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John Gapper is associate editor and chief business commentator of the Financial Times. He writes a weekly column, appearing on Thursdays on the comment page, about business trends and strategy. He also contributes leaders and other articles.
He has worked for the FT since 1987, covering labour relations, banking and the media. In 1991-92, he was a Harkness fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of New York, and studied US education and training at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is co-author, with Nicholas Denton, of All That Glitters, an account of the collapse of Barings in 1995.
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Don’t put venture capital at risk
Financiers’ dotcom mistake of the 1990s could recur unless they are restrained in the face of the Silicon Valley gold rush, writes John Gapper
Facebook ought to ditch its public offering
The sole tangible purpose for the IPO proceeds is to meet a tax obligation that will be triggered by going public, writes John Gapper
A beacon of US power and ambition
Oliver Zunz has written a new history that charts the constant evolution in the ways American citizens give to good causes, writes John Gapper
The Diary: John Gapper
The journalist finds the Davos party scene intense, but favours one bash where gyrating middle-aged guests relive their long-lost disco days
Money shovers can live without tax perks
The evidence that entrepreneurship and innovation would be damaged by fund managers being required to pay income tax is limited, writes John Gapper
Halt the Silicon Valley histrionics
Blackouts and scaremongering by websites were a dramatic gesture but curbing piracy does not ‘destroy the web as we know it’, writes John Gapper
The dollar lifestyle of the Swiss central banker
Just as Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion, so must the Caesars of monetary policy and financial regulation, writes John Gapper
The smart technology loser folds
The experience of Kodak provides a lesson for all companies that are in the grip of rapid technological change, writes John Gapper
China’s princelings should not rule alone
Beijing’s leadership contest is not only more dramatic than the eccentric Republican primary, it matters more, writes John Gapper
Confessions of a British tabloid newspaper reporter
It used to amaze me how many people would invite me into their houses and spill the beans when I arrived unannounced, writes John Gapper
