A profile of Rachel Whetstone, who has led comms for Google, Meta, Uber, Netflix, and now Sierra, as her husband Steve Hilton runs for governor of California
Steve Hilton, the conservative British political operator running for governor of California, launched his longshot campaign in April 2025 …
The number one question I got while writing this story was “Wait, she's married to HIM?” My profile of Rachel Whetstone, the famed, feared Silicon Valley PR guru — and Steve Hilton's wife [image]
Such a deeply reported, funny piece about Rachel Whetstone, who is arguably far more powerful than her husband, GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton.
Steve Hilton: Brit running for California governor. Married to Rachel Whetstone: Brit who has run comms at some of tech's biggest companies. Great “thing people aren't talking about enough” piece from SF Standard. https://sfstandard.com/...
Rachel Whetstone has run comms at Google, Meta, Uber, Netflix, and now Sierra. Her husband Steve Hilton is running for California governor on a populist, occasionally anti-tech platform — funded, as one associate put it, by her Silicon Valley career. [embedded post]
The profile I've been waiting to read about Steve Hilton's better, richer, quieter half — tech PR superstar Rachel Whetstone. Terrific reporting by @eshugerman for @sfstandard. https://sfstandard.com/...
interesting to see rachel whetstone profiled here. a proper throwback for me during my tech policy reporting days with the ken. she was at uber those days, iirc before joining meta (prior to her netflix stint!) https://sfstandard.com/...