Windsor Western Named to Ad Age’s 40 Under 40 List for 2024

Her Campus Media is proud to announce that Windsor Western, Co-Founder and President, has been named to Ad Age’s 40 Under 40. This prestigious award recognizes young leaders who are shaping the future of marketing, media, and advertising through their innovation, leadership, and contributions to the industry.

As an undergrad at Harvard back in 2009, Windsor co-founded Her Campus Media along with Stephanie Kaplan Lewis and Annie Wang to address a gap they experienced firsthand: the need for news and content created by and for college women. Since then, HCM has evolved into a mission-driven media and marketing powerhouse dedicated to amplifying the voices of young women.

As President and Co-Founder, Windsor oversees business development, revenue strategy, and integrated marketing operations. Under her leadership, HCM has achieved 15 consecutive years of growth and profitability, including doubling its revenue over the past three years, while executing countless award-winning programs for its clients. Windsor’s reimagined approach to next generation marketing has led to state-of-the-art college marketing programs in 2024 for blue-chip clients including L'Oreal, Unilever, CVS, Microsoft, Esteé Lauder, Amazon, Walmart, Church & Dwight, and more.

Windsor’s past achievements also include being named EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2023, recognition on Forbes 30 Under 30, BusinessWeek's 25 Under 25 Best Young Entrepreneurs, Inc. magazine's 30 Under 30 Coolest Young Entrepreneurs, and Glamour magazine's 20 Amazing Young Women.

Ad Age’s 40 Under 40 list honors individuals who have significantly contributed to the growth or success of a business or brand—whether at an advertiser, agency, media company, tech platform, or brand—in a measurable way over the past 12 months.

The 40 Under 40 program has honored inspirational from companies like:

  • Microsoft

  • Unilever

  • L’Oréal

  • Pacsun

  • Bubble Skincare

About Her Campus Media: 

Her Campus Media is the #1 Gen Z media and marketing ecosystem, reaching this generation better than anyone else across its family of media brands and communities, including Her Campus, College Fashionista, InfluenceHer Collective, Spoon University, and Generation Hired, with a highly curated community of 50,000+ creators, influencers, ambassadors, and student journalists across 2,000+ colleges. Her Campus Media provides award-winning integrated marketing programs that drive consumer engagement and loyalty for the world's leading brands. Her Campus has been named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies, Adweek's Campaign of the Year, and Entrepreneur magazine's Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America among other accolades.

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