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Walter Isaacson
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American author, journalist and professor (born 1952)
Film & TV
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American journalist who has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Jennifer Doudna and Elon Musk. As of 2024, Isaacson is a professor at Tulane University and, since 2018, an interviewer for the PBS and CNN news show Amanpour & Company. He has been the president and CEO of the Aspen…
Known for
- Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution — Self2025
- Good Night, and Good Luck: Truth and Power — Self2025
- Deeper Look from New York — Self2020
- NOVA: Decoding da Vinci — Self2019
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest2015
- The Colbert Report — Self2005
- The Daily Show — Self1996
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Key facts
- Born
- Walter Seff Isaacson , ( 1952-05-20 ) May 20, 1952 (age 74) , New Orleans , Louisiana, U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA ), Pembroke College, Oxford ( BA )
- Spouse
- Cathy Wright ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 )
- Awards
- Benjamin Franklin Medal (2013), Nichols-Chancellor's Medal (2015), National Humanities Medal (2023)
- President
- Barack Obama
- Preceded by
- James K. Glassman
- Succeeded by
- Jeff Shell
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Walter Isaacson VF 2012 Shankbone 2.JPG
- Residence
- Louisiana
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- Commons category
- Walter Isaacson
- social media followers
- 136343
- date of birth
- 1952-05-20
- nominated for
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- name in native language
- Walter Isaacson
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Encyclopedic overview
Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American journalist who has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Jennifer Doudna, and Elon Musk. As of 2024, Isaacson is a professor at Tulane University and, since 2018, an interviewer for the PBS and CNN news show Amanpour & Company.
He has been the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, and the editor of Time.
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