BusinessWeek

Stephen J. Adler
Editor-in-Chief, BusinessWeek

Steve Adler is editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek, appointed in December 2004. Since joining, Mr. Adler has integrated print and online editorial teams into one cohesive newsroom, expanded global coverage through international bureaus, new local language editions, and various content partnerships, and established BusinessWeek's leadership role in the innovation space through a dedicated Web channel and IN: Inside Innovation magazine. Under his leadership, BusinessWeek has won numerous journalism awards including a 2007 National Magazine Award for Best Interactive Service, B-Schools Channel, and a nomination for General Excellence Online; 11 nominations from the American Society of Business Publication Editors including Magazine of the Year in 2007; 2006 Deadline Club Awards for the cover story "China & India"; 2006 New York Press Club Awards for the business category, political coverage, and consumer category; 2005 Overseas Press Club Awards, and more.

Mr. Adler began his journalistic career as a reporter for the Tampa Times and the Tallahassee Democrat. In 1983, he joined The American Lawyer and later became editor of the magazine and editorial director of the American Lawyer Newspapers group, a chain of local dailies and weeklies.

In 1988, Mr. Adler joined the Wall Street Journal as legal editor. He was appointed to the Journal's page-one staff as special projects editor in 1994, and was named deputy page-one editor in 1997. Between 1995 and 1999, he directed reporting teams that won three Pulitzer Prizes, for articles on the tobacco industry (1995), the new AIDS treatments (1996), and military spending (1999).

Mr. Adler became assistant managing editor of the Wall Street Journal in 1998; in this role, he supervised investigative coverage, taught journalism ethics and standards to Dow Jones news employees worldwide, and assisted the managing editor in a variety of news and administrative assignments. In 2000, Mr. Adler was named deputy managing editor, with responsibility for directing news coverage of the daily paper, extending the reach of the Wall Street Journal on the Internet and in other media, and overseeing the Wall Street Journal Books imprint.

Mr. Adler's book, The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom (Times Books, 1994), won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award in 1995. With his wife, novelist Lisa Grunwald, he co-edited Letters of the Century (Dial Press, 1999), and the forthcoming Women's Letters.

In 1985, Mr. Adler was named a National Magazine Award finalist for his American Lawyer article on the Union Carbide accident in Bhopal. In 1993, he and a Wall Street Journal colleague received an award of merit in the John Peter Zenger Media Awards Competition for their article "Common Criminals."

Mr. Adler holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

Ellen Pollock
Executive Editor, BusinessWeek

Ellen Joan Pollock is an executive editor at BusinessWeek, charged with overseeing the editorial operations of the global print edition. Ms. Pollock joined BusinessWeek in July 2007.

Prior to BusinessWeek, Ms. Pollock worked at The Wall Street Journal for close to 18 years. Most recently, she was deputy Page One editor, responsible for managing the senior group of wordsmiths who make up the Page One staff, and editing many important pieces, including much of the series on corporate scandals that won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. She also supervised a series about living with cancer that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting.

Previously, Ms. Pollock was a senior writer, reporting on such topics as corporate fraud, shareholder activism, and the Whitewater scandal, which she covered from New York, Washington, and Little Rock. Prior to her tenure at the Journal as an editor specializing in legal issues in 1989, she was a reporter at The American Lawyer magazine and then editor of The Manhattan Lawyer, a weekly.

She is the author of two books: The Pretender: How Martin Frankel Fooled the Financial World and Led the Feds on One of the Most Publicized Manhunts in History (Wall Street Journal Books/Simon & Schuster, 2002) and Turks & Brahmins (Simon & Schuster, 1991) about a revolution inside a Wall Street law firm.

John A. Byrne
Editor-in-Chief, BusinessWeek.com and Executive Editor, BusinessWeek

John A. Byrne is Editor-in-Chief of BusinessWeek.com and Executive Editor of BusinessWeek magazine.

Previously, Mr. Byrne was editor-in-chief of Fast Company magazine. He joined Fast Company in April 2003, succeeding founding editors Alan Webber and Bill Taylor. Prior to joining Fast Company, he worked for BusinessWeek for nearly 18 years as a senior writer authoring a record 57 cover stories for the magazine. His articles have explored the fairness of executive pay, the folly of management fads, and the governance of major corporations. Mr. Byrne developed the idea of a monthly best-sellers list, launched the industry-leading business school rankings, established and managed the magazine's ranking of the best and worst corporate boards, and created the list of the most generous philanthropists.

Mr. Byrne is the author of eight books on business, leadership, and management. His latest book, Jack: Straight from the Gut (Warner Books, 2001), the highly anticipated collaboration with former General Electric Co. CEO Jack Welch debuted at the top of The New York Times bestseller list. Byrne has written or co-authored seven other books, including Chainsaw (HarperCollins, 1999), the behind-the-scenes story of Al Dunlap's rise and fall as a business celebrity; Informed Consent (McGraw-Hill, 1995); The Headhunters (MacMillan, 1986); Odyssey (Harper & Row, 1987), the business biography of former Apple Computer chairman John Sculley; and The Whiz Kids (Currency/Doubleday, 1993), which explored the life and times of 10 Army Air Force officers who helped to remake the Ford Motor Co. in the post-war period. Byrne also wrote BusinessWeek's Guide to the Best Business Schools (McGraw-Hill, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, and 1997) and co-wrote BusinessWeek's Guide to the Best Executive Education Programs (McGraw-Hill, 1992).

Mr. Byrne holds a master's in journalism from the University of Missouri and a bachelor's degree in English and political science from William Paterson College.

Kimberly Weisul
Editor, BusinessWeek SmallBiz and Senior Editor, BusinessWeek

Kimberly Weisul is the editor of BusinessWeek SmallBiz magazine, the bimonthly small business publication launched in June 2004. In addition, she is the Small Business Editor for BusinessWeek. Prior to this position, Ms. Weisul was the department editor for the UpFront section of BusinessWeek.

Under Ms. Weisul's leadership, BusinessWeek SmallBiz has won four Jesse H. Neal Business Journalism Awards for: 2005 Best Startup Publication; 2006 Best Single Issue, WebSmart; 2007 Best Online Article, "The Best Entrepreneurs Under 25"; and 2007 Best Single Issue, Do You Need to Be Green? The magazine also received a Silver Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for its launch issue.

Before joining BusinessWeek, Ms. Weisul was the business editor at Interactive Week, where she focused on finance in her "Wall Street Watch" column. Before that, she was a staff writer at Investment Dealer's Digest covering new technology. She was also the founding editor of the Digest's Web Finance newsletter.

Ms. Weisul has freelanced for Forbes.com and has appeared on ABC World News This Morning, CNNfn, Dow Jones News Radio, and AP News Radio. She received an award for her finance coverage from the New York Society of CPAs and won the Computer Press Award for Best Print News Story in 2000.

She holds a degree from Brown University.

Michael Arndt
Editor, BW Chicago and Senior Correspondent, Chicago, BusinessWeek

Michael Arndt is the editor of BW Chicago, a new monthly regional publication serving metro-area executives. Mr. Arndt is also a senior correspondent in the BusinessWeek Chicago Bureau, covering airlines, basic manufacturing, health care and commercial real estate.

Prior to joining BusinessWeek, Mr. Arndt was the Sunday business editor for the Chicago Tribune for two years. Before that, Mr. Arndt was the Chicago Tribune's acting financial editor, chief economics correspondent in Washington, D.C., and a business reporter for several countries in Europe.

In 2000, Mr. Arndt was nominated for the Peter Ligasor award from the Chicago Headline Club for a story on United Airlines. His "Management Lessons from the Bust" article made him a joint winner of the same award in 2001. During the same year, Mr. Arndt made an appearance on the ABC Evening News with Peter Jennings. A successful year in 2001 was followed by his appearance on the PBS' CEO Exchange in 2002.

Mr. Arndt started his career in 1980 at the City New Bureau and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.