David Chen

Senior Markets Editor

David Chen began his career as a quantitative analyst before transitioning to financial journalism in the early 1990s. He covered the dot-com bubble, the 2008 financial crisis, and the subsequent decades of market volatility for several major financial news outlets. Known for his skepticism of market hype and his reliance on empirical evidence, David's columns have won multiple awards for their clarity and prescience. Before joining The Executive American, he was a lead analyst at a prominent financial data firm, where he developed several proprietary economic models.