On July 28, 2017, The Atlantic announced that multi-billionaire investor and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs (the widow of former Apple Inc. chairman and CEO Steve Jobs) had acquired majority ownership through her Emerson Collective organization, with a staff member of Emerson Collective, Peter Lattman, being immediately named as The Atlantic's vice chairman.
Pe 28 iulie 2017, The Atlantic a anunțat că investitoarea multimiliardară și filantroapa Laurene Powell (văduva fostului președinte și director general al Apple Inc. Steve Jobs) a achiziționat majoritatea acțiunilor prin organizația Emerson Collective, iar un membru al conducerii companiei Emerson Colective, Peter Lattman, a fost numit imediat ca vicepreședinte al The Atlantic.