In The New New Thing (1999), he investigated the then-booming Silicon Valley and the obsession with innovation.
Lewis described his experiences at Salomon and the evolution of the mortgage-backed bond in Liar's Poker (1989). He has said that the journalism from this era found in The Economist and The Wall Street Journal inspired him to explore becoming a writer. He was hired by Salomon Brothers, stayed for a while in New York for its training program, and then relocated to London, where he worked at its London office as a bond salesman for a few years. Lewis subsequently enrolled at the London School of Economics and received an MA in economics in 1985. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Lewis said that his initial ambition was to become an art historian, but he was quickly dissuaded once he realized that there would be no jobs available for art historians and that even the handful that existed did not pay well. He briefly worked with New York City art dealer Daniel Wildenstein. in art and archaeology in 1982 after completing a 166-page senior thesis titled " Donatello and the Antique." At Princeton, Lewis was a member of the Ivy Club. He later attended Princeton University and graduated cum laude with a B.A. Thomas Lewis and community activist Diana Monroe Lewis.
Lewis was born in New Orleans, the son of corporate attorney J. Lewis's books have won two Los Angeles Times Book Prizes and been notable selection features on the New York Times Bestsellers Lists. The film adaptation of Moneyball was released in 2011, followed by The Big Short in 2015. In 2010, he released The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. His 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game was his first to be adapted into a film, The Blind Side (2009). Fourteen years later, Lewis wrote Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (2003), in which he investigated the success of Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics. The experience prompted him to write his first book, Liar's Poker (1989). After attending the London School of Economics, he began a career on Wall Street during the 1980s as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers. Lewis was born in New Orleans and attended Princeton University, from which he graduated with a degree in art history. He is known for his nonfiction work, particularly his coverage of financial crises and behavioral finance. He has also been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960) is an American author and financial journalist.
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