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Jessica Ewing
Jessica Ewing is an American innovator and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of the children’s book subscription startup Literati founded in Austin, Texas.[1][2] Early life and educationJessica Ewing was born in Michigan.[3] She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University, where she studied mathematics and artificial intelligence.[3] While at Stanford, she worked in the White House as a research assistant for the senior economic adviser to the president.[4] CareerAfter graduating Stanford with a degree in Symbolic Systems,[5] Ewing joined Google and became a senior product manager.[3] During her first year at the company, she was Marissa Mayer’s deputy.[4] She later worked under Sundar Pichai.[6] She co-authored eight patents while with Google.[7] Some of the patents protected inventions for: module specification for a module to be incorporated into a container document, and methods and system for sharing gadgets between users.[7] Ewing also helped launch iGoogle, which let users customize the Google homepage.[8] Fast Company named her one of Google’s “12 Most Innovative Minds”.[9] In 2009, Ewing left Google and moved to Hawaii to begin work on a novel.[9] Upon finishing her novel, Ewing began reaching out to literary agents and publishing houses but found the experience incohesive.[3] The publishing process, she thought, could be better organized.[3] To address this concern, Ewing built a platform designed to connect writers with publishers and agents.[3] This platform was called Excerpt.[3] Throughout the process of pitching to investors, Ewing’s platform went through several different iterations.[3] Eventually, Ewing decided to narrow her focus to children’s books, and in 2016, she founded the company called Literati.[3][10] Ewing is the CEO.[11][12] References
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