Andrew Ross Sorkin is a columnist for The New York Times and the founder and editor-at-large of DealBook, an online daily financial report published by The Times that he started in 2001. In addition, Mr. Sorkin is an assistant editor of business and finance news, helping guide and shape the paper’s coverage.
Mr. Sorkin is also a co-anchor of "Squawk Box," CNBC’s signature morning program.
Mr. Sorkin is the author of “Too Big to Fail: How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves” (Viking, 2009), which chronicled the events of the 2008 financial crisis. The book won the 2010 Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book, and was shortlisted for the 2010 Samuel Johnson Prize and the 2010 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. The book spent more than six months on The New York Times Best Seller list in hardcover and paperback. The book was adapted as a movie HBO Films in 2011. Mr. Sorkin was a co-producer of the film, which was nominated for 11 Emmy Awards.
Mr. Sorkin is also co-creator of the drama series “Billions” on Showtime, starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis.
Over the years, Mr. Sorkin has broken news of many major mergers and acquisitions in the pages of The Times and has been at the forefront of Wall Street news. He reported extensively on the financial crisis of 2008, its aftermath on Wall Street and the government bailout of major investment banks, with coverage including the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, and the AIG bailout. He has broken news of deals including Chase’s acquisition of J.P. Morgan and Hewlett-Packard’s acquisition of Compaq. He also led The Times’s coverage of Vodafone’s $183 billion hostile bid for Mannesmann, resulting in the world’s largest takeover ever.
As a leading voice about Wall Street and corporate America, Mr. Sorkin is a frequent guest on national television and radio programs, as well as a lecturer at universities across the country. He has appeared on NBC’s “Today," PBS’s “The Charlie Rose Show,” PBS’s “NewsHour,” NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” and many others.
He won a Gerald Loeb Award in 2004 for breaking the news of IBM’s historic sale of its PC business to Lenovo. He was also a finalist in the commentary category for his DealBook column. He also won a Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award for breaking news in 2005 and again in 2006. In 2007, the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader.
Mr. Sorkin began writing for The Times in 1995 under unusual circumstances: He hadn’t yet graduated from high school.
Mr. Sorkin is a graduate of Cornell University.
Mr. Sorkin lives in Manhattan. His personal website is andrewrosssorkin.com.
A win for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau removed the existential threat hanging over the agency, but opponents have vowed to keep on fighting.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic set records as investors foresee interest rates moving in one direction: down.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
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By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
The White House has imposed $18 billion in new duties on Chinese imports, but it’s unclear how much that will help his economic agenda.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
The pivotal Consumer Price Index report is set to be published on Wednesday as the window for interest-rate cuts before November is closing.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
On earnings calls, dozens of corporate executives have cited a slowdown in spending to explain why sales are slipping.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
If Sony and Apollo Global win the fight to buy the media company, they plan to keep the studio business and sell everything else.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch, Ephrat Livni, Benjamin Mullin and Cameron Joseph
The popular video-sharing app faces uncertain odds as it takes its fight to court to turn back a potential ban in the United States.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
Wall Street has been debating how the investment giant’s $59 billion real estate fund has managed to outperform virtually all its rivals.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni