William Kay

William Kay is a British financial and business journalist.

Family and education

William Kay grew up in central London where he attended St Marylebone School and Westminster City School. In 1965 he was awarded an Open Styring Scholarship to read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at The Queen's College, Oxford. In 1968 he received a BA (Hons) and subsequently a MA. In 2006 Kay accepted an invitation to emigrate to the United States as "an alien of extraordinary ability". He lives in Pasadena, California, where he continues to write a weekly column for The Sunday Times of London. He lives in Pasadena with Lynne Bateson, also a journalist, and has two adult sons, Andrew and Ben, in London.

Career

Kay was on the staffs of the London Evening Standard and the now-defunct London Evening News in the early years of his career, and has been freelancing, writing books and working for UK national newspapers since then.

The British edition of Who's Who records that William Kay has been the City Editor, Financial Editor, Money Editor or Personal Finance Editor of five British newspapers: The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday and Mail on Sunday. Kay has also worked on the Daily Telegraph (1977–79) and the short-lived NOW! news magazine. In 2009 Kay published his first novel, Pasadena Parade, a murder mystery set in Pasadena, California.

Awards

• 2002: Wincott Foundation, Personal Financial Journalist of the Year Award.^[1]
• 2005: Headline Money, Columnist of the Year (consumer media) Award.^[2]
• 2005: Association of British Insurers, Lifetime Achievement Award.^[3]

Books

• 2009: Pasadena Parade, a novel. Booksurge. ISBN 9781439251126.
• 1999: Lord of the Dance, the story of Sir Gerry Robinson. Orion. ISBN 0752810480.
• 1994: The Bosses: The Growth Industries of the Future and the Men Who Lead Them. London: Piatkus. ISBN 9780749913588.
• 1993: (ghost). Charity Appeals: The Complete Guide to Success, by Marion Allford Dent. JM Dent in association with the Institute of Fundraising Managers. Paperback: ISBN 9780460861915.
• 1991: (editor) The City and the Single European Market. New York: Woodhead-Faulkner. ISBN 0859416623.
• 1990: (editor) Clay and Wheble's Modern Merchant Banking: A Guide to the Workings of the Accepting Houses of the City of London and Their Services to Industry and Commerce. Abington, Cambridge: Woodhead-Faulkner. ISBN 9780859416023.
• 1989: (ghost) Nightmare: Ernest Saunders and the Guinness Affair, by James Saunders. Arrow Books. ISBN 0099744805.
• 1987: Battle for the High Street. London: Piatkus. ISBN 9780861886210.
• 1987: (editor) The Stock Exchange: a Marketplace for Tomorrow. London: Sterling. Folio: ISBN 0902570307.
• 1986: The Big Bang: An Investor's Guide to the Changing City. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 9780297789840.
• 1985: Tycoons: Where They Came From and How They Made it. Salem, New Hampshire: Salem House. ISBN 9780881621594.
• 1983: A-Z Guide to Money. London: Constable. ISBN 0094671605.

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