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Kurt Alexander Eichenwald (born June 28, 1961) is a contributing editor with ''Vanity Fair'' and a ''New York Times'' author of four books, one of which, ''The Informant'', was made into ''The Informant!'', a motion picture. He was formerly a writer and investigative reporter with ''The New York Times'' and later with Condé Nast's business magazine, ''Portfolio''. Eichenwald had been employed by the ''Times'' since 1986 and primarily covered Wall Street and corporate topics such as insider trading, accounting scandals, and takeovers, but also wrote about a range of issues including terrorism, the Bill Clinton pardons controversy, Federal health care policy, and the defense of Big Brother and the surveillance state, and sexual predators on the Internet. ==Early career== After college, in 1983, Eichenwald worked as an intern with ''The Washington Monthly'', and later that same year joined the speechwriting staff of a presidential candidate.〔''Washington Monthly'', June 1, 1983, p. 45 5, “Soda, the Life of the Party,’’ ''New York Times'', July 16, 1985, p. A23.〕 He left that position in 1984, and over the next year, worked as was a writer-researcher for CBS News in the Election and Survey Unit. He joined ''The Times'' in 1985 as a news clerk for Hedrick Smith, who was chief Washington correspondent. When Mr. Smith began writing his book ''The Power Game'', Eichenwald became his research assistant, leaving in 1986 to become associate editor at ''The National Journal'' in Washington. During those years, he was a frequent contributor to the ''Times'' op-ed page, writing exclusively about political issues. Eichenwald returned to ''The Times'' later in 1986 as a news clerk for the national desk in New York, participating in the paper’s writing program for aspiring reporters. By 1988, Eichenwald had been named the ''Times''’ Wall Street reporter. Eichenwald’s arrival on Wall Street coincided with the explosion of white collar criminal investigations, and his coverage of finance soon began to resemble the crime beat. He wrote about the stock trading scandals involving speculator Ivan Boesky and junk bond king Michael Milken, as well as the Treasury markets scandal at Salomon Brothers. He also covered the excesses of the takeover era, including the biggest deal of the time, the acquisition of RJR Nabisco by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company. In 1992, Eichenwald’s role at ''The Times'' split. He began writing the paper’s Market Place column, focusing primarily on disclosure failures by public companies. He also began a multi-year investigation into a series of frauds at Prudential Securities and its parent, Prudential Insurance. His reporting led to the dismissals and resignation of several Prudential executives and brokers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kurt Eichenwald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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