Anita Ramaswamy
Anita Ramaswamy is a financial journalist and financial analysis columnist at The Information. She previously worked at Reuters Breakingviews, TechCrunch, and Business Insider, after beginning her career in investment banking.
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Key facts
Early Life and Undergraduate Education
Ramaswamy was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. She earned a BA in political science with a minor in economics at Tufts University and was managing editor of The Tufts Daily.[1]
2019–2020Investment Banking
She worked as an investment banking analyst at Wells Fargo in 2019–2020, followed by a short period in Evercore’s Private Funds Group.[2]
In an NPR interview, she recalled that a college banking internship drew her into finance, but long working hours and isolation during pandemic remote work changed her outlook. She resigned in December 2020 after prolonged overwork.[3]
2021–2022Entering Journalism
She covered financial institutions at Business Insider before moving to TechCrunch to report on cryptocurrency and fintech. She also co-hosted the Chain Reaction podcast and co-wrote its accompanying newsletter.[4]
Her public résumé dates her Business Insider role to April–September 2021 and her TechCrunch role to November 2021–November 2022.[2]
2022Chain Reaction and Graduate Study
In a 2022 OnePitch interview, she described launching Chain Reaction with Lucas Matney, combining crypto news discussion with guest interviews. She was also studying business journalism at NYU.[5]
2022Analysis of Web3
In November 2022, she and Ron Miller co-wrote “Is web3 really the new phase of the internet?” Against the backdrop of FTX’s collapse, they compared earlier internet phases, questioned Web3’s innovation narrative, and examined centralization and interconnected risks.[6]
2023–2024Reuters Breakingviews
From January 2023 to March 2024, she was a Reuters Breakingviews columnist covering technology and venture capital.[2]
Her Reuters archive includes commentary on Reddit’s business model and technology companies’ AI partnerships, alongside Viewsroom and Exchange podcast listings.[7]
Since 2024The Information
In 2024, she joined The Information’s True Value financial analysis franchise. MediaPost’s hiring report gave her start date as April 29 and her base as San Francisco.[8]
On her website, she describes analyzing financial metrics, valuations, and deals involving public and private technology companies, drawing on earlier capital-allocation experience. She also states that she does not buy or trade shares in companies she covers.[9]
2025Documentary Appearance
Public posts by Ramaswamy and director Sharon Bordas confirm her appearance in the NFT documentary How the World Went Ape$h!t.[10][11]
Distributor Stuff.io lists the film with a July 31, 2025 release date and an 86-minute, 45-second runtime, describing its subject as the rise and fall of the NFT boom.[12]
2026Broadcast Commentary
On September 14, 2026, she said on X that she had appeared on BBCBBCThe BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the United Kingdom’s public broadcaster. Its predecessor was the British Broadcasting Company, formed in 1922, and since 1927 it has been established under a Royal Charter. It provides television, radio, and online services in the UK, is funded mainly by the television licence fee, and broadcasts worldwide in multiple languages through BBC World Service.Open the full entry World Service’s Newsday that morning to discuss the global economy’s dependence on AI stocks and debate over model safety.[13]
Reporting and Analysis
She advocated engaging, fact-checked reporting and research-based analysis informed by industry interviews, while acknowledging uncertainty in forecasts.[5]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Personal website: Official website: https://anitaramaswamy.com/ (opens in a new window)[9]
The Information author page: Official website: https://www.theinformation.com/u/anitaramaswamy3tq4vb (opens in a new window)[14]
ReutersReutersReuters is an international news agency founded in London in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter and is now the news business of Thomson Reuters. It provides text, photo, video, and graphics coverage to media and institutional clients and distributes it through channels such as Reuters Connect.Open the full entry author archive: Official website: https://www.reuters.com/authors/anita-ramaswamy/ (opens in a new window)[7]
TechCrunch author archive: Official website: https://techcrunch.com/author/anita-ramaswamy/ (opens in a new window)[4]
Sources
- Student Profiles (opens in a new window)
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- 'Absolute Meltdown': Wall Street's Work Till You Drop Culture Under Attack (opens in a new window)
- Anita Ramaswamy (opens in a new window)
- Coffee with a Journalist: Anita Ramaswamy, TechCrunch (opens in a new window)
- Is web3 really the new phase of the internet? (opens in a new window)
- Anita Ramaswamy (opens in a new window)
- Anita Ramaswamy To Join 'The Information' As A Financial Analysis Writer (opens in a new window)
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- Documentary appearance announcement (opens in a new window)
- Anita Ramaswamy in the documentary (opens in a new window)
- How The World Went ApeSh*t (opens in a new window)
- Newsday appearance (opens in a new window)
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