Jane Lewis
Jane writes profiles for MoneyWeek and is city editor of The Week. A former British Society of Magazine Editors editor of the year, she cut her teeth in journalism editing The Daily Telegraph’s Letters page and writing gossip for the London Evening Standard – while contributing to a kaleidoscopic range of business magazines including Personnel Today, Edge, Microscope, Computing, PC Business World, and Business & Finance.
She has edited corporate publications for accountants BDO, business psychologists YSC Consulting, and the law firm Stephenson Harwood – also enjoying a stint as a researcher for the due diligence department of a global risk advisory firm.
Her sole book to date, Stay or Go? (2016), rehearsed the arguments on both sides of the EU referendum.
She lives in north London, has a degree in modern history from Trinity College, Oxford, and is currently learning to play the drums.
Latest articles by Jane Lewis
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Stéphane Bancel: Moderna’s biotech whizz who changed the world
Profiles Stéphane Bancel had a safe job as CEO of a French multinational when he decided to risk it all on a promising but unproven medical technology. The bet paid off handsomely.
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Narayana Murthy: the father of India’s IT boom
Profiles Narayana Murthy was a pioneer in bringing American business methods to bear in his home country of India. But now the advocate for “compassionate capitalism” is embroiled in controversy.
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Rafal Brzoska: the “Locker King” seeking to conquer Britain
Profiles Polish entrepreneur Rafal Brzoska’s company almost drowned in debt before being rescued and refocusing on its big idea – automated postal boxes. He is relishing a scrap with Amazon to corner the market.
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Charlie Mullins: plumber to the rich and famous
Profiles Charlie Mullins bunked off school as a child to earn money fixing pipes. Over 50 years on, he sold his plumbing business for more than £125m. Now he has his sights on becoming mayor of London.
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Jamie Dimon: the “president of Wall Street”
Profiles Since Jamie Dimon became CEO of JPMorgan, the bank has made total returns that easily outstrip its rivals and sits on $3.4trn in assets. What’s the secret of his success?
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Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao: Vietnam’s airline billionaire rides high
Profiles Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao first spotted business opportunities in the former Soviet Union. Now she is Vietnam’s first and only female billionaire. Here in the UK, she has sparked controversy.
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Chris Hohn: from hedge fund moneymaker to climate crusty
Profiles Chris Hohn made more money in financial markets than any of the world’s most successful hedge funds. But his lucre is all for a higher purpose – not least, saving the planet.
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Indra Nooyi: making progress and profits at Pepsi
Profiles Indra Nooyi put the principles of stakeholder capitalism into practice at the soft-drink giant before it was fashionable and grew returns for shareholders too.
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Larry Fink: the undisputed king of Wall Street
Profiles Larry Fink survived two big financial crises and went on to build a massive asset manager, doing for investing what Henry Ford did for cars. He has his critics, but his reign seems as secure as ever.
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Bernard Tapie: the man with a thousand lives
Profiles Bernard Tapie, who has died aged 78, was a colourful French entrepreneur, star of screen and stage, politician, sports icon, press baron and convicted felon. It was a roller-coaster life.
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Xu Jiayin: the tycoon behind Evergrande
Profiles Xu Jiayin became a wheeler-dealer in China’s muddled transition to capitalism and his connections helped him to enormous riches. Now, he seems to have run out of luck… and friends in high places.
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Clive Sinclair: the father of the home computer
Profiles Clive Sinclair was a serial inventor and visionary whose output also included the prototype electric car. His other interests included poetry, marathon-running and poker.
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Iris Apfel: an inspiration to young fashionistas
Profiles Iris Apfel made her name as a high-society interior designer before a show at the New York Met turned her into a fashion influencer. At 100 years old, she’s still going strong.
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Klarna’s Sebastian Siemiatkowski: fintech innovator gunning for the banks
Profiles Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s Klarna app allows customers to buy now, pay later, without racking up interest charges. He’s excited about the future. Regulators are nervous.
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Pedro Castillo: leftist outsider who rode to power in Peru
Profiles Pedro Castillo amassed support among the left-behind as a trade-union leader before riding to power in this year’s presidential race. What has the country let itself in for?
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Gabe Plotkin and the online mob’s unfinished business
Profiles A social-media pile-on nearly wiped out hedge funder Gabe Plotkin back in January. The fight is not over yet.
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Nigel Rudd: Sir Sell-out’s latest offer may be his last
Profiles An industry joke has it that Nigel Rudd’s businesses are always a buy because he’ll soon be selling up. His latest deal is likely to be his swansong.
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Reese Witherspoon: the dork who became a media mogul
Profiles A decade ago, Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon was in the “romcom doldrums”. Now she’s a one-woman conglomerate with a production company and a book club at its core.
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Austin Russell: the university drop-out who made a billion dollars
Profiles Halfway through his first year as a physics student, Austin Russell won a $100,000 prize designed to encourage young entrepreneurs. A decade later, he is the world’s youngest billionaire. Jane Lewis reports
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George Iacobescu: the man who transformed London
Profiles George Iacobescu, the man who – quite literally – put Canary Wharf on the map, is stepping back from his executive role. He will be a tough act to follow, says Jane Lewis
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José Neves: the Buddhist transforming luxury fashion
Profiles José Neves cornered the market in building bespoke websites and apps for boutique fashion brands and retailers. That put him in a sweet spot when the pandemic arrived.
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The story of Wise, a multi-billion fintech started by accident
Profiles If you grow up in a situation where a whole country has to be made from scratch, creating a game-changing financial technology start-up such as Wise doesn’t seem so outlandish.
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Wes Edens: the raider who snapped up Morrisons
Profiles Wes Edens is already well known in Birmingham for rescuing the city’s Aston Villa football club from disaster. Can he pull a similar trick with a flagging supermarket chain?
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John McAfee: the tech maverick who lost a $100m fortune
Profiles John McAfee made his name pioneering software to protect against computer viruses. He lost nearly everything in the financial crash and lived a life on the run, killing himself to thwart the US authorities.
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