Leadership

Edwin A. Finn, Jr., is president, Barron's Franchise. Mr. Finn became managing editor of Barron's in May 1993, was named editor in March 1995 and president in January 1998. He is also chairman and editorial director of SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business, co-owned by Dow Jones and Hearst Communications, Inc. where he also oversees SmartMoney.com and its licensing business and custom-publishing operations.

Mr. Finn joined Dow Jones in 1980 as a national copyreader for The Wall Street Journal and became an editor at the foreign desk and later served as a reporter in the Journal's Dallas Bureau. He has previously held editorial positions at Forbes magazine and was editor of American Banker, a daily trade newspaper.

Early in his career, Mr. Finn served as assistant managing editor of the weekly Blackstone Valley Tribune and as editor of the daily Southbridge News, both in his home state of Massachusetts. Mr. Finn has a bachelor's degree from Tufts University and a master's degree in international banking and finance from Columbia School of International and Public Affairs.