Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis worked at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s, which provided material for "Liar's Poker" (1989) — his debut book exposing the culture of bond trading. He went on to write "The New New Thing" (Silicon Valley), "Moneyball" (baseball analytics), "The Big Short" (subprime mortgage crisis), "Flash Boys" (high-frequency trading), and "The Premonition" (pandemic response), among others. Each book became a cultural event and often drove regulatory and public debate. Lewis consistently identifies pivotal moments in financial and social systems and explains them through compelling characters. His ability to distill complex technical topics — credit derivatives, high-frequency trading algorithms, pandemic preparedness — into narratives accessible to general readers without sacrificing accuracy has made him the most widely read financial author of his generation and has measurably influenced how regulators and the public understand financial market innovation.