Matt Levine (columnist)

Matt Levine
Born	Template:Birth year and age
Education	Harvard College (A.B. in Classics), Yale Law School (J.D.)
Occupation(s)	Finance and business columnist, lawyer, investment banker
Known for	Bloomberg Opinion finance columnist, Money Stuff newsletter

Matt Levine (born 1978) serves as a finance and business columnist for Bloomberg News. His professional experience includes roles as a lawyer, investment banker, and law clerk, with contributions to multiple financial media outlets. As of January 2024, his newsletter, Money Stuff, counted around 300,000 subscribers.

Education

Levine holds an A.B. degree in Classics from Harvard College and earned his J.D. from Yale Law School. He identifies as Jewish.

Career

Following his undergraduate studies at Harvard, Levine spent time teaching high school Latin before pursuing a legal education. He then worked as a mergers and acquisitions associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, followed by four years at Goldman Sachs, where he specialized in structuring and selling corporate equity derivative products. Additionally, he served as a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Levine began his finance writing career in 2011 with Dealbreaker, focusing on transactions, controversies, and industry intricacies. Notably, his coverage of the 2012 JPMorgan Chase trading loss was featured in the Columbia Journalism Review's "The Best Business Writing 2013."

In 2013, he joined Bloomberg Opinion as a finance columnist and continues to publish the daily Money Stuff newsletter. His analyses are regularly referenced by other news organizations.

Beyond Bloomberg, Levine has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Billfold, and the Planet Money blog. He is well-known for his sharp wit and understated tone.

See also

• FT Alphaville
• List of Jewish American journalists

External links

• Matt Levine's articles at Bloomberg
• Matt Levine's articles at Dealbreaker