Peter J. Brennan

The 30-second bio:

Journalist 43+ years. Writer of 30,000+ articles, which have appeared worldwide from Singapore to Germany to Peru. Has appeared on Bloomberg News TV, CNN, BBC, CBC

Current:

-Editor in Chief, Orange County Business Journal

-Author: Looking for El Dorado; How to Write at Work; The Poor Man's Guide to Wealth, 7 steps to become rich(er)

-Lecturer, Chapman University: How to turn numbers into the narrative

Past:

-Bloomberg News, 15 years, writer of stories and headlines that moved market caps of companies by hundreds of millions of dollars

-Journalist in Latin America, 10 years. Covered wars, political scandals, business, earthquakes, sometimes in the same week

-Correspondent 30+ publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post