Editor of China Wealth and Luxury at the Wall Street Journal
Wei Gu
Wei Gu, CFA, is editor of China Wealth and Luxury at the Wall Street Journal. She also heads up original reporting for Journal’s Chinese language website. Wei writes a weekly column on spending and investing for wealthy Chinese called “People’s Money”, which appears every Friday in the Asia ...
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About Wei Gu
Wei Gu, CFA, is editor of China Wealth and Luxury at the Wall Street Journal. She also heads up original reporting for Journal’s Chinese language website. Wei writes a weekly column on spending and investing for wealthy Chinese called “People’s Money”, which appears every Friday in the Asia paper and online in both languages.
Wei joined the Journal in 2013 from a decade at Thomson Reuters, where she was most recently China columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. Before that, she was a reporter in the U.S., covering tech and stocks and handling important China-related stories. Wei began her journalism career in 1998 at China Business News Television, where she produced a weekly business show and won several cable awards.
Born and raised in Shanghai, she earned a master’s in business journalism with distinction from New York University, and graduated with journalism awards from the Overseas Press Club, Foreign Press Association, and New York Financial Writers Association. Wei is a committee member of the Society of Publishers in Asia Awards, known as “Asia’s Pulitzer Prize”.