Jeremy Abelson

Jeremy Abelson is the President of Urban Hostess, a rental firm that finds housing for recent college graduates. Urban Hostess also CREATES apartment listing guides to prices and roommate connecting services for new hires at JP Morgan and other Fortune 500 firms. Jeremy is also the founder of Pocket Change (newsletter), an online newsletter that covers the Most Expensive goods and services in New York and Los Angeles. Jeremy found a spokesman for the site in Richard Nouveau, a handsome, white, affluent, crass, and fictional character. Pocket Change uses Nouveau as a tool to make a mockery of the white upper class. Pocket Change has recently been in the public spotlight for a piece on New York City's most expensive Hamburger, a $175 burger at the Wall Street Burger Shoppe. Abelson and Pocket Change have been responsible for a number of New York City dating events such the NATURAL Selection Speed Date, pairing wealthy bachelors with beautiful women. Conversely, Jeremy organized an event dubbed "Sugar Momas and Boy Toys" bringing together attractive younger men and wealthy older women. Pocket Change most recently hosted a dating event called Fashion Meets Finance that incorporated a similar theme of bringing wealth and beauty together.