Andrew Serwer (born September 16, 1959) is an American journalist and

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. He oversaw ''

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'' from 2006 to 2014 as managing editor. He is based in

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Serwer grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and is a 1981 graduate of

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. He joined ''Fortune'' in 1984 as a reporter and was later promoted to associate editor. Between 1995 and 1998, Serwer was a senior writer at ''Fortune''. In 1997, he gained attention for writing an online column, then a novelty, called "Street Life" about the personalities and stories on

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. "Achaea had Homer, the Spanish Civil War had Hemingway, California had the Beach Boys, and now our hyperactive stock market has its own poet-singer—Andy Serwer," James Collins wrote in the May 22, 2000, issue of ''

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''. The column later evolved into "Captain's Blog." He has written a number of ''Fortune'' cover stories, including profiles of Microsoft co-founder

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, Oracle co-founder

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, and Cisco CEO John Chambers. In 2000, NewsBios named Serwer Business Journalist of the Year, calling him "perhaps the nation's top multimedia talent, successfully juggling the roles of serious journalist, astute commentator and occasional court jester." Serwer was a regular contributor on CNN's "American Morning" and served as a co-host of CNN's "In The Money." He has also appeared on ABC's ''

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'', NBC's ''

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'' and ''

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'' and has written for ''

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''. Serwer was named managing editor of ''Fortune'' in November 2006, replacing Eric Pooley. In August 2014, Serwer left the company when executives appointed Alan Murray as the new top editor. In 2015, Serwer became the Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo Finance. Serwer received the 45th Elliott V. Bell Award from the New York Financial Writers' Association in 2021. Serwer is a member of the board of trustees of Bowdoin College.

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