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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Rock-star fund manager Woodford gets booed off stage
Profiles Neil Woodford had humble origins, but built an enthusiastic following among retail investors by promising to make them rich. Now, they’d just like their money back.
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Amancio Ortega: the humble introvert who made a billion
Profiles Amancio Ortega shook up the retail industry with his “fast-fashion” revolution. Now he’s the richest man in Spain and has a property empire bigger than the Duke of Westminster’s.
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Niki Lauda: racing hero and serial entrepreneur
Profiles Niki Lauda was a legend in Formula One racing and a pretty formidable dealmaker and entrepreneur, too. His life is a testimony to the power of the will and of single-mindedness. Jane Lewis reports.
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Julian Richer's crusade to clean up capitalism
Profiles Julian Richer, the entrepreneur who put people before profits, and yet produced plenty of the latter, has been lauded for handing his empire over to his staff. What is his motivation?
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Garrett Camp: the quiet techie who dreamt up Uber
Profiles The taxi app is always associated with its former boss Travis Kalanick. But it was actually his co-founder, Garrett Camp, who came up with the idea. He’s now sitting on billions. Jane Lewis reports.
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Edward Bramson: the quiet activist barging into Barclays
Profiles Edward Bramson may have failed to secure a seat on the board last week, but past form suggests his Sherborne investment fund will soon be back to shake things up.
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Hui Ka Yan: the real king of debt
Profiles Hui Ka Yan, China’s richest property mogul, rode to success on the back of a boom. Now there are fears that it could all come to a messy end.
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Terry Gou: the fiery gadget chief guns for top job
Profiles Terry Gou, the head of a $41bn gadget assembly empire, has stepped back from his role to contest the presidency of Taiwan. Will that disturb the island’s fragile peace with China? Jane Lewis reports.
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Ben Silbermann: creating Silicon Valley’s “silent unicorn”
Profiles Ben Silbermann, who launched the digital pinboard Pinterest in 2010, is not your typical tech entrepreneur. Quiet and meticulous, he has built the company in his own image. Jane Lewis reports.
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Hiroshi Mikitani: the visionary who built Japan’s Amazon
Profiles Hiroshi Mikitani’s talent for trend-spotting has already made him a billionaire. Now he has his sights firmly set on a new challenge. Jane Lewis reports.
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Mark Getty: “I’m one of those people everyone hates”
Profiles Mark Getty, grandson of oil baron Jean Paul, transformed a small picture library in Camden into a global $3bn business. He remains excited by its prospects. Jane Lewis reports.
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Charles Dunstone: Fortunes change for the “lucky idiot”
Profiles Carphone Warehouse founder Sir Charles Dunstone enjoyed a hot streak of success as mobile phones took off and he became Britain’s first telecoms billionaire. Now, troubles are multiplying.
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Tim Martin: King of the Spoons
Profiles Entrepreneur Tim Martin has been touring Britain trying to sell the idea of a no-deal Brexit.
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Michael Moritz: the journalist who became a billionaire
Profiles Michael Moritz was Time’s correspondent for Silicon Valley, but a falling out with the magazine saw him instead create what he had been reporting on. That was a lucrative move. Jane Lewis reports.
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Tadashi Yanai: the lazy youth who found a gold mine
Profiles Japanese billionaire Tadashi Yanai had a relaxed start to life, but since discovering a talent for high-street fashion, he is bent on world domination. Jane Lewis reports.
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David Pecker: tabloid boss meets his nemesis
Profiles David Pecker made a good living making the lives of the rich and famous the subject of national scandals. Now, he is the subject of his own. Jane Lewis reports.
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Howard Schultz: the coffee king running for US president
Profiles Howard Schultz, the man who took the Starbucks coffee chain global, has his eyes on America's top job. But will he bottle it before the contest even begins?
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Jack Bogle: the retail investor’s greatest champion
Profiles Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard, has died aged 89. He was the wit who invented index-tracking funds and helped destroy the self-serving myths of rapacious experts did all investors a great service.
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Herb Kelleher: the Yoda who democratised the skies
Profiles Herb Kelleher, the best CEO in America according to Fortune magazine, was the inventor of the original low-cost airline. He died this month aged 87. Jane Lewis reports.
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Ocado: an 18-year overnight success story
Profiles No one, it seemed, believed that online supermarket Ocado would ever survive or thrive. True believer and co-founder Tim Steiner did – and he has been vindicated. Jane Lewis reports.
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Albert Frère: the Warren Buffett of Belgium
Profiles Albert Frère was a dealmaker with uncanny timing who transformed Europe’s steel, utilities and banking sectors in a career spanning more than 60 years.
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Wagamama founder Alan Yau uses his noodle
Profiles In 1988 Alan Yau turned his back on an academic career and opened a Chinese takeaway. The chain of canteen-style restaurants he launched later recently sold for record-breaking sums. Jane Lewis reports.
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The downfall of Mike Lynch, “Britain’s Bill Gates”
Profiles Mike Lynch is an outstandingly clever and stimulating character who sold his “tech darling”, Autonomy, for $11.7bn in 2011. Since then he’s been mired in legal wranglings over that sale.
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Denise Coates: the quiet queen of online betting
Profiles Denise Coates set up a business from a portable office in a car park in Stoke on Trent in the early 2000s. What she built from there was a money-printing machine. Jane Lewis reports.
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