Business Insider taps Swearingen as executive editor of enterprise

Jamie Heller, editor in chief of Business Insider, sent out the following:

I’m excited to share that Jake Swearingen has been promoted to Executive Editor, Enterprise.

Jake led the award-winning Warehouse Nation series. He edited our coverage in December of how celebrity musicians secured and spent Covid relief funds. He has edited many revealing Musk stories, including on self-driving technology and Grok. And he has led some of our most-compelling DOGE coverage including our scoop on the list of people involved.

In this new role as Executive Editor, Enterprise, Jake will lead our newly constituted enterprise team on a wide range of journalism that digs deep, whether it’s a data or document-heavy investigation, a revelatory take amid a swirling news story, a riveting feature, or a quick scoop.

Our focus with enterprise is the same throughout our newsroom — business, tech, and innovation. Every enterprise story we do is an opportunity for us to get smarter on a subject and better at our craft. Under Jake we will focus our energies on topics critical for our audience.

Part of Jake’s, and this group’s, role is to team with or coach journalists across the newsroom to elevate work throughout our organization. That’s already happening with our DOGE coverage, for example.

Business Insider has long had a hard-earned reputation for doing important revelatory work. I am confident that Jake is the right leader to continue this tradition in its next phase.

In addition to his five years at Business Insider, Jake has worked at New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Wired, Modern Farmer, and Consumer Reports. Jake lives in New Jersey with his wife and two kids and is a committed University of Arkansas Razorbacks fan.