Daniel Schulman

Daniel Schulman is the New York Times best-selling author of Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty (2014) and The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America (2023). His work has appeared in publications including the Atlantic, the Boston Globe Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, Vanity Fair, the Washington Post, and Mother Jones, where he is the magazine's deputy editor (news and politics). He lives outside of Boston with his wife and sons.

Dan enjoys talking with readers—for book clubs and 1:1s, find him on Skolay.

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