Chafkin returning to writing for Bloomberg Businessweek

Max Chafkin

Max Chafkin, who has been features editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, is returning to writing.

Chafkin will be writing a column and newsletter for the magazine as well as writing features.

He has been features editor since January 2016. He previously worked for Fast Company, Vanity Fair and Inc. magazines.

Chafkin is also the author of “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power,” which was published in 2021.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.