Roberta "Robbie" Myers (born November 10, 1964) is the longest-serving

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and vice president of brand content of the US edition of the

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media brand ''

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''. Myers led ELLE for nearly eighteen years, having been named editor-in-chief in 2000. During her tenure, ELLE experienced unprecedented success, while maintaining its reputation for covering fashion, culture, beauty and social and political issues from an elevated perspective. In September 2015, ELLE published the largest issue in parent-company Hearst's 128-year history.

Early life

Myers grew up all over the United States, living in

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;

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;

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;

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; and New York City. She attended

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in 1982 on a diving scholarship and received a degree in political science.

Career

Myers was named editor-in-chief of ''ELLE'' magazine in May 2000, and was responsible for content creation across all ''ELLE'' platforms. Prior to joining ''ELLE'', Myers worked at ''Mirabella'' magazine, where she had been named editor in 2005, and editor-in-chief in April 1998. Before Mirabella, she was a senior editor at ''ELLE''; a senior editor at ''InStyle'' during the Time Inc. launch; and editor-in-chief of ''Tell''. She was managing editor at ''Seventeen''. She worked at ''Interview'', for Andy Warhol, and began her career at ''Rolling Stone.'' In September 2017, Myers announced her departure from the role of editor-in-chief of Elle, but also stated that will remain at

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in a consulting capacity.

Personal life

She lives in Manhattan. Subsequent to her leave from Elle, Myers's Upper West side apartment was caught in a fire. Myers and her children were unharmed.

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