Gillian Tett
Vorlage:Infobox Officeholder Gillian Tett is a British author and award-winning journalist at the Financial Times, where she is the US managing editor [1] She has written about the financial instruments that were part of the cause of the financial crisis that started in the fourth quarter of 2007, such as CDOs, credit default swaps, SIVs, conduits, and SPVs.[2][3][4]
Following a Ph.D. in social anthropology at Clare College, Cambridge[5] based on field research in the former Soviet Union,[1] Tett moved to a career in journalism while doing fieldwork in Soviet-influenced Central Asia[6] and joined the Financial Times in 1993. She worked in the former Soviet Union and in Europe and was posted to Tokyo in 1997, where she later became bureau chief.[1]In 2003 Tett became deputy head of the influential[7][8][9][10] Lex column.
Tett predicted the financial crisis in 2006.[11] Her 2009 book, Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe, was widely reviewed throughout the English-speaking world[12][13][14][15] and won the Spear's Book Award for the financial book of 2009.
In 2011, Tett was awarded a President's Medal by the British Academy. She was previously recognized as Journalist of the Year (2009) and Business Journalist of the Year (2008) by the British Press Awards, as well as Senior Financial Journalist of the Year (2007) by the Wincott Awards.
In 2010 The Daily Beast asked "Is Gillian Tett The Most Powerful Woman in Newspapers?"[16]
Resident in New York, she has two daughters with her long term partner.[17]
Awards
- 2007 Wincott prize for financial journalism (capital markets coverage)[18]
- 2008 Business Journalist of the Year (British Press Awards)[19]
- 2009 Journalist of the Year (British Press Awards)[20]
- 2009 Financial Book of the Year (for her book Fool's Gold)[21][22]
- 2011 British Academy President's Medal
Books
- Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe ISBN 978-1408701645 (in some markets called Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dreams of a Small Tribe at J.P Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe ISBN 978-1416598572)
- Saving the Sun: How Wall Street Mavericks Shook Up Japan's Financial World and Made Billions (ISBN 978-0060554255).
References
- ↑ a b c Gillian Tett profile at [[Financial Times]]. Abgerufen am 24. Juli 2009.
- ↑ Lionel Barber: Why journalism matters: Lionel Barber's speech in full, Press Gazette, 16 July 2009. Abgerufen im 24 July 2009
- ↑ James Robinson: Why didn't the City journalists see the financial crisis coming?, The Guardian, 12 October 2008. Abgerufen im 24 July 2009
- ↑ Donald MacKenzie: All Those Arrows, London Review of Books, 25 June 2009. Abgerufen im 24 July 2009
- ↑ Dina Medland: Take Three, University of Cambridge, Easter 2009. Abgerufen im 31 March 2010
- ↑ Saving the Sun: Shinsei and the Battle for Japan’s Future. In: Book launch event - author biography. The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, Februar 2004, abgerufen am 27. Juli 2009.
- ↑ Barclays Chief Executive to Spearhead Task Force on Tax and Benefits. HM Treasury, 19. Mai 1997, abgerufen am 27. Juli 2009.
- ↑ Daniel Farey-Jones: Financial Times doubles coverage of Lex column, Brand Republic, 26 September 2005. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ Jean Morgan: FT’s Lex expands, Press Gazette, 30 September 2007. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ Rafat Ali: WSJ To Sever Ties With Breakingviews; Selling Its Minority Stake?, Paidcontent.org, 6 June 2008. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ Laura Barton: On the money, The Guardian, 31 October 2008. Abgerufen im 24 July 2009
- ↑ Andrew Allentuck: Imaginary money, The Globe and Mail, 3 July 2009. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ Paul M. Barrett: Rewriting the Rules, The New York Times, 12 June 2009. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ D. Murali: Money, a vital fluid that must flow freely, The Hindu, 19 July 2009. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ Ruth Sunderland: They had parties, we got the hangover, The Guardian, 7 June 2009. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/05/16/the-most-powerful-woman-in-newspapers.html
- ↑ http://thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/tett-offensive-raises-ante-global-media-race
- ↑ Press & Broadcasting Awards List of Winners: Senior Financial Journalist. The Wincott Foundation, abgerufen am 27. Juli 2009.
- ↑ British Press Awards 2008: The full list of winners, Press Gazette, 8 April 2008. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ British Press Awards 2009: The full list of winners, Press Gazette, 1 April 2009. Abgerufen im 27 July 2009
- ↑ Stephen Foley: Fool's Gold, By Gillian Tett, The Independent, 1 May 2009. Abgerufen im 24 July 2009
- ↑ Spear's Book Awards: Winners. Spear's Wealth Management Survey, abgerufen am 27. Juli 2009.