Was Nick Kristof's Wife a Goldman Sachs Layoff Victim?

Hamilton Nolan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:11:30 EST

Tragedy of the elite: we hear that Sheryl WuDunn, the wife of Times columnist Nick Kristof, has been laid off from her job as a private wealth advisor at Goldman Sachs—a casualty of Goldman's plan to cut 10% of staff. She was a longtime journalist, and wrote for the Times, Reuters, and the WSJ before going into banking. She married Kristof in 1988 and won a Pulitzer in 1990 for her reporting in Beijing. Rather ironic that the journalist in the family is now the breadwinner over the banker, no? The lesson here: just when you thought you were getting out of the crappy journalism industry... it PULLS YOU BACK IN! And lays you off at your new job. Care to watch Nick and Sheryl appear together on Charlie Rose back in happier days? Then click through to do so!

[Pic via Cornell Chronicle]

Nick Kristof's Wife Leaves The 'Times'

Doree Shafrir — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:05:27 EDT

A tipster who just tried to email Sheryl WuDunn—better known to you as Mrs. Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, but also a Pulitzer-winning journalist in her own right (okay, she won with her husband! But still)—has left the Times to write a book... with her husband, as per her auto-reply.

Thank you for your email. I actually will not see this. After many wonderful years at The Times, I have left to write a book with my husband on women in the developing world, and then I will take a job at a firm on Wall Street. If you want to reach an editor in the Business News section, please email Dan Niemi at xxxx@nytimes.com.
If you would like to reach me, you may send an email to wudunn2003@xxxxxxxx

Have a great day!
Sheryl WuDunn

No, you have a great day!

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Was Nick Kristof's Wife a Goldman Sachs Layoff Victim?

Nick Kristof's Wife Leaves The 'Times'