Gerard Baker

Gerard Baker
Occupation	Writer and columnist
Nationality	British
Education	Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Gerard Baker is a British writer and columnist. Baker has been Dow Jones Managing Editor, and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Editor-in-Chief since 1 March 2013.

Baker holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (first class honors) from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, United Kingdom. Baker is a British citizen. Baker was left-of-center during his university years, and was elected as a Labour vice-president of the student union. Baker subsequently moved toward the right. Media critic David Carr of the New York Times described Baker as "a neoconservative columnist of acute political views."

Baker's first job following graduation was at the Bank of England, United Kingdom. After working there for a year, Baker moved to Lloyds Bank as a Latin America Analyst.

From 1988 to 1994, Baker worked for the BBC as a Producer in the UK and in the U.S., and worked as Economics Correspondent for television and radio. From 1994 to 2004, Baker worked for the Financial Times. From 1994 to 1998, he worked as their Correspondent in Tokyo, Japan; from 1998 to 2002, he worked as their Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief; and from 2002 to 2004, he worked as their Chief U.S. Commentator and Associate Editor. From 2004 to 2009, Baker worked for the Times of London as their U.S. Editor and as an Assistant Editor.

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