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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Cazoo’s Alex Chesterman: “I’m not an innovator, just a copycat”
Profiles Serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman likes to improve the consumer experience by spotting what’s broken, then fixing it. That’s been a successful strategy, but is he about to call it a day?
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Moderna’s Stéphane Bancel: the maths nerd who struck vaccine gold
Profiles A decade ago, Stéphane Bancel took a gamble and joined a fledgling start-up working on an unproven new technology. The gamble paid off with the rise of Covid-19.
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Will Shu: Deliveroo CEO and its first delivery rider
Profiles City analyst Will Shu was sick of working long hours at Canary Wharf and having to make do with what was left on the shelf in Tesco for dinner. So he set out to solve the problem himself.
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John and Patrick Collison: the nerds who conquered Silicon Valley
Profiles John and Patrick Collison, a genial pair of young Irish brothers from a humble background, had a simple idea – to launch the next PayPal. Just ten years on, they’re now worth about $10bn each after founding Stripe.
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AstraZeneca’s Pascal Soriot: in the crossfire of the vaccine wars
Profiles AstraZeneca’s boss Pascal Soriot was winning plaudits for his stewardship when the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Since then, he’s been having a hard time of it.
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Merck Mercuriadis: the mogul shaking up the music business
Profiles Merck Mercuriadis has been spending millions snapping up the rights to hit songs and turning them into an income stream for investors. Can the good times last?
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Jay Z: the urban Shakespeare who became hip-hop’s first billionaire
Profiles Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, has always displayed a talent not just for rhyme, but for making money too – he was hip-hop’s first billionaire. He hasn’t lost his touch, says Jane Lewis
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Tom Morris: the rise of Home Bargains and the lure of the treasure hunt
Profiles Despite the digital revolution, piling it high and selling it cheap on the high street remains a profitable strategy. Ask Tom Morris and family, now worth more than Philip Green and Mike Ashley combined.
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Ian and Richard Livingstone: the brothers who built a $7.2bn fortune
Profiles As 20-somethings, Ian and Richard Livingstone began snapping up cheap London property. Their knack for spotting promising but underrated assets has served them well ever since.
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Cathie Wood: the superstar investor shooting for the stars
Profiles Cathie Wood has quietly built a reputation for picking the unloved and misunderstood stocks that go on to thrive. She has just launched a new ETF that seeks profits in space exploration.
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Meet Andy Jassy – the new broom at Amazon
Profiles Andy Jassy is taking over from departing CEO Jeff Bezos at the world’s largest online retailer. Will he be able to fill the founder’s shoes? Jane Lewis reports
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Kate Bingham: the grande dame of venture capitalists
Profiles The success of Britain’s vaccine strategy is largely down to one woman – Kate Bingham, a biotech expert for a venture-capital firm. It’s not the first time she has thrown herself head first into a big challenge.
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Stanley Thai: making a billion from rubber gloves
Profiles Malaysian entrepreneur Stanley Thai first spotted an opportunity in latex in 1987. He made his first million by the age of 29, and booming demand thanks to Covid-19 has boosted his fortune.
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Peter Cowgill: the force behind a fashion phenomenon
Profiles Peter Cowgill became the accountant for a small sports shop in the Pennines in the early 1980s. Now, JD Sports is one of the most formidable forces on the high street. Jane Lewis reports
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Elon Musk: the space oddity seeking world domination
Profiles Elon Musk, the electric-car and space-travel pioneer who wants to move to Mars is now the world’s richest man. If he seems delusional, that’s all part of the plan.
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Adar Poonawalla: the vaccine prince who will save the world
Profiles Adar Poonawalla, the chief of the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer by volume, has an ambitious plan to rescue us all from Covid-19. The future for his dynasty looks bright, says Jane Lewis.
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The return of Janet Yellen
Profiles Janet Yellen, the former US central-bank chief is back, this time as US Treasury secretary. Donald Trump wondered whether she was too short for the job – she is now seen as a towering figure.
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The Kwoks: a soap opera set to run and run
Profiles Boardroom battles, bribery convictions, feuds, kidnapping – the Kwoks’ Hong Kong property empire has seen the lot. But for all the drama, they have tended to get the big bets right.
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Philip Green: retail king who lost the Midas touch
Profiles Philip Green’s empire has collapsed, taking great chunks of the high street with it. In the Noughties his Topshop chain was called Britain’s favourite emporium. What went wrong?
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The authentic magic of Dolly Parton
Profiles Dolly Parton, the warm-hearted chanteuse from Tennessee, blends old-fashioned etiquette with openness and is loved by millions. She also has a very shrewd business mind.
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Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci : the boffins behind the Covid-19 vaccine
Profiles Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci are an unassuming Turkish-German couple who had already made their fortune as biotech entrepreneurs when a strange new virus emerged in Wuhan. They saw it as their duty to leap into action.
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Lawrence Stroll: the petrolhead who saved Aston Martin
Profiles Lawrence Stroll made his fortune in fashion and has a passion for Ferraris and motorsport. When he saw the greatest luxury car brand in the world struggling, he swooped in.
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Ronald Perelman: the billionaire who is downsizing
Profiles Ronald Perelman acquired a fortune as a dealmaker during the 1980s takeover boom. Now he seems to be quietly selling up.
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Donald Kendall: helping Pepsi win the cold war
Profiles Donald Kendall was there to serve Nikita Khrushchev a Pepsi during a famous cold war détente with Richard Nixon. He went on to become a 20th-century marketing legend.
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