Eric J. Savitz
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Eric J. Savitz (born October 31, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is the West Coast Editor of Barron's Magazine. He writes the weekly Tech Trader column in the print edition of Barron's, and also writes the Tech Trader Daily blog which reports on technology investing, news, analysis, and events important to investors in software, hardware, the Internet, telecommunications and related fields.
Eric joined Barron's as a feature writer in New York in 1988, after four years at the Dow Jones news wires. In 1995, he moved to California as the magazine's first reporter in Silicon Valley, creating the Plugged In column. Eric left Barron's in 1998 to become executive editor of The Industry Standard. He rejoined Barron's in Palo Alto in late 2001.
Eric has a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and currently resides in California with his wife, three children, and pet guinea pig.
