Jen Wieczner

Background

About Jen Wieczner

I'm an award-winning journalist and features writer at New York Magazine. I write about Wall Street, business, and cryptocurrency. My recent work includes an investigative cover story on a New York crypto kidnapping; profiles of CEOs from Goldman Sachs to Polymarket; and the first published interview with Sam Bankman-Fried following the collapse of FTX. My last name is pronounced vee-ETCH-ner. I was previously a senior writer at Fortune Magazine, where I co-founded The Ledger (since renamed Fortune Crypto), an initiative dedicated to the intersection of money and tech. My stories include a profile of hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen—including his first interview since a record-breaking insider trading scandal; a cover story on the cannabis boom; an investigation into an alarming pattern of hacks at leading Bitcoin exchange Coinbase; and an award-winning feature about Paul Singer's hedge fund Elliott Management, and the controversial tactics that have helped make it today's most successful activist investor. I have also profiled business executives including Meg Whitman, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch, and Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush. In 2020, I received first place in magazine feature writing in the National Headliner Awards, as well as a SABEW Best in Business Award for markets coverage (the second time I have received that honor). I was also the recipient of the NYU Cyber Journalism Award in 2018, and a winner of the 2017 American Society of Magazine Editors “Next” Award honoring journalists under 30. I have also written for The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, SmartMoney, The Atlantic, Fast Company, WSJ.Money, New York, Edible Manhattan, Boston, Glamour, Harvard Summer Review and Marie Claire. Originally from Boston, I graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in journalism. You can reach me with tips and story ideas at jen.wieczner@nymag.com.