Bloomberg News has named Brian Chappatta as the team leader for its billionaires coverage.
He has spent the last four years in Bloomberg Opinion as a columnist writing about the debt markets. He was also interim team leader for Bloomberg’s U.S. investing team focusing on hedge funds, private equity, endowments, and asset managers.
He has also been a municipal bonds reporter and U.S. government bonds/FX reporter.
He has also freelanced for Crain’s New York Business and interned for Bloomberg, Medill Watchdog Initiative, Spark Communications, Chicago Cubs and Team Marketing Report.
He has also interned at and was a featured columnist at Bleacher Report.
Chappatta holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and economics from Northwestern University, where he worked at the student newspaper.
