Richard Shaffer
I am a journalist and consultant in New York and for many years an editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Fortune magazines. I founded a company that provided venture capital information. After selling it in 2003, I ran a private capital markets division of Dow Jones and Company. Since retiring in 2005, I have have been writing and consulting, primarily about economic development and environmental investment. I and my wife, Barbara, of 36 years have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Unfortunately my wife died in 2005.