Emma Tucker — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal since 2023, becoming the first woman to lead the 133-year-old business publication.
Was Editor of The Sunday Times from 2020 to 2023, the first female editor of the newspaper since Rachel Beer in 1901.
Held the role of Deputy Editor at The Times from 2013 to 2020, and Editorial Director from 2012 to 2013.
Began her career as a graduate trainee at the Financial Times in 1990, working in the House of Commons press gallery and writing the money markets column.
Served as a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times in Brussels (1994-2000) and Berlin (2000-2003).
Read PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) at University College, Oxford.

Biography

Emma Tucker is the Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal, a position she has held since February 1, 2023. She is the first woman to lead the 133-year-old business publication. Prior to this, Tucker served as Editor of The Sunday Times from January 2020 to February 2023, where she was also the first female editor since Rachel Beer in 1901. During her tenure at The Sunday Times, the newspaper reported on controversies regarding COVID-19 contracts.