Andrew Ross Sorkin is an American journalist and author born in New York City in 1977. He serves as a financial columnist for The New York Times and is a co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box, where he covers business and financial news. Sorkin is also the founder and editor of DealBook, a financial news service published by The New York Times. Sorkin is best known for his bestselling book Too Big to Fail, which examines the 2008 financial crisis. He co-produced a movie adaptation of the book for HBO Films, bringing his financial journalism to the screen. Beyond his journalism work, Sorkin is a co-creator of the Showtime series Billions, which dramatizes the world of high finance and hedge funds.