AXIOS Media CEO and leadership

Kayla Cook is a CHIEF OF STAFF at Axios and is based in Arlington, Virginia. She has worked as Executive Assistant to the President at American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Intern at The White House; and Director, Executive Operations at Politico. Kayla attended Texas A&M University between 2003 and 2007.

Fabricio Drumond is a Chief Revenue Officer at Axios. He has experience at Superbac Industria E Com de Fert SA.

Felix Salmon (born 1972) is a financial journalist, formerly of Portfolio Magazine and Euromoney and a former finance blogger for Reuters, where he analyzed economic and occasionally social issues in addition to financial commentary. In April 2014, Salmon left Reuters for a digital role at Fusion. In 2018, he joined Axios as chief financial correspondent.

Nicholas Johnston is the editor in chief of Axios, a new media company that through Smart Brevity, gets you smarter faster on the topics that matter most in business, tech, media and politics. He leads the entire Axios newsroom and regularly speaks about politics, policy and business on MSNBC, CNBC and Fox News.



Before helping to launch Axios in 2017, Nick was a managing editor at Bloomberg where he oversaw newsletters and breaking news coverage in Washington. Previously as a reporter for Bloomberg he covered the White House, Capitol Hill and the 2008 presidential campaign. Nick began his journalism career at the Washington Post and is a graduate of Georgetown University.

Kayla Cook is a CHIEF OF STAFF at Axios and is based in Arlington, Virginia. She has worked as Executive Assistant to the President at American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Intern at The White House; and Director, Executive Operations at Politico. Kayla attended Texas A&M University between 2003 and 2007.