The Insane Productivity of Andrew Ross Sorkin

The Insane Productivity of Andrew Ross Sorkin

From ACQ2 by Acquired by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

December 7, 2025 · 1h 16m

About this episode

Andrew Ross Sorkin discusses his incredible productivity and how he manages multiple high-profile roles.

Andrew Ross Sorkin does the work of about five people. He founded and writes the DealBook newsletter for the New York Times. He hosts Squawk Box on CNBC every morning at 6am. He runs the DealBook Summit, which has become the premier annual interview event across business, policy, and technology. He co-created the TV show Billions. He wrote the definitive account of the 2008 financial crisis, "Too Big to Fail", and now he's written "1929," a 600-page epic about the greatest crash in Wall Street history. So how does he actually do all of this? Today we sit down with Andrew to answer exactly that question. We dive into his philosophy on interviewing, his start as a teenage freelancer at the New York Times, how he built DealBook from a daily column into a media empire, and his actual daily routine that somehow fits all of this into 24 hours! Links: Andrew’s new book 1929 DealBook The DealBook Summit Squawk Box Sponsors: Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra

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Hosts: Ben Gilbert, David Rosenthal

Guest: Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Organizations: New York Times, CNBC, DealBook, Billions, DealBook Summit

Books & works: Too Big to Fail, 1929

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