American journalist, media consultant, and investor.

He is the co-founder and managing partner of US-based North Base Media since January 2014, Chairman of Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp, a senior advisor at Ridgely Walsh, and a board member of The AI Education Project, Piano Media, and Majarra.

He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, a member of the Economic Club of Washington, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum.

He was a consultant at Graham Holdings from 2013 to 2015, and Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Post from 2008 to 2014.

He worked at The Wall Street Journal for 24 years, serving as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper in Asia, Europe, and the United States, before becoming a senior editor in New York and then managing editor from 2007 to 2008.

He holds a BA in Political Science from Columbia University in 1983.