Anupreeta Das

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Anupreeta Das
NationalityIndian-American
Alma mater Boston University (Masters) London School of Economics (Masters)
Occupations
  • journalist
  • author
  • editor

Anupreeta Das is an Indian-American journalist and author. She works at The New York Times [1] based out of New Delhi as a South Asia correspondent. She was previously the finance editor of The Times based in New York. Before that, she worked at The Wall Street Journal [2] as a Deputy Business Editor and reporter.

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Education

Das has a master's degree in journalism from Boston University and a master's degree in International Relations from The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Career

She was a freelance writer with the Christian Science Monitor [3] and The Boston Globe before joining Reuters . [4] [5] [6]

At the Journal, she co-authored articles on family offices, which are the "private investment firms of the extremely wealthy." [7]

She joined The New York Times as a Finance Editor in 2020. [8]

In 2024, she wrote about the wedding of Anant Ambani, the younger son of Mukesh Ambani. [9]

Das is the author of the book Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Felix Salmon reviewed the book for The Washington Post . [14] Charlie English reviewed the book for The Guardian . [15] The Economist reviewed the book. [16] The book was long listed for The Financial Times and Schroders Best in Business 2024 award.

Personal life

She has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. [17]

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  2. ↑ "Anupreeta Das". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Das, Anupreeta (9 February 2006). "India: Breathe in, and hands off our yoga". csmonitor.com. Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Anupreeta Das, Reuters". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Chakrovorty, Jui; Das, Anupreeta (14 January 2010). "First-round MGM bids due Friday, 12 firms interested". reuters.com. Reuters . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Das, Anupreeta (8 October 2009). "Google CEO says worst of ad slump is over". reuters.com. Reuters . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Das, Anupreeta; Chung, Juliet (10 March 2017). "New Force on Wall Street: The 'Family Office'". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "New Finance Editor on Business". nytco.com. The New York Times Company. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Das, Anupreeta (12 July 2024). "A Wedding Puts India's Gilded Age on Lavish Display". The New York Times . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   978-1-6680-0672-6 . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. ↑ Sassoon, Mara (25 July 2024). "Journalist Anupreeta Das Takes Readers Behind the Billionaire". bu.edu. Boston University . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  12. ↑ Rosenberg, Rebecca (7 August 2024). "Bill Gates befriended Jeffrey Epstein for this favor from sex predator: report". foxnews.com. Fox News . Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  13. ↑ Cross, Charles R. (9 August 2024). "New York Times writer tackles Bill Gates in new biography". seattletimes.com. Seattle Times . Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  14. ↑ Salmon, Felix (13 August 2024). "Is Bill Gates a savior or a villain?". washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post . Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  15. ↑ English, Charlie (14 August 2024). "Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King by Anupreeta Das review – cancel Bill Gates?". theguardian.com. The Guardian . Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "What Bill Gates reveals about other billionaires". economist.com. The Economist. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  17. ↑ Das, Anupreeta (8 November 2019). "She Climbed Kilimanjaro. But the Real Achievement: Keeping Her Phone Alive". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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