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Empire State of Mind

“One of the year’s best rock books.” –Bloomberg News
“A fascinating biography of one of the most extraordinary entrepreneurs of our era.” –Steve Forbes


Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a Forbes staff writer and author of the Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind. He writes a column called The Beat Report at Forbes, where he's covered finance and music since 2005, profiling the likes of Bon Jovi, Bruno Mars, Richard Branson and 50 Cent along the way. Zack's stories have taken him from Omaha's rail yards to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone. He has also written for The Washington Post, McSweeney's, Sports Illustrated and others. He has served as a guest lecturer at Yale, Berklee School of Music, Georgetown and Harvard, and has appeared as an expert source for BBC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, E!, MTV, Reuters and other outlets.

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Around World in 20 Days
Around World in 20 Days

Dispatches from a dozen countries over three weeks abroad in the summer of 2010.

Millennial Money Guide
Millennial Money Guide

The conventional jobs aren’t there; that just means finding new routes to success. Here are a few.

30 Under 30 In Music
30 Under 30 In Music

19-year-old rapper Mac Miller leads Forbes’ first-ever list of the music industry’s up-and-comers.

Jay-Z’s First B-Ball Team
Jay-Z’s First B-Ball Team

Long before the Nets, LeBron James signed up to play for Jay-Z’s Rucker Park dream team.

A Day in Tangier
A Day in Tangier

The Rolling Stones’ favorite city in Morocco has more than a few similarities to the music business.


Speaking Engagements

Zack is available for book signings, radio/television interviews and speaking engagements related to his book, Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office, published by Penguin's Portfolio imprint in March 2011. To inquire about Zack's availability, please see the contact page.

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