Episodes

Sara Eisen’s recipe for success is pretty straight forward: “Always have an expertise, and a niche. It will pay off in the end.” For Eisen, developing that niche meant choosing an internship at Foreign Exchange TV to launch her career (even if...

James Mackintosh spent six years at Oxford studying philosophy. It turns out that was the perfect training to become a financial markets columnist. On this episode of Press Profiles, we explore James's nearly 30-year career spanning the Financial...

In a life that has brought her to almost every corner of the earth, Diane Brady has made a career of finding stories in unexpected places. Now, she is turning her attention to bringing Fortune’s live events and CEO initiative to the next level. On...

Laura Kreutzer is one of the longest tenured reporters in Private Equity. A scholarship student who earned her way into some of the most prestigious educational institutions, Laura has brought keen insight, deep understanding, and a warm personality...

Caroline Hyde has thrived in several roles at Bloomberg for the past 16 years, most recently leading the charge at Bloomberg Technology alongside co-anchor Ed Ludlow. But before she brought her infectious energy to TV, she was working on the other...

Oliver Shah has rapidly become one of the most impactful journalists in Britain. His quick career rise to associate editor at the The Sunday Times (the paper he grew up reading) has been due in large part to his ability to find the "sizzle on the...

As the son of a butcher, Dan Colarusso grew up seeing how the sausage got made. Now, he oversees sausage making of a different type. As Senior Vice President of Business News at CNBC, Dan is the man behind all the decisions that affect the network’s...

Bloomberg News is one of the biggest news organizations globally, with 2,400 reporters, and coverage that reaches every medium from wires, to broadcast, to print, and radio - and John Micklethwait is the man that sits atop of it all. On this episode...

Most sports reporters sit in the press box. Abe Madkour’s staff of reporters sit in the C-Suite. On this episode of Press Profiles, we sit down with Sports Business Journal’s Publisher and Executive Editor to explore his love for the "game behind...

On this edition of Press Profiles, we head to the Middle East to sit down with the head of one of the leading news organizations in the UAE. Mina Al Oraibi was born in Iraq, and growing up her and her family were exiles in Saudi Arabia. She has spent...

The NYSE is an institution, and so is Bob Pisani. The CNBC veteran has been manning the floor of the exchange for the business network for more than 25 years. On this edition of Press Profiles, we hear about his encounters with notable luminaries such...

Peter Thal Larsen's career was shaped in part by the great financial crisis. As a reporter for the Financial Times, he had a front row seat to all the action. From there, he pivoted to Reuters’ financial commentary site, Breakingviews, and a little...

On our season 3 premiere of Press Profiles, we’re doing our “Due Diligence” with the FT's corporate finance and deals editor. Arash Massoudi grew up in Tallahassee, Florida but has made himself a successful career across the pond reporting on...

Barry Ritholtz just recorded his 500th episode of the highly regarded Master’s in Business radio show and podcast on Bloomberg. The journey to 500 has been anything but a straight line. On this episode of Press Profiles, we take a look at...

As a little kid, Andrew Edgecliff Johnson would read his father’s Financial Times. It’s no wonder that he would grow up and spend his career at the venerable global news organization. On this edition of Press Profiles, we sit down with the man...

Devin Banerjee is certainly not risk averse. Whether it’s taking control of a 150-person daily college newspaper at Stanford in his sophomore year, turning down a full time offer at the Wall Street Journal to accept an internship at Bloomberg,...

When she was only about 5 years into her career,  Business Insider wrote a story with the headline, “Meet Maneet Ahuja—The 27-Year-Old CNBC Producer Who's More Connected Than God.” Maneet Ahuja has always been determined and she has always...

Growing up in Australia, Coin Desk’s Chief Content Officer Michael Casey thought it would be cool to be in a band. While that didn’t pan out in the way he might have thought, he did end up as a rockstar of sorts among the legions of bitcoin and...

Justin Baer “lucked” into a job that would end up becoming a lifelong career. The Senior Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal was intrigued by the fast pace of news, and while he might have started out on the PR side of the equation, he...

Many people have seen the HBO show, “Industry.” Alice Fulwood has lived it. Before landing at The Economist, the now-venerable Wall Street reporter was “working hard and playing” hard on the trading floor at a London investment bank…until...

Dakin Campbell’s calls aren’t always welcome on Wall Street. The seasoned journalist seeks to “uncover issues that management teams and other subjects would rather keep quiet.” On this episode of Press Profiles, we explore his approach to...

Stephanie Mehta was first starstruck by a front-page story in the “Daily Northwestern.”  These days she’s rarely starstruck, leading two cutting-edge business publications which track the next generation of companies and entrepreneurs....

Rebecca Jarvis spent the early days of her career in investment banking thinking of all the ways she could get out of a career in investment banking. The journalism bug was tugging at her. After plenty of rejections, she finally broke into the...

The daughter of a journalist, Francine Lacqua spent the first twenty years of her life living in Moscow, Washington, London, and Paris. On this edition of Press Profiles, on location in London, we talk about how that upbringing influenced her career,...