The Man Behind Bloomberg
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Time: TBD
Milford Theater – ticketed event
Bloomberg by Bloomberg by Matt Winkler
Moderator: Phil Roosevelt
Matt Winkler was a soft-spoken bond columnist at Forbes and The Bond Buyer, when a little-known entrepreneur named Mike Bloomberg hired him on Feb 5, 1990, to start a news organization. Winkler—the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News—not only built a world-class news organization for his boss but he forever changed financial journalism along the way. Come listen to Bloomberg’s Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, as he recounts his illustrious career, the start-up days at Bloomberg, and his thoughtful riffs on the state of journalism today and the new business models needed to finance highest-quality reporting in the Digital Age.
Photographer: Lori Hoffman/Bloomberg
Matt Winkler
Matthew Winkler is editor-in-chief emeritus of Bloomberg News, the global news organization of 2,700 he founded with Michael Bloomberg in 1990 when he became its first employee and leader for 25 years. Winkler created the Bloomberg Journalism Diversity Program in 2015, an international partnership with universities conceived to inspire careers in all aspects of economic reporting among students of color. Winkler also is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and convenes news makers in business, financial markets and governments worldwide for Bloomberg L.P.
During Winkler’s quarter-century as editor-in-chief, Bloomberg became the only news organization to receive every top award in every form of print, broadcast and digital media, including: the Pulitzer Prize, the “Emmy” of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the National Magazine Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors.
Moderator: Phil Roosevelt
Phil Roosevelt is the editorial director of Barron’s, the Dow Jones financial publication. He joined Barron’s in 2003 and now manages its weekly magazine, for both digital media and print. He edits large features and assists with daily news coverage. Previously, he served as the editor of American Banker newspaper and a founding editor of Time Digital magazine, a Time Inc. venture. Phil grew up in Oyster Bay, N.Y., and lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jenny.