Lawrence Lever

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

Lawrence Lever
BornJuly 1957[1]
CitizenshipBritish
EducationManchester Grammar School
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford University
OccupationChairman
OrganizationCitywire
Notable workThe Barlow Clowes Affair

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

References
  1. "Citywire Limited". bizdb.
  2. Peter, Popham (March 1996). "The looking-glass world of Mr and Mrs Clowes". Independent. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  3. "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". Campaign. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. "Career Advice - Job Searching and Job Interviews". YouTube. Innovate CV. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. "Interview". Gorkana. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  6. Burk, Kathleen (9 July 1992). "Cityscrape". London Review of Books. 14 (13). Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  7. Lever, Lawrence (1992). The Barlow Clowes affair ([Reprinted]. ed.). London [u.a.]: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333513774.
  8. The Barlow Clowes Affair. ASIN 0333513770.
  9. "Five UK online journalism entrepreneurs". newsrewired. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  10. "Some facts about us (and a bit of history)". About Citywire. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  11. "The Exec Team". About Citywire. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  12. "Magazines". Citywire(UK). Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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