Lionel Barber — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Named Young Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards in 1981.
Served as Editor of the Financial Times from 2005 to 2020.
Author of "Gambling Man," a biography of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son.
Co-wrote "The Price of Truth" (1985) and "Not with Honour" (1986).
Graduated from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 1978 with a joint honours degree in German and modern history.

Biography

Lionel Barber is an English journalist known for his 14-year tenure as editor of the Financial Times (FT) from 2005 to 2020. During his leadership, he was credited with elevating the FT's journalistic standards, transforming it into a global brand, and guiding its transition into the digital era, which included growing its readership and managing its takeover by Nikkei.

Barber began his journalism career in 1978 as a reporter for The Scotsman.