Roger Lowenstein

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Roger Lowenstein, an American financial journalist, reported for the Wall Street Journal for more than a decade, including two years writing its Heard on the Street column, 1989 to 1991.

[edit] Family Life

Lowenstein's first son Matthew was born on October 1, 1984. He had two more children Zachary (born September 19, 1987), and Allison (born October 31, 1990) with Andrea Krest before they were divorced in 1999. In January 2005 he remarried. He and his second wife, Judy, live in Boston, Massachusetts with her three children from a previous marriage. Lowenstein splits his time between his home in Boston and another home in Westfield, NJ where he lives with his daughter Allison.

[edit] Career

Lowenstein has published three books, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (1995), When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management (2000), and Origins of the Crash (2004). He also co-authored Crashes, Booms, Panics and Government Regulation (Secrets of the Great Investors) with Robert Sobel and Louis Rukeyser (1997).

In addition, he has written for many publications, including Smart Money and The New York Times. Lowenstein is a regular book reviewer for the The New York Times and has written a number of major articles and cover stories for the The New York Times Magazine including:

• The Immigration Equation [1] July 9, 2006
• Tax Break: Who Needs the Mortgage-Interest Deduction? [2] March 5, 2006
• The End of Pensions? [3] October 30, 2005
• The Quality Cure? [4] March 13, 2005
• A Question Of Numbers [5] January 16, 2005
• Jobs [6] September 5, 2004
• The Company They Kept [7] February 1, 2004
• Into Thin Air [8] February 17, 2002

He is also a director of Sequoia Fund.