Andrew Ross Sorkin is an influential figure in the financial journalism space. He started out as a contributor for The New York Times and later rose to prominence as the author of Too Big to Fail. The book’s success led him to be a co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box. As of 2024, Andrew Ross Sorkin has a net worth of $10 million.
Early Life
Andrew was born in New York City on February 19, 1977. His mother, Joan, is a playwright, while his father, Laurence, is a partner at the law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Both of them exposed their son to journalism at a young age.
As a senior at Scarsdale High School, Sorkin interned at The New York Times. The aspiring journalist continued to work for the iconic media outlet after graduating in 1995.
In 1996, he also spent time working for Business Week, a weekly business magazine. The New Yorker studied communications at Cornell University and got his bachelor’s degree in 1999.
Career Beginnings
While working for The New York Times as an intern, he published 71 articles and was hired full-time after college. In 2000, young Sorkin was named the newspaper’s chief mergers and acquisitions correspondent.
In 2001, he began publishing DealBook, an early financial news service that covered venture capital and hedge funds. Andrew closely covered Wall Street as the 2008 financial crisis hit and this served as inspiration for “Too Big to Fail.” The book became a bestseller when it was published in 2009.
Media Career
Prior to joining television, he worked with HBO Films to co-produce a movie adaptation of his book which was released in 2011. Later that year, Andrew became a co-anchor for Squawk Box on CNBC.
He also became an occasional guest on programs on other networks. As a TV personality, people took notice of his eyes which have different colors. It’s because his left eye has coloboma and makes it darker than it should be.
Apart from appearing on financial news shows, he also co-created a Showtime drama series called Billions. After premiering in 2016, it continued to air for six seasons.
Net Worth and Earnings
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s main income source is from working as a journalist, co-anchor, and author. He also does speaking gigs, and charges anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000 depending on the size of the event.
Given that he has access to some of the smartest minds in finance, it’s safe to assume that he shrewdly invests his money. However, he has been critical of crypto in the past. More recently, he has expressed fascination with Bitcoin, but hasn’t revealed if he has invested money. But even with just his current assets, his net worth is $10 million.
Personal Life
In 2007, Andrew married Pilar Jenny Queen and they are currently raising three children together. Their family reportedly lives in a cooperative home on the West Side of Manhattan. Pilar Queen works as a literary agent at Inkwell Management.
