate students—from around the world pursue their classroom studies, research projects, and co-curricular interests in ways that are demanding and intensely rewarding. Here, on a beautiful campus overlooking the Connecticut River, students learn to do productive and innovative work that makes a positive difference in the world—that’s what Wesleyan is about.

Memberships
Member
2015 - Current
American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs. With a current membership of 4,000 American Fellows and 600 Foreign Honorary Members, the Academy has four major goals: Promoting service and study through analysis of critical social and intellectual issues and the development of practical policy alternatives; Fostering public engagement and the exchange of ideas with meetings, conferences, and symposia bringing diverse perspectives to the examination of issues of common concern; Mentoring a new generation of scholars and thinkers through the Visiting Scholars Program and Hellman Fellowship Program; Honoring excellence by electing to membership men and women in a broad range of disciplines and professions. Click here to learn about our new members. The Academy's headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With its geographically diverse membership, it conducts activities in this country and abroad

Career History
President & Chief Executive Officer
2005 - Current
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Founded in 1950, the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation is a private foundation located in Miami, Florida. The foundation promotes advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. The foundation focuses on projects that promote informed, engaged communities and lead to transformational change. The foundation is independent of the Knight brothers' newspaper enterprises.

President & Chief Executive Officer
Tenure Unconfirmed
Knight Foundation Venture Capital

Knight Foundation Venture Capital manages the Knight Enterprise Fund. The firm provides early-stage funding for innovations in the media and technology sector. They target companies with disruptive solutions at the intersection of information, community and engagement.

Publisher
1995 - 2005
The Miami Herald, Inc.

The Miami Herald, Inc., a subsidiary of Chatham Asset Partners LP, is an American company located in Miami, FL. The firm publishes newspaper.The company says this about itself: The Miami Herald Media Company (MHMC) publishes two daily newspapers: the Miami Herald, winner of 22 Pulitzer Prizes, and el Nuevo Herald, an award-winning Spanish-language publication. Together, the company's products reach more than 1.3 million people each week in South Florida. In addition to the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, MHMC products include its news websites, MiamiHerald.com and elNuevoHerald.com with a combined monthly traffic of 69.5 million page views and 18.5 million unique visitors over the past 12 months; the popular local entertainment website Miami.com; and INDULGE luxury magazine. The company produces content for video, mobile and radio in association with WLRN/Herald News; as well as custom publications for hotels, airlines and other luxury clients through its subsidiary, HCP Media. MHMC is owned by McClatchy.

Boards & Committees
Member, Board of Directors
Prior - 2008
NCL Corp. Ltd.

NCL Corp. Ltd. operates deep-sea cruise ships in the travel industry. The company is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Member, Board of Trustees
Tenure Unconfirmed
Knight Foundation Venture Capital

Knight Foundation Venture Capital manages the Knight Enterprise Fund. The firm provides early-stage funding for innovations in the media and technology sector. They target companies with disruptive solutions at the intersection of information, community and engagement.

Member, Board of Trustees
1992 - 1995
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is known for the excellence of its academic and co-curricular programs. About 2,900 undergraduates—and some 200 graduate students—from around the world pursue their classroom studies, research projects, and co-curricular interests in ways that are demanding and intensely rewarding. Here, on a beautiful campus overlooking the Connecticut River, students learn to do productive and innovative work that makes a positive difference in the world—that’s what Wesleyan is about.

Chairman, Board of Directors
Prior
Public Broadcasting Service

Public Broadcasting Service provides public broadcasting television services. They provide Television programming and related services to 356 noncommercial stations serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. It offers oversees program acquisition and provides program distribution and promotion, education services, new media ventures, fundraising support, engineering and technology development and video marketing services. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Chairman
Prior
World Wide Web Foundation

TO ADVANCE THE OPEN WEB AS A PUBLIC GOOD AND A BASIC RIGHT.

Member, Foreign Affairs Policy Board
Tenure Unconfirmed
United States Department of State

The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States. The Department was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established.
Non-Profit Donations & Grants

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$1 - $10K
2016
Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

$10K - $25K
2015
Pérez Art Museum Miami

Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association, Inc. is an American nonprofit company located in Miami, FL, involved in museums and art galleries.

$5,000 - $10K
2015
Central Park Conservancy

Central Park Conservancy, Inc. maintains and develops the New York Central Park. They offer lawns pruning, trees fertilization, shrubs & flowers plantation, ball fields and playgrounds maintenance, graffiti removing, and monuments conservation. The firm also provides water bodies and woodlands sanitation, erosion control, drainage cleanliness, pollution control, and salvation prevention services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Political Donations
$100
2012
Jose Javier Rodriguez

$50
2009
Daniel Gelber

Mayor at Miami Beach Office of the Mayor, Daniel Gelber

$1,800
2008
Barack Obama

Former President of United States

Investments
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Electric Objects, Inc.

Electric Objects, Inc. provides digital art platform. It offers internet-connected screen designed specifically for art, capable of playing video, animations, and images or web-based work. The company was founded by Jake Levine and Jacob Bijani on November 7, 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Awards & Honors
2012
NonProfit Times - Power and Influence Top 50
2011
NonProfit Times - Power and Influence Top 50
Mercer University
Events
Speaker
Aspen, CO, United States
2009 Aspen Ideas Festival

Aspen Ideas Festival, presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, continues to broaden its reach and engage with more people than ever before on ideas that matter. A major focus throughout the Festival, which opens today, is increasing live and on-demand video opportunities for online viewers around the world.

Other Affiliations

Alberto Ibargüen is affiliated with John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Knight Foundation Venture Capital, The Miami Herald, Inc., Knight-Ridder, Inc., Knight Enterprise Fund, University of Miami, El Nuevo Herald, The Hartford Courant Company LLC, Newsday Holdings LLC, Peace Corps, NCL Corp. Ltd., Knight Foundation Venture Capital, Wesleyan University, Public Broadcasting Service, World Wide Web Foundation, National Gallery of Art, Smith College, ProPublica, Inc., The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, The New Republic, Inc.

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