The Information features editor Nick Wingfield sent out the following on Wednesday:
Team,
We’re thrilled to announce that Leo Schwartz will be joining The Information to cover the intersection of politics and tech.
Leo is joining us from Fortune magazine, where he has been a senior writer for the last several years covering fintech, crypto, venture capital and financial regulation. At Fortune, he has frequently written about important political figures involved in overseeing tech (from former SEC chair Gary Gensler to Trump advisor Bo Hines). He has chronicled the growing concerns over the Trump business empire’s conflicts of interest, broken regulatory news about Elon Musk and tracked the DOGE takeover of the CFPB. Today, Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut Senator, cited Leo’s investigative reporting on Binance in a letter to the crypto company’s CEO.
Before Fortune, Leo was a reporter in Mexico City for Rest of World and an intern at Roads & Kingdoms, a travel, politics and food site that was backed by Anthony Bourdain. Leo lives in Brooklyn and has a five month old baby. He will start at The Information in early May in our New York bureau.
Please join us in welcoming Leo!
Nick & Jessica
