Daniel Gross (born August 4, 1967) is an American financial and economic journalist. He was the executive editor of ''
strategy+business
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'' magazine from 2015 to January 2020 and was named editor-in-chief in February 2020.
Prior to joining ''strategy+business'', Gross was a columnist and the global business editor at the ''
Daily Beast
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It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief ...
'' (2012–2014). Previously, he was the economics editor and cohost of ''The Daily Ticker'' at Yahoo Finance (2010–2012), a columnist and a senior editor at ''
Newsweek
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'' (2007–2010), a columnist at ''
Slate
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'' (2002–2010), a columnist at ''
The New York Times
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'', and a reporter for the ''
New Republic'' and ''
Bloomberg News
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''.
Gross wrote the "Contrary Indicator" column at ''Newsweek'', the "Moneybox" column at ''Slate'', and the "Economic View" column at ''The New York Times''. He also has written cover stories for ''
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
New York may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* ...
'' and ''
The New York Times Magazine
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'', and has contributed to ''
Fortune
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General
* Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck
* Luck
* Wealth
* Fate
* Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling
* Fortune, in a fortune cookie
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''The Fortune'' (19 ...
'', ''
Wired
Wired may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* ''Wired'' (Jeff Beck album), 1976
* ''Wired'' (Hugh Cornwell album), 1993
* ''Wired'' (Mallory Knox album), 2017
* "Wired", a song by Prism from their album '' Beat Street''
* "Wired ...
'', ''
The Washington Post
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'', and ''
The Boston Globe
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''. He appears regularly on media outlets such as
MSNBC
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CNBC
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,
CNN
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, and
NPR
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.
Between 1998 and 2007, Gross served as the editor of ''STERNBusiness'', a semi-annual academic magazine on economics and management published by the
New York University Stern School of Business
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. He was also a fellow at New America Foundation from 2001 to 2002.
Books
*
A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire' (Radius Publishing, 2022). ()
*
Better, Stronger, Faster: The Myth of American Decline . . . and the Rise of a New Economy' (Free Press, 2012). ()
*
Dumb Money: How our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation' (Free Press, 2009). ()
*
Pop!: Why Bubbles Are Great For The Economy' (Collins, 2007) ()
*
The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation' (Oxford University Press, 2001), co-authored with Davis Dyer ()
*
Bull Run: Wall Street, the Democrats, and the New Politics of Personal Finance' (PublicAffairs, 2000) ()
*
Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time' (Wiley, 1997) ()
Select articles
*
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Has a Game Plan" ''Strategy+Business'', April 30, 2018
*
Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Some Emotional Intelligence" ''Strategy+Business'', March 9, 2017
*
The Myth of Decline: The U.S. is Stronger and Faster than Anywhere Else" ''Newsweek'', April 30, 2012
*
The Story of America's Amazing Comeback" ''Newsweek'', April 8, 2010
Select awards
2017 Folio "Eddie," B-to-B Column/Blog - Overall Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Some Emotional Intelligence'
2017 ASBPE Gold Regional, Online, Podcast''Jonathan Tepperman Explains How to Fix the World's Thorniest Problems''
2016 Folio "Eddie," B-to-B Column/Blog
–
Banking/Business/Finance, What Companies Gain from Providing Free Lunch to Employees
'
Early life and family
A native of East Lansing, Michigan, Gross has Syrian-Jewish ancestry from his mother's side.East Lansing High School
East Lansing High School is a public high school in the city of East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It is managed by the East Lansing Public Schools district.
The school is located about a mile north of the Michigan State University campu ...
(1985). He received his bachelor's degree in American history and government from Cornell University
Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...
(1989), his master's degree in American history from Harvard University
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(1991), and an honorary PhD in humane letters from Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Lind University by a group of Presbyterian ministers, the college has been coeducatio ...
.
He and his wife
live in Westport, CT. The couple has two children.
References
External links
Video debates and discussions involving Gross
on Bloggingheads.tv
*
Gross on Colbert Report, April 28, 2009
* Daniel Gross, "Davos Shabbos: Friday-night dinner with the machers in Switzerland,
''Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life,'' 5 February, 2010
Daniel Gross on The George Jarkesy Show discussing ''Better, Stronger, Faster''
georgejarkesy.com, May 31, 2012; accessed September 22, 2015.
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1967 births
Jewish American journalists
American people of Syrian descent
American people of Syrian-Jewish descent
Living people
American columnists
American finance and investment writers
American male journalists
Journalists from Michigan
Writers from Michigan
Cornell University alumni
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Newsweek people
Slate (magazine) people
People from East Lansing, Michigan
21st-century American Jews
East Lansing High School alumni