Videos

In addition to writing hundreds of stories for print and web outlets including Forbes, The Huffington Post and The Washington Post, Zack has appeared frequently on television and radio — both as an interviewer and as an interviewee. He has served as an expert source for news organizations from Bloomberg to NPR (click here to inquire about Zack’s availability), and has conducted his own video interviews of numerous industry leaders for AOL, Forbes and others. To see more of Zack’s video interviews, check out his YouTube channel and the sampling below.

The latest:

 

Zack talks about Jay-Z’s rise as a businessman on Bloomberg TV’s Game Changers (November 2010):

 

Zack interviews rising rap star Mac Miller about the business of indie hip-hop, the power of social media, and the future of music (December 2011):

 

Zack interviews international superstar Bruno Mars about his rise to the top, his switch from artist to producer back to artist, and how he couldn’t afford breakfast while writing the song “Billionaire”:

 

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Zack talks about his Jay-Z book with Fanny Kiefer on Studio4 in Vancouver (April 2011) Video

Zack talks about his Jay-Z book on Urban Rush in Vancouver (April 2011) Video

Zack interviews Russell Simmons about books, business, and doing yoga with Diddy (January 2011) Video 1: Yoga | Video 2: Financial Services

Zack interviews fool-pitier Mr. T about the longterm financial benefits of buying gold (October 2010) Story | Video

Zack heads to New Jersey to uncover the thrills of license plate collecting (December 2008)
Story | Video

Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a Forbes senior editor and author of the Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind. He's now writing his second book, Michael Jackson, Inc, for Simon & Schuster. Zack pens The Beat Report at Forbes, where he has worked for the past five years, profiling subjects from Justin Bieber to Jon Bon Jovi. Zack has also written for the Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, Vibe and McSweeney's; guest-lectured at Yale, Harvard and Georgetown; and appeared as a source for BBC, MTV, E! and CNN. Full bio here.


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Speaking Engagements

Zack is available for book signings, radio/television interviews and speaking engagements related to music, journalism, personal finance, his Forbes stories and his book, Empire State of Mind. To inquire about Zack's availability, please see the contact page.

PROFILES & INTERVIEWS BY ZACK

Zack has written over 500 articles for Forbes, Forbes Asia and Forbes.com; his stories on music, business, travel and sports have taken him from the back rooms of New York’s Apollo Theater to the rail yards of Omaha to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone--and, most terrifying of all, the bleachers of Fenway Park. Here are some of his subjects, and links to the resulting stories:

50 Cent | Afrika Bambaataa | Alicia Keys | Akon | Ben Horowitz (of Andreessen Horowitz) | Bill Gates (sort of) | Birdman | B.o.B | Bon Jovi | Branson B | Bruno Mars | Chuck Leavell (of The Rolling Stones) | David Archuleta | David Banner | Delta Rae | DJ Pauly D | Dr. Ruth | Ed Sheeran | Electronic Cash Kings | Fab 5 Freddy | Flo Rida | Hip-Hop Cash Kings | The Jacksons | Jay-Z | Justin Bieber | Kevin Liles | L'Arc-En-Ciel | Lil Jon | LL Cool J | Lyor Cohen | Ludacris | Mac Miller | Mark Teixeira | Mr. T | Music's 30 Under 30 | Nas | Natasha Bedingfield | Noel Lee (of Monster Cable) | Pharrell Williams | Red Dillard | Richard Branson | Russell Simmons | Scooter Braun | Sean Paul | Skrillex | Slash | Steve Stoute | Steve Wozniak | Swizz Beatz | T.I. | Timbaland | Wale | Wiz Khalifa

BUSINESS, MAN.