Lionel Barber is an author, broadcaster and former editor of The Financial Times (2005-2020). During his editorship, Lionel led the digital transformation of the FT, winning multiple prizes for its journalism, including three Newspaper of the Year awards, and reaching one million paying readers worldwide. He interviewed many world leaders including Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Narendra Modi. He is also the recipient of the Legion d'Honneur and the Stella d'Italia for services to journalism and the transatlantic community, and until recently served as a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is also a senior adviser to Allen & Co in New York and a member of the international advisory board of Chubb. Gambling Man, his biography of Masayoshi Son, CEO and founder of SoftBank, is published in October 2024 by Penguin Random House.