Roger Lowenstein is an American financial journalist and writer
Background
Born in 1954, he is the son of Helen and Louis Lowenstein of Larchmont, New York Lowenstein is married to Judith Slovin. His father, the late Louis Lowenstein, was an attorney and Columbia University law professor who wrote books and articles critical of the American financial industry.
Education
He graduated from Cornell University and reported for the Wall Street Journal for more than a decade, including two years writing its Heard on the Street column, 1989 to 1991.
Career
He is also a director of Sequoia Fund. Roger Lowenstein"s latest book, America"s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve (The Penguin Press) was released on October 20, 2015. Lowenstein has published five books, three of them New York Times bestsellers.
His sixth, America"s Bank, will be issued this fall.
In addition, he has written for many publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Smart Money, The New York Times, Fortune, the Atlantic Monthly, and others He also written a number of major articles and cover stories for The New York Times Magazine.