Andrew Ross Sorkin (born February 19, 1977) is an American journalist, author, financial columnist, and television personality. Born in New York City, he grew up in Scarsdale, New York, where he attended Scarsdale High School. During his junior year of high school, he spent time at the London School of Economics. Sorkin began his journalism career remarkably early, writing for The New York Times in 1995 before graduating high school. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. In 1999, he joined the Times full-time as its European mergers and acquisitions reporter based in London, later becoming chief M&A reporter in New York. In 2001, he founded DealBook, a financial news service and daily newsletter published by The New York Times, for which he serves as editor-at-large and writes a weekly column. Sorkin gained widespread acclaim for his 2009 bestselling book 'Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves,' chronicling the 2008 financial crisis, which was adapted into an HBO film in 2011 for which he was a co-producer, earning 11 Emmy nominations. He is a co-creator of the Showtime series 'Billions,' loosely inspired by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. In October 2025, he published '1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation.' Sorkin is a co-anchor of CNBC's 'Squawk Box' and hosts the annual New York Times DealBook Summit, interviewing high-profile figures like Elon Musk and Jerome Powell. He has won awards including a Gerald Loeb Award and an Emmy for Outstanding Live Interview in 2022. Married to Pilar Jenny Queen since 2007, Sorkin has three children and resides in New York. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, co-chair of The New York Public Library’s Business Leadership Council, and a Sigma Pi fraternity member from Cornell. Known for his incisive interviews and focus on business ethics, he adheres to strict journalistic standards, avoiding individual stock investments and political donations.