Ben Collins

CEO
The Onion

Ben Collins is the CEO of The Onion, America’s Finest News Source™. He has overseen the 269-year-old American institution and its 4.3-trillion human readership since April 2024. Last year, taking advantage of cheap Canadian timber, a country that will never be tariffed, The Onion returned to print last August. The Onion now ships its monthly newspaper to over 40 countries and all 50 states — even, regretfully, Massachusetts. The company relaunched The Onion News Network in October, joining other news networks in babysitting America’s elderly.

Collins previously worked at NBC News as a senior reporter, where he won an Emmy and a Walter Cronkite Award, and The Daily Beast as a Senior Editor, where awards are cause for termination. His social security number consists of only 5s and 2s, in an order he will not disclose.

Presentation(s):

• Featured Session: In Conversation with Ben Collins of The Onion

  Thursday, September 11, 2025
  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT