Citron has loved magazines and magazine publishing since he was a youth.[1] In second grade, he started his first publication entitled The Second Grade News,[2] and in junior high school, he subscribed to Folio, a trade publication about the magazine business.[1] While at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he founded a humor magazine entitled Muse; he graduated in 1974.[3] He studied at Claremont McKenna and was involved in journalism, and received an internship at Los Angeles magazine.[1] He graduated from Stanford Business School.[4]
Career
In the 1980s, Citron was general manager of Miami magazine and South Florida Home & Garden. In 1985, he founded Westar Media in Redwood City, California.[5] His first magazine Peninsula was an upscale monthly[6] which focused on the San Francisco suburbs in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. He founded magazines Northern California Home & Garden and Southern California Home & Garden; the firm owned six magazines at one point.[7] In the 1990s, he launched 18 Media with journalist and business partner Elsie Floriani.[8][9]
Glossy high production magazines were sent free to every home in the highly affluent cities and towns of Silicon Valley.[10][11][12][13][14][15] The new format meant that he could virtually eliminate the subscription department, and avoid renewals and insert cards.[4] His magazines Click Weekly and CAFE covered the lifestyles of people in Silicon Valley's high-tech industry.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] In 2018, he launched Punch magazine, a publication that showcases new ideas and culture from the San Francisco peninsula.[4][1]
Personal life
Citron is married with four children in a traditional Jewish family.[2]
