Summary
Matt Levine (born 1978) is a columnist for Bloomberg News covering finance and business.[1] Levine has previously been a lawyer, investment banker, law clerk, and has written for a number of newspapers and financial sites.[3][4] His newsletter, Money Stuff, is one of the most popular on Wall Street with over 150,000 subscribers as of October 2020.[1]
Matt Levine | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 (age 45–46)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Financial columnist |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Employer | Bloomberg News |
| Known for | Money Stuff |
| Children | 3[2] |
Education edit
Levine graduated Harvard University, where he majored in classics, and Yale Law School.[1][4]
Career edit
After graduating from Harvard, Levine was a high school Latin teacher.[1] He left that profession for law school and became a mergers and acquisitions lawyer for the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.[5] He later went on to become an investment banker for Goldman Sachs, where he structured and marketed corporate equity derivatives for four years. Levine was also a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.[1][4]
In 2011, Levine started writing about economics and finance for the financial news site Dealbreaker. There, he wrote about the "deals, scandals, complexities and personalities of the financial services industry." Levine's coverage and analysis of the 2012 JPMorgan Chase trading loss was featured in the Columbia Journalism Review's anthology "The Best Business Writing 2013."[4][6]
In 2013, Levine joined Bloomberg View (now Bloomberg Opinion) as an opinion columnist covering finance and business. He writes the newsletter Money Stuff for Bloomberg, which is published every weekday. Levine's analysis in his column have been widely covered by other newspapers.[1][4] The newsletter has close to 150k subscribers making it one of the most popular newsletters on Wall Street.[1]
Levine has also written for The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Billfold, and the Planet Money blog.[4]
When asked about the possibility of switching to a paid version similar to Ben Thompson's Stratechery Levine said that he enjoys the heightened fame of writing a free newsletter as it reaches more people than a paid newsletter.[7]
Levine took several months off in 2020 for parental leave after the birth of his second child.
A statistical examination[8] that Levine cited in Money Stuff[9] showed that his newsletter has been released 4 minutes later each month since 2015 and has gotten progressively longer over time.
Bill Ackman said Levine's work "is some of the most sophisticated analysis of what is really happening on Wall Street".[1]
Writing style edit
Levine is known for his humorous, witty, deadpan writing style.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Flitter, Emily (October 8, 2020). "A Columnist Makes Sense of Wall Street Like None Other (See Footnote)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ^ David Roth (June 8, 2022). "No One Who Works At Twitter Uses Twitter (with Matt Levine)". Defector Media (Podcast). Defector. Event occurs at 35:54. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ "Matt Levine". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Matt Levine Joins Bloomberg View". Bloomberg. September 4, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ Matt Levine (11 July 2023). "Elon Musk Blames the Lawyers". Bloomberg News. Money Stuff. Wikidata Q120555957. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ Starkman, Dean (June 27, 2013). "The Best Business Writing 2013". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ "HALB presents Matt Levine: Money Stuff and Life Stuff". YouTube. Oct 31, 2019. Retrieved Nov 19, 2020.
- ^ "Money Stuff is Linear-ish". Substack. Apr 5, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ^ "Distressed-Debt Deal Makes People Mad". Bloomberg. Apr 7, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
Further reading edit
- Roose, Kevin (July 7, 2011). "At Goldman, Pressure on Staff to Keep a Low Profile". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- Roose, Kevin (July 8, 2011). "Riffing on Life After Goldman Sachs". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- "Bloomberg's Matt Levine Talks on Being a Finance Columnist". National Center for Business Journalism. August 25, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- Kafka, Peter (November 11, 2019). "Bloomberg's Matt Levine explains Wall Street, WeWork, and how to leave Goldman Sachs for a much lower-paying job". Recode. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
External links edit
- Matt Levine on Twitter
- Matt Levine's articles at Bloomberg
- Matt Levine's articles at Dealbreaker
