Jim Friedlich is an American media and philanthropy executive. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, a non-profit foundation that supports local and metro journalism innovation nationwide. In addition to its local journalism grant making activities, the Institute is the owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, winner of twenty Pulitzer Prizes. The Inquirer is now the largest newspaper in America operated as a public benefit corporation and owned by a non-profit foundation. The Lenfest Institute is focused on investing in new technologies and business practices that help sustain local journalism and leverages the Philadelphia Inquirer as a “live lab” for innovations efforts. Friedlich served as group publisher of The Wall Street Journal for Europe, Asia, and Latin America, was a Board Director of CNBC International, and a co-founder of WSJ.com. He is an active media venture capital investor and was a seed investor in Business Insider before its sale to Axel Springer in 2015.