Rana Foroohar

Rana Foroohar is a prominent American journalist, currently serving as the Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor at the Financial Times. She has built a significant career in journalism, with a focus on economics, business, and technology. Foroohar also serves as a global economic analyst for CNN, where she covers the interplay between economics, politics, and foreign affairs.

Education and Early Career

Foroohar graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University, in 1992. Her early career included roles at Newsweek as an economic and foreign affairs editor and a foreign correspondent covering Europe and the Middle East. She later worked at TIME, where she was the assistant managing editor responsible for economics and business coverage.

Publications

She is the author of several notable books:

• Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business (2016), which was shortlisted for the Financial Times McKinsey Book of the Year award.
• Don’t Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles And All of Us (2019).
• Her forthcoming book, Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World, is set to be published on November 18, 2022.

Awards and Recognition

Foroohar has received various awards for her reporting, including a SABEW award for her coverage of technology and policy. She is also a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the advisory board of the Open Markets Institute.

Personal Life

Rana Foroohar resides in Brooklyn with her husband, author John Sedgwick, and their two children. Her extensive experience in journalism has made her a respected voice in discussions surrounding global economic issues.