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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Arnaud Lagardère: Dad, I shrunk the empire
Profiles Arnaud Lagardère, heir of the Lagardère business empire, has been bailed out by the French establishment – again. But this time he is determined to prove his mettle.
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Masayoshi Son: the God of tech tests the faithful
Profiles Masayoshi Son, the founder of Japanese tech giant Softbank, has had a bad crisis. He has bounced back before, and will do again, he insists. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s performed miracles, says Jane Lewis.
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Top four financial villains of the last 20 years
Profiles Despite MoneyWeek’s 1,000 issues, we struggled to find a page of material on people we considered particularly worthy of honour. We were spoilt for choice when it came to villains. Here are our top four.
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The making of Warren Buffett
Profiles The man who “triumphed in the long game by practising a simpler, purer version of capitalism” is widely hailed as the world’s greatest living investor. How did he get to where he is today?
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Nicolai Tangen: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund changes hands
Profiles Nicolai Tangen, a risk-loving, jet-setting financier and hedge-fund manager, has been made head of the sovereign-wealth fund. Is he the right man for the job? Some Norwegians have their doubts. Jane Lewis reports
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Bill Gates: the rebooting of a reputation
Profiles Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates was once widely criticised as a merciless monopolist. But he has tried to reinvent himself as a global health philanthropist. The coronavirus crisis is his biggest challenge yet.
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Eric Yuan, the engineer whose world went Zoom
Profiles Eric Yuan, an engineer who invented business-conferencing tool Zoom, became a billionaire when his app became a must-have accessory in lockdown. But the really wild ride might just be beginning.
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Bill Ackman: the billionaire who bet big on viral doom
Profiles Bill Ackman of hedge fund Pershing Square saw trouble coming early and placed a punt on the stockmarket outcome. His huge win may be followed by a second one.
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Richard Branson: the goateed mascot of British capitalism
Profiles Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin empire is in trouble due to coronavirus. Can it be saved?
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Daksh Gupta: the accidental salesman with a big heart
Profiles Daksh Gupta was studying at university and washing cars to make ends meet when he sold a car by accident. He’d found his calling, but the coronavirus crisis has presented new challenges.
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Ray Dalio: the seer blindsided by a bug
Profiles When the financial crisis struck in 2008, Ray Dalio’s hedge fund was well prepared to profit and he has since enjoyed a reputation for prescience. He was, he admits, not so fortunate this time round.
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Peter Thiel: Utopian elite flee for "Galt’s Gulch"
Profiles Peter Thiel, the tech tycoon who founded PayPal, has long been prepared for a flight from societal collapse. As coronavirus panic spreads, where is the enigmatic billionaire now?
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Barclay twins: billionaire brothers square off in court
Profiles The Barclay twins spent 60 years building a business empire together. Now, they are squabbling over the spoils and threatening lawsuits.
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Jack Welch: Americans have got to “work like dogs”
Profiles Jack Welch saw earlier than most that Asian competitors were coming for corporate America’s lunch. He revolutionised business management in response, and came to define an era.
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Can “super geek” Jeff Bezos save the planet?
Profiles Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, seen by some as the “evil face of capitalism”, is becoming a power beyond the reach of his multi-tentacled company. His next aim is to halt climate change.
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Rishi Sunak: the maharaja of the Yorkshire Dales
Profiles Rishi Sunak is taking the reins of the world’s fifth-largest economy at a crucial juncture. The unflashy but likeable youngster may be just the man for the job.
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Les Wexner: the Merlin of the Mall loses his magic
Profiles Les Wexner built a retail empire from scratch and made a fortune in the process. He ended up placing his trust and many powers in the hands of disgraced tycoon Jeffrey Epstein. What went wrong?
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Bernie Ebbers: the downfall of the Telecom Cowboy
Profiles Bernie Ebbers had the starring role in the greatest rags-to-riches story in US corporate history. A plot twist at the end turned it into a different kind of morality tale.
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Kim Woo-choong: the ambiguous legacy of Daewoo's Chairman Kim
Profiles Former Daewoo chairman Kim Woo-choong inspired a generation of entrepreneurs. His empire collapsed and his career ended in ignominy, but was he to blame for his downfall? Jane Lewis reports
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Willie Walsh: the colourful scamp who saved BA
Profiles Willie Walsh is standing down after 15 years in the cockpit at Britain’s flagship airline. Few will miss his combative approach, but the industry is losing one of its most colourful characters.
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Carlos Ghosn: Le Cost Killer’s great jail break
Profiles Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan boss charged with fraud, fled captivity in Tokyo and is now a fugitive in Lebanon. His memoirs should make for fascinating reading.
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Neil Woodford rides again
Profiles Neil Woodford’s speedy descent made Icarus look like a slouch. Many thought he would now be spending more time with his horses. He’s actually plotting a comeback.
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The movers and shakers of 2019
Profiles Men make history, but not in circumstances of their own choosing, said Marx. Some men make more of it in less time than others. Here are four figures who changed the world this year.
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Pham Nhat Vuong: Vietnam’s Donald Trump
Profiles Not satisfied with a business empire that covers just about everything in his native Vietnam, property mogul Pham Nhat Vuong is making a move into the electric car business.
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