Lauren Thomas has been named lead deals reporter at The Wall Street Journal.
She is also covering shareholder activism.
She consistently breaks market-moving news about the biggest deals across all industries. Some of her scoops have included Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion deal for Pioneer Natural Resources, Capital One’s $35 billion deal for Discover Financial, Mars’s $30 billion deal for foodmaker Kellanova, and Johnson & Johnson’s $13 billion acquisition of Shockwave Medical. She also frequently scoops the biggest proxy fights in corporate America, including recent battles at Starbucks, Disney and Southwest Airlines.
Before joining The Journal in October 2022, Thomas covered the retail and consumer industries at CNBC. There, she broke news on companies ranging from Target to Macy’s to Peloton, and she regularly appeared on CNBC TV programming.
A native of Spartanburg, S.C., Thomas graduated with high honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied business journalism and Spanish.
