Lena Tabori | |
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden |
Alma mater | Sarah Lawrence College |
Occupation | Publisher |
Years active | 42 |
Employer | Welcome Enterprises |
Parent(s) | Viveca Lindfors and Folke Rogard, Stepfather: George Tabori |
Website | http://welcomeenterprisesinc.com/ |
Lena Tabori is the founder of Welcome Enterprises, Inc., co-founder of Stewart, Tabori & Chang (STC), and co-founder (with Mike Shatzkin) of www.climatechangeresources.org, a website to combat climate change. She began her publishing career in 1967 at Harry N. Abrams, remains a partner (with Clark Wakabayashi) at Welcome Enterprises Inc, after selling the Welcome Books imprint (under which Welcome Enterprises published visual books) to Rizzoli in 2014. Welcome Enterprises continues to package books for other publishers, including Disney. Her activity is primarily focused on the website, however. On January 15, 2020, she was named Chair of East Hampton Town’s Energy Sustainability and Resiliency Committee. She also sits on the Executive Board of The Association of Foreign Correspondents. A native of Sweden, Tabori lives in East Hampton, New York and New York City.[1]