Contributing Editor, New York Magazine

John Heilemann is a contributing editor at New York Magazine, where he writes The Power Grid column on national politics, business, and their intersection. He is the author of "Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and End of the Microsoft Era" and a National Magazine Award finalist for his reporting on the Microsoft antitrust case.

A former staff writer for The Economist, The New Yorker, and Wired, his work has appeared as well in Vanity Fair, GQ, Time, and Business 2.0. He appears regularly on The Chris Matthews Show, Charlie Rose, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and other national television programs. His four-part documentary on the rise of the Web appears on the Discovery Channel this winter.