- Millennial-focused news outlet Ozy Media is broiled in controversy following reports that its COO Samir Rao impersonated YouTube executive Alex Piper on a Zoom call with Goldman.
- Goldman was finalizing a $40M investment into Ozy; Samir pretended to represent YouTube to confirm Ozy’s popularity.
- After later reaching out directly to Piper (unaware of the Zoom call), Goldman abandoned investment; Ozy claimed Rao had a “mental health crisis”.
- Founded in 2013, Ozy has raised over $83M claiming 50 million monthly visitors (only 200-400K confirmed).
