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My Take
Chris Anderson is one of those rare thinkers who manage to name an era before the rest of us notice it has arrived. After seven years at The Economist he became editor-in-chief of Wired, but his lasting mark is the 2004 concept of the Long Tail, an idea that reframed how the internet economy actually works by celebrating niche abundance over blockbuster scarcity. A Gerald Loeb Award winner who later turned entrepreneur, he embodies the writer-as-builder. What I admire most is his willingness to act on his own theories, repeatedly reinventing himself rather than resting on a single influential idea.
Overview
Chris Anderson (born July 9, 1961) is an English-American author and entrepreneur. He was with The Economist for seven years before joining Wired magazine in 2001, where he was the editor-in-chief until 2012. He is known for his 2004 article entitled "The Long Tail", which he later expanded into the 2006 book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chris Anderson
- Name (Japanese)
- クリス・アンダーソン
- Reading
- くりす・あんだーそん
- Born
- July 9, 1957 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rooster
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / blogger / businessperson / chief executive officer / editor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Walt Whitman High School
- University
- George Washington University
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Gerald Loeb Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.