Wertheim Fellow, Labor and Worklife Program
Senior Writer, BusinessWeek
Pete Engardio is a senior writer for BUSINESS WEEK, focusing on global business and economic trends.
Mr. Engardio joined BUSINESS WEEK in 1985 as a correspondent in the magazine's Atlanta bureau. In 1987 he moved to Miami as bureau manager. In 1990 he became a correspondent in the Hong Kong bureau, where he covered Asian business for six years. In 1996 he moved to New York as an Asian editor. From 19998 to 2001, he was editor of the Asian Edition.
In 2005, Mr. Engardio anchored BusinessWeek’s special issue “China & India: What You Need to Know,” winner of the Institute for Political Journalism Award. His 2004 cover “The China Price” won an Overseas Press Club Award. In 2003, he anchored two groundbreaking covers on offshore outsourcing of skilled work, “Is Your Job Next” and the “Rise of India,” for which he received George Polk, Loeb, and Sigma Delta Chi awards, and was named a finalist for a National Magazine Award. The pieces sparked Congressional hearings and a national debate on outsourcing. He also won a Harry Chapin award sponsored by World Hunger Year for his 2002 cover “Fighting Poverty” and a Clarion Award and OPC citation in 2001 for his cover “Global Capitalism: Can it be Made to Work Better?” In 1996, he received an OPC Award for his International cover story, "China's New Elite." In 1997 he received an OPC citation for "Asia: Time for a Reality Check," written as he was finishing his Hong Kong tour, and he was part of the BUSINESS WEEK Asia Team that won a 1998 Overseas Press Club Award for coverage of Asia in Crisis.
Prior to joining BUSINESS WEEK, Mr. Engardio was a feature editor for Business Korea in Seoul, as well as a stringer for BUSINESS WEEK. Before that, he worked for the Bay City News Service in San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
He edited and wrote opening chapters for the book Chindia: How China and India are Revolutionizing Global Business, published in 2007 by McGraw-Hill, and is co-author with Mark L. Clifford of Meltdown: Asia's Boom, Bust, and Beyond, published in 2000 by Prentice-Hall. Mr. Engardio’s recent speaking appearances include McGill University and HEC business school (Montreal), the Conference Board (New York), National Public Radio, CNN International, CNBC, the Center for Global Development (Washington), and Duke University.
In 2004, Mr. Engardio was a Reuters Journalism Fellow at Oxford University. He holds a BA from Central Michigan University and an MA from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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