Philippe Von Borries Email Address

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Refinery29 is a digital media company providing lifestyle stories, original video programming, and social, shareable content across all platforms. It also offers tools to discover and pursue “a more independent, stylish, and informed life”.

I’m an entrepreneur and builder. I love to learn and to work with people and on projects with purpose. Throughout my professional journey, I’ve been energized by building brands, teams, and content that bring a different perspective. I was lucky enough to get that chance when I co-founded Refinery29, leading its expansion into a global media brand. Currently, I’m President at Red Ventures where I lead Lonely Planet. A year or more without travel has made us all rethink the importance of many things, especially connections and how travel, or lack thereof, impacts us. I’m working alongside a great team to reimagine this iconic brand and how it can be a gateway for people to travel better. I’m a lifelong learner. I believe that everything that happens beforehand informs what comes next and that there is accountability in each experience to take with and improve upon if and when you are given the opportunity. I take the lessons I’ve had and try to make the extra effort to internalize, observe, learn and do better next time. Along the way, I strive to seek out the opinions and input of those with different experiences from myself. I spend my time mostly in Brooklyn alongside my partner, Piera, and our daughter, Viva. In the last year, Viva and I have spent countless hours hiking through Maine and riding our e-bike around NYC.