Nick Denton, English journalist and businessman, founded Gawker Media
Nicholas Guido Anthony Denton (born 24 August 1966) is a British Internet entrepreneur, journalist and blogger, the founder and former proprietor of the blog collective Gawker Media, and was the managing editor of the New York-based Gawker, until a lawsuit by Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan) bankrupted the company. For years after starting Gawker Media in 2003, Denton ran the company from his apartment in SoHo.