
Brian Chappatta, CFA – Managing Editor:Wealth Group at Bloomberg News
Brian Chappatta is managing editor of Bloomberg News’ wealth group. He was previously team leader of billionaires coverage in the Americas. Before that he was a Bloomberg Opinion markets and finance columnist and a bonds reporter for Bloomberg News.
“I am the managing editor of global wealth coverage at Bloomberg News, overseeing teams of reporters and editors who write about billionaires, personal finance and real estate.
I have been at Bloomberg since 2011. Before becoming a managing editor, I was the team leader for Wealth Americas and was the interim team leader for US Investing. I also spent three years writing columns on the debt markets for Bloomberg Opinion, and as a reporter I wrote about US Treasuries, interest rates and the global bond markets for two years and the municipal-bond market for five years. I interned on Bloomberg’s commodities team.
I am a CFA Charterholder, passing all three CFA Exams on my first attempt from 2012-2015. I graduated from Northwestern University in March 2011, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Journalism (Summa cum Laude), with a double major in Economics and a certificate in Integrated Marketing Communications.”