Nick Bilton Biography

Nick Bilton is a British-American journalist and author, a Special Correspondent with Vanity Fair where he writes features and columns for the magazine and website. Nick is a former technology and business columnist at the New York Times and formerly the lead blogger for the New York Times' bits blog. He is also a contributor to CNBC regularly appearing on air to discuss technology and business topics. He co-wrote the 2015 Vanity Fair New Establishment List. Nick’s reporting is credited with helping to lead the Federal Aviation Administration to overturn their long time ban of using cell phones on airplanes. He is the author of two books: I live in the Future and Here's how it Works and Hatching Twitter. The latter was a New York Times best seller and voted Best Book of the Year on The Wall Street Journal Readers Choice. The book was optioned by Lionsgate and is currently being turned into a TV series. Published in 2017, Nick’s most recent book, American Kingpin, tells the story of the Silk Road marketplace, its founder Ross Ulbricht, and how U.S. law enforcement arrested him. The book debuted at #9 on The New York Times business bestseller list. In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the Coen brothers and Steven Zaillian were adapting the book into a movie.

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