Brad Stone (journalist)

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Brad Stone
Stone at the 2013 Texas Book Festival
Bornc. 1971 (age 52–53)
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
EmployerBloomberg Businessweek
Known forJournalism and authorship

Brad Stone (born c. 1971) is an American journalist and author.

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (2013), Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire (2021), The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World, and Gearheads: the Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports.[2][3]

Early life and education

Stone was raised in suburban

Cleveland, Ohio, and lives in Northern California. He is an alumnus of Columbia University.[4]

Career

Stone is senior executive editor of the global technology group at

Bloomberg Technology, a daily show focused on breaking technology news.[9] In January 2024, Stone was appointed editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and will oversee its transition from a weekly to a monthly publication.[10]

Works

In 2003,

combat robot
culture.

On August 5, 2007, Stone published a story in The New York Times exposing

Fake Steve Jobs," the author of The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs.[11][12]

On June 28, 2012, Stone wrote in

Business Week about his interactions with Frenchman Alexandre Despallieres, an alleged conman with suspected ties to the death of music executive Peter Ikin.[13]

In October 2013,

Little, Brown & Co. published Stone's book The Everything Store about the rise of Amazon.com.[2] Stone's reporting for the book led to the discovery of Jeff Bezos's biological father, an Arizona-based bike shop owner, who was previously unaware that his son was the founder and CEO of Amazon.com.[14]

In January 2017, Little, Brown & Co. published

The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World.[3]

In May 2021, Simon & Schuster published Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire, about Amazon's rise to become a trillion-dollar company and Bezos's emergence as the wealthiest person in the world.

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Business Books - Best Sellers - November 3, 2013 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  2. ^
    OCLC 856249407
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  3. ^
    ISBN 9780316396813
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  4. ^ "Brad Stone '93 Examines Amazon and the Man Behind It". Columbia College Today. Summer 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Brad Stone". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  6. ^ Bishop, Todd (2013-10-26). "Amazon: Burning the book business or making it better?". GeekWire. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  7. ^ Stone, Brad. "Brad Stone - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  8. ^ Web of Risks
  9. ^ "Does Bill Gates Miss Being an Operator? - Bing Videos". Bing.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  10. ^ Robertson, Katie (January 24, 2024). "Brad Stone Named Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Stone, Brad (2007-08-06). "'Fake Steve' Blogger Comes Clean". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  13. ^ With Carol Matlack (2012-06-28). "The Talented M. Despallières". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  14. ^ "Bike shop owner discovers he's father of Amazon founder". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  15. ^ Andrew Hill (September 18, 2013). "Finalists that are worthy of a bruising debate". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  16. ^ Andrew Hill (November 18, 2013). "Account of Jeff Bezos and Amazon wins Business Book of the Year". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2013.

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