Lawrence Lever Explained

Lawrence Lever
Birth Date:July 1957[1]
Citizenship:British
Education:Manchester Grammar School
Alma Mater:Brasenose College, Oxford University
Occupation:Chairman
Organization:Citywire
Notable Works:The Barlow Clowes Affair

Lawrence Lever is a journalist and entrepreneur, best known for his work investigating The Barlow Clowes Affair.[2]

Education

Lawrence Lever was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and went on to study law at Brasenose College in Oxford University. After earning his degree, he decided not to pursue law, but instead chose a career in journalism.

Career

Lever joined The Times in 1985 although he originally began his career as a trained and qualified solicitor.[3] In the 1990s he changed his career towards journalism.[4]

Lever was notable for his work in the publication of an investigative journalism piece about Barlow Clowes. He gained his knowledge and research whilst working as the assistant editor of The Times, later gaining a position as an editor [5] of the Mail On Sunday. He helped to shed light to the crimes committed by Clowes in the City of London, as well as providing an insight into the childhood life of Clowes and his rise.[6] [7] His discoveries and research were collected into a single book, The Barlow Clowes Affair.[8]

Lever went on to leave the newspaper publishing business to start up Citywire with Richard Lander and David Turner in 1999,[9] [10] dedicated to providing consumer and professional financial information.[11] With experience in financial editing, Lever oversaw the creation of Citywire's first industry magazine.[12] Lever has three children.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Citywire Limited. bizdb.
  2. Web site: Peter. Popham. The looking-glass world of Mr and Mrs Clowes. Independent. March 1996 . 22 June 2015.
  3. News: COME SURFING WITH ... Lawrence Lever: After using video-on-demand for 18 months, Lawrence Lever, editor-in-chief of digital publisher citywire.co.uk, can't imagine going back to 'real' TV. 31 Jan 2001. Campaign. 2017-07-22.
  4. Web site: Career Advice - Job Searching and Job Interviews. 9 June 2010. 26 August 2015. YouTube. Innovate CV.
  5. Web site: Interview. Gorkana. 4 March 2015.
  6. Burk. Kathleen. Kathleen Burk. Cityscrape. London Review of Books. 9 July 1992 . 14 . 13 . 4 March 2015.
  7. Book: Lever. Lawrence. The Barlow Clowes affair. 1992. Macmillan. London [u.a.]. 978-0333513774. [Reprinted]..
  8. Book: The Barlow Clowes Affair. .
  9. Web site: Five UK online journalism entrepreneurs. newsrewired. 18 December 2009 . 4 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Some facts about us (and a bit of history). About Citywire. 4 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150311124802/http://aboutcitywire.com/some-facts-about-us-and-a-bit-of-history/. 11 March 2015. dead.
  11. Web site: The Exec Team. About Citywire. 4 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150313045314/http://aboutcitywire.com/who-we-are/the-executive-team/. 13 March 2015. dead.
  12. Web site: Magazines. Citywire(UK). 4 March 2015.