Rebecca A. Fannin is a journalist and the author of Silicon Dragon (McGraw-Hill 2008), favorably reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times and translated into several languages. She is an authority on entrepreneurship, innovation and venture capital in emerging markets.
Currently, Rebecca is a writer and columnist for Forbes. During the height of the dotcom boom, she was international news editor at Red Herring and, in 2003, she joined the Asian Venture Capital Journal as international editor.
Ms. Fannin’s work has appeared in Inc., Worth, Fast Company, Chief Executive, Wired, The Deal and Huffington Post. She also has contributed to Merrill Lynch and NASDAQ publications. In 2009, she penned a white paper on China outsourcing, “A New Dawn,” for KPMG’s Thought Leadership series. Earlier in her career, Ms Fannin was deputy editor at Ad Age International and the Pulitzer-owned International Business.
A public speaker and guest commentator, Ms. Fannin also organizes Silicon Dragon events and programs. She is a member of the Overseas Press Club, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club and the World Affairs Council.
Rebecca is a graduate of the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and a recipient of an Asian studies fellowship from the Freedom Forum. She resides in New York City and San Francisco, and travels frequently to China.