Roger Lowenstein

Roger Lowenstein is a respected financial journalist and author known for his insightful writing on economic and financial topics.

Born in 1954, he graduated from Cornell University and spent over a decade reporting for The Wall Street Journal, including two years writing its Heard on the Street column.

Lowenstein has authored several books on finance and business, including the acclaimed biography of Warren Buffett.

He serves as a director of Sequoia Fund and is a board trustee of Lesley University.

His father, Louis Lowenstein, was a law professor critical of the American financial industry.

Lowenstein's latest book, "Ways and Means," about Civil War financing, won the 2022 Harold Holzer Lincoln Forum Book Prize.