‘BuzzFeed’ Increased BIPOC and Female Employees During Past Year, Reports CEO Jonah Peretti
BuzzFeed increased its share of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) and female employees from 2019 to 2020, according to a report sent to the staff by Jonah Peretti, shown above, founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, a media, news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media.
According to MediaPost, “BuzzFeed’s U.S. employee population in 2020 is 57.5% White, 13.3% Asian, 9.9% Black, 8.9% Hispanic or Latinx, 5% Two or More and 0.5% Other groups.
“In short, 37.5% of BuzzFeed’s employees identify as a race/ethnicity other than White, compared to 34% in 2019.
“Women make up 61.9% of the company, compared to 60.5% in 2019.
“Peretti noted that BuzzFeed increased the representation of Black and Hispanic/Latinx employees from 2019, when they represented 7.7% and 7.5% of the company, respectively.
“Over the past 12 months, 46.9% of BuzzFeed’s new hires self-identified as people of color, compared to 44.3% in 2019.”
“We will continue to make recruiting a focus in our diversity strategy,” Peretti wrote.
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