Louise Story is a prize-winning investigative journalist who has spent more than 15 years as a reporter and editor for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, where she was the top masthead editor running coverage strategy. Her work investigating international corruption led to the largest kleptocracy case in U.S. history, a case she uncovered, known as the 1MDB case. Her work investigating Wall Street and the derivatives market led to a multi-billion dollar settlement. And her work investigating Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis led to that bank's S.E.C. settlement. Numerous projects she has carried out or edited have received industry honors including Emmy Awards, and Pulitzer Prize finalist citations, and Online News Association awards. Louise is also a filmmaker, and her film The Kleptocrats aired on the BBC and is available on Apple and Amazon. She earned a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University and an M.B.A. as well as a B.A. in American Studies at Yale University. She was a visiting journalist at The Russell Sage Foundation while completing this book. She serves on the non-profit boards of The Prison Journalism Project and Community Word Project, and she teaches M.B.A. students at The Yale School of Management.
