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The founder and editor of DealBook,

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Andrew Sorkin

November
Andrew Ross Sorkin

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.