John Gapper (born 31 May 1959) is a business

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who writes a weekly column for the ''

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''. Formerly, he was the newspaper's chief business commentator and opinion and analysis editor. Gapper is also co-author with Nick Denton of ''All That Glitters: The Fall of Barings'' and author of two novels, ''A Fatal Debt'' and ''The Ghost Shift''.

Education

Gapper was educated at

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and at Exeter College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later became a

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of the

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of New York, studying US education and job training at the

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Career

Gapper trained on the Mirror Group training scheme, working at the ''

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''. He then worked for the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' before joining the ''Financial Times'' in 1987. He became in turn the ''Financial Times'' labour editor, banking editor and media editor and was then appointed assistant editor in charge of the comment page. Gapper became a columnist in 2003 and was based in New York between 2005 and 2012.

Books

* ''All That Glitters: The Fall of Barings'' * ''How To Be A Rogue Trader'' * ''A Fatal Debt'' * ''The Ghost Shift''

Awards

* Business commentator, Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards 2011 and 2014. *

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for commentary 2013. * International commentary, Society of American Business Editors and Writers Awards 2014.

References

External links

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John Gapper profile at ''Financial Times''What Makes a Rogue Trader Tick? - Freakonomics blog
21st-century British novelists Living people British male novelists British business and financial journalists Financial Times people British business writers 1959 births People educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing Gerald Loeb Award winners for Columns, Commentary, and Editorials 21st-century British male writers {{UK-novelist-stub