Gillian Tett

Gillian Tett (born 10 July 1967) is a British author and journalist at the ''Financial Times'', where she is chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US. She has written about the financial instruments that were part of the cause of the financial crisis that started in the fourth quarter of 2007, such as CDOs, credit default swaps, SIVs, conduits, and SPVs. She became renowned for her early warning that a financial crisis was looming.

Education

Tett was educated at the North London Collegiate School, an independent school for girls in Edgware, in the London Borough of Harrow in northwest London, during which time, at the age of 17, she worked for a Pakistani nonprofit.McKenna, Brian (2011
Bestselling Anthropologist "Predicted" Financial Meltdown of 2008
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After leaving school, Tett went to Clare College, Cambridge, where she earned a PhD in Social Anthropology based on field research in Tajikistan in the former Soviet Union. She expressed frustration with an academic anthropology that in her view has been committing "intellectual suicide" and decided instead to pursue a career in journalism.

Life and career

In 1993, Tett joined the ''Financial Times'' as a correspondent from the former Soviet Union and Europe. In 1997, she was posted to Tokyo, where she later became bureau chief. In 2003, she became deputy head of the Lex column. Tett was then U.S. managing editor at the FT, before working as an assistant editor and columnist before returning to the U.S. managing editor position. She is also the chairwoman of the board of trustees for the Knight–Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism with Columbia University.

During the years 2005–2007, Tett applied her skills in ethnographic research to J.P. Morgan and discovered that the insular culture was leading to the creation of financial instruments that had little basis and that could cause severe economic disruption. In 2006, she predicted the financial crisis. Her 2009 book ''Fool's Gold'' recounts the lead-up to the economic crisis and the eventual collapse. She also played a significant role in the 2010 documentary ''Inside Job'' about the financial crisis of 2008.

In 2010 Tett interviewed author Sebastian Mallaby on C-SPAN about his book '' More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite'' providing a very clear image of hedge funds. Mallaby introduced "James Simons, founder of the Renaissance Technologies hedge fund and arguably the most successful investor of all time" but who was virtually unknown in 2010. Interviewer Gillian Tett

Tett is a single parent to two daughters.

''Fool's Gold''

Tett's 2009 book ''Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe'' was widely reviewed throughout the English-speaking world and won the Spear's Book Award for the financial book of 2009.

'' Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life''

''Anthro-Vision, a New Way to See in Life and Business'', published in June 2021, concerns the behaviour of organizations, individuals, and markets by looking through an anthropological lens. Daniel Kahneman praised Anthro-Vision as "a really brilliant book”.

Awards and honours

* 2007, Wincott prize for financial journalism ( capital markets coverage)
* 2008, Business Journalist of the Year, British Press Awards
* 2009, Journalist of the Year, British Press Awards
* 2009, Financial Book of the Year (for ''Fool's Gold'')
* 2011, President's Medal of the British Academy.
* 2012, Business Communicator of the Year, UK Speechwriters' Guild
* 2012, Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award for best feature article, for ''Madoff spins his story''
* 2013, Honorary doctorate, Baruch College of the City University of New York
* 2014, Columnist of the Year, British Press Awards
* 2015, Honorary degree, Lancaster University
* 2016, Honorary degree, University of Exeter.
* 2016, Honorary degree, University of Miami
* 2017, Honorary fellowship, Goldsmiths, University of London.
* 2017, Tepper School of Business Award for Professional Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University
* 2017, Foreign Commentator of the Year
Editorial Intelligence

* 2019, Best in Business Honorees, Newsletter, Moral Mone

* 2020, Winner, Newsletter Category
Moral Money

Books

*''Saving the Sun: How Wall Street Mavericks Shook Up Japan's Financial World and Made Billions'', 2004 ().
*''Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe'' (in some markets called ''Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dreams of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe'', 2010 )
*''The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers'', 2015 ()
* ''Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life'', 2021

See also

* John Authers

References

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1967 births
Living people
People educated at North London Collegiate School
Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
British expatriates in the United States
British women journalists
British business and financial journalists
British business writers
English financial writers
Women business writers
Women business and financial journalists
Recipients of the President's Medal (British Academy)
Financial Times people
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