Andrew Ross Sorkin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrew Ross Sorkin
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Feb 19, 1977(1977-02-19)
Age	47
Birthplace	New York City
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Aquarius

Andrew Ross Sorkin Biography

Andrew Ross Sorkin is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on February 19, 1977 in New York City, New York, United States. Andrew Ross Sorkin (born February 19, 1977) is an American journalist and author. He is a financial columnist for The New York Times and a co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box. He is also the founder and editor of DealBook, a financial news service published by The New York Times. He wrote the bestselling book Too Big to Fail and co-produced a movie adaptation of the book for HBO Films. He is also the co-creator for the Showtime series Billions.

In October 2001, while a journalist at The New York Times, Sorkin started DealBook, a newsletter about deal-making and Wall Street. DealBook was one of the first financial news aggregation services on the Internet. In March 2006, Sorkin introduced a companion website published on The New York Times, with updated news and original analysis throughout the day. In 2007, DealBook won a Webby Award for Best Business Blog and it won a SABEW award for overall excellence. In 2008, the site won an EPpy Award for Best Business Blog.

Sorkin married Pilar Jenny Queen on June 9, 2007. They have three children, the youngest born on January 4, 2017.

In 2007, Sorkin was one of the first journalists to identify and criticize a tax loophole for private equity firms and hedge funds. He first wrote about the topic in a column in March 2007, calling the tax treatment a “charade”, and later wrote about it on the front page of The New York Times. He has written at least a half dozen articles critiquing the tax practice by private equity firms and advocated for the government to end the loophole.

Sorkin joined The New York Times full-time in 1999 as the newspaper’s European mergers and acquisitions reporter, and was based in London. In 2000, Sorkin became the paper’s chief mergers and acquisitions reporter, based in New York, a position he still holds. In 2001, Sorkin founded “DealBook,” an online daily financial report published by the Times. As Editor-at-Large of “DealBook,” Sorkin writes a weekly column of the same name. Sorkin is also an assistant editor of business and finance news for the paper.

Andrew Ross Sorkin Net Worth

Andrew Ross Sorkin is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrew Ross Sorkin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sorkin was born in New York, the son of Joan Ross Sorkin, a playwright, and Laurence T. Sorkin, a partner at the law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel. His family is Jewish. Sorkin graduated from Scarsdale High School in 1995 and earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in 1999 where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He is not related to Aaron Sorkin nor is he related to noted defense lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin.

Sorkin first joined The New York Times as a student intern during his senior year in high school. He also worked for the paper while he was in college, publishing 71 articles before he graduated. He began by writing media and technology articles while assisting the advertising columnist, Stuart Elliott. Sorkin spent the summer of 1996 working for Businessweek, before returning to The New York Times. He moved to London for part of 1998. While there, he wrote about European business and technology for The New York Times and then returned to Cornell to complete his studies. At Cornell, he was vice president of the Sigma Pi fraternity.

Sorkin shared the Gerald Loeb Award in 2005 for Deadline Writing and earned another for Business Book in 2010 for his book Too Big to Fail. 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. Also in 2007, SiliconAlleyInsider.com named Sorkin one of New York’s “most influential scribes”. In 2008, Vanity Fair magazine named Sorkin as one of 40 new members of the “Next Establishment,” and he appeared on the UJA Federation’s 2013 list of 40 under 40 top “movers and shakers” in the Jewish community. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Who is Andrew Ross Sorkin Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Andrew Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Andrew Ross Sorkin celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Andrew Ross Sorkin

1. Andrew Ross Sorkin is an American journalist and author.
2. He is the founder of DealBook, a financial news service.
3. Sorkin wrote “Too Big to Fail,” a book about the 2008 financial crisis.
4. He is a co-anchor on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
5. Sorkin has won multiple awards for his journalism work.
6. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in communications.
7. Sorkin was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2009.
8. He has appeared as himself in several movies and TV shows.
9. Sorkin is also a frequent guest on various news programs and talk shows.
10. He has been married since 2007 and has two children.

Are Andrew and Aaron Sorkin related?

He is not related to writer Aaron Sorkin nor defense lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin. He is of Jewish descent.

How rich is Andrew Ross Sorkin?

Net Worth: $12 Million
Date of Birth:| Feb 19, 1977 (45 years old)
Gender:| Male
Profession:| Journalist, Writer, Author, Editor, Actor, Film Producer
Nationality:| United States of America

Is Andrew Ross Sorkin a writer on billions?

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Where does Andrew Ross Sorkin live?

If I could live anywhere, I’d live in New York (exactly where I live). My ideal vacation is going to Africa and doing a safari with my wife and kids.

Does Andrew Ross Sorkin have 2 different color eyes?

fun fact: Andrew Ross Sorkin has two very different colored eyes. i have a coloboma in my left eye so the color looks darker. it doesn’t impact my vision though.