Laura Kreutzer: The changing face of Private Equity with the Wall Street Journal’s Bureau Chief
Release Date: 05/01/2024
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Romaine Bostick: How Hip-Hop DJs, classical music, and a love for data shaped the long-tenured Bloomberg anchor.
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info_outlineLaura Kreutzer is one of the longest tenured reporters in Private Equity. A scholarship student who earned her way into some of the most prestigious educational institutions, Laura has brought keen insight, deep understanding, and a warm personality to her coverage of the ever-changing asset class. On this episode of Press Profiles – live from Laura's home city of Boston – we talk about her vast reporting experiences, and she takes us behind the scenes of the Wall Street Journal’s Pro Private Equity offering. We also discuss what it was like to study in China during the Tiananmen Square protests, what it takes to be a good manager, her unique hobbies including metalsmithing (and her love of blow torches) and, of course, a whole lot more.