Andrew Ross Sorkin Biography| Wiki
Andrew Sorkin is an American journalist and author born on February 19, 1977. Today he writes for The New York Times as a financial columnist. Ross also anchors for CNBC as a co-anchor for Squawk Box. He is also the founder and editor for DealBook. DealBook is a financial news service published by The New York Times.
Ross has published various books which are best-selling, this includes; Too Big to Fail. The book has been co-produced as a movie adaptation of the book for HBO Films. He is co-creator of the showtime series Billions. He joined The New York Times as a student intern while he was in his final year at high school.
Education |College
Sorkin was born in New York, he studied at Scarsdale High School in 1995. Later, he joined Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life sciences in Communications. He graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He was a member of the Sigma Pi fraternity.
Early Life|Parents
Sorkin was born and raised by his parents in New York City. He is the son of Joan Ross Sorkin(mother)who was a playwright his father is Laurence T. Sorkin. There have been speculations that Sorkin is related to Writer Aaron Sorkin nor defence lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin. They do not relate to him to any of these people.
Andrew Sorkin Nationality| Heritage
Ross is an American citizen born in New York. His family heritage is of the Jewish religion. Currently, he is working for The New York Times as a columnist writer. Ross is a Television writer and producer.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Age
Sorkin was born February 19, 1977, in New York City, U.S. Sorkin is currently 57 years as of 2024.
About Andrew Sorkin DealBook
DealBook is a newsletter about deal-making and Wall Street that Sorkin established in October 2001 while working as a journalist for The New York Times. One of the early online sites for aggregating financial news was called DealBook. Sorkin unveiled a companion website for The New York Times in March 2006 that featured daily updated news and fresh analysis. DealBook got a SABEW award for overall quality and a Webby Award for Best Business Blog in 2007. The website received an EPpy Award for Best Business Blog in 2008.
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Too Big to Fail
HBO Films adapted the book into a film, which had its premiere on HBO on May 23, 2011. Peter Gould wrote the screenplay, while Curtis Hanson directed the movie. The cast included William Hurt as the Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, Paul Giamatti as the Federal Reserve chairperson Ben Bernanke, Billy Crudup as the former President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank Timothy Geithner, James Woods as the CEO of Lehman Brothers Richard Fuld, Edward Asner as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett, Cynthia Nixon as the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Treasury Michele Davis, and Bill Pullman as the CEO of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon
Andrew Sorkin Awards
In 2005, Sorkin received a Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline Writing, and in 2010, his book Too Big to Fail won one for Business Book. In 2005 and again in 2006, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers recognized for breaking news him. The World Economic Forum recognized him as a Young Global Leader in 2007.
SiliconAlleyInsider.com was listed as one of New York’s “most influential scribes” Sorkin in 2007. Vanity Fair magazine designated Sorkin one of the 40 “Next Establishment” members in 2008, and the UJA Federation recognized him as one of the top 40 “movers and shakers” in the Jewish community in 2013. The Council on Foreign Relations counts him as a member.
Andrew Sorkin Wife
On June 9, 2007, Pilar Jenny Queen and Sorkin got married. The youngest of their three children was born on January 4, 2017. Sorkin’s left eye has a coloboma, which might occasionally give the impression that he has two different coloured eyes.
References
“Pilar Queen, Andrew Sorkin”. The New York Times. June 10, 2007
What about DealBook
Sorkin unveiled a companion website for The New York Times in March 2006 that featured daily updated news and fresh analysis. DealBook got a SABEW award for overall quality and a Webby Award for Best Business Blog in 2007. The website received an EPpy Award for Best Business Blog in 2008.
DealBook is a newsletter about deal-making and Wall Street that Sorkin established in October 2001 while working as a journalist for The New York Times. One of the early online sites for aggregating financial news was called DealBook.