Financial Times

Financial Times

A collection of interviews conducted in the unforgiving proximity of a restaurant table.

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  • Lunch with the FT: Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe

    Lunch with the FT: Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe

    The dating app entrepreneur on sexism in Silicon Valley and the ‘techiquette’ for finding love online
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    Apr 27
    Lunch with the FT: Kremlin media star Margarita Simonyan

    Lunch with the FT: Kremlin media star Margarita Simonyan

    Kremlin media star Margarita Simonyan on the world according to Russia
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    May 17
    Lunch with the FT: North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee

    Lunch with the FT: North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee

    The escapee who made it to China at the age of 17 discusses being a voice of her people
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    May 23
    Lunch with the FT: The Fat Jew

    Lunch with the FT: The Fat Jew

    Lunch with the man described as “Instagram’s first comedy superstar”
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    May 5
    Lunch with the FT: Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Lunch with the FT: Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Paris has its own problem of racial segregation, so when I arrive at the restaurant 15 minutes early and spot across the room a tall black…
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    Apr 25
    Lunch with the FT: novelist Teju Cole

    Lunch with the FT: novelist Teju Cole

    At a Harlem hotspot, the writer and critic talks about racial tensions, American exceptionalism and social media.
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    Mar 31
    Lunch with the FT: Steve Wozniak

    Lunch with the FT: Steve Wozniak

    Steve Jobs may be better known, but Steve Wozniak’s place in Silicon Valley folklore is just as strong.
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    Mar 22
    Lunch with the FT: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

    Lunch with the FT: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

    Ma Ellen is not happy. Then again she is not exactly angry, either. She looks at me sternly from behind her spectacles with a glint of…
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    Mar 8
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