After a twenty-three year career at The Wall Street Journal, Tim Metz left in January 1989, months after the book was published, to begin a now 15-year career as a top Madison Avenue financial, corporate, and crisis management advisor. In 1998, he started his own financial communications and media relations strategy and execution firm, today known as Hullen Metz & Co. LLC. Mr. Metz earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in Journalism at Marquette University in 1961 and 1966, respectively. He is married to Geraldine Fabrikant, a Senior Writer at the New York Times, and lives in New York City.