Russ Buettner

Russ Buettner is an investigative journalist for The New York Times. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the financial history of Donald Trump. Buettner is known for his forensic approach to journalism, specializing in unearthing complex financial documents to reveal hidden truths about powerful figures and institutions.\n\nHe is the co-author of Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success (with Susanne Craig). Based on thousands of pages of confidential tax records, Buettner dismantles the myth of the "self-made billionaire." He tracks the flow of money from Fred Trump to his son, revealing a history of bailouts and tax avoidance. His work is a definitive accounting of the intersection of wealth, media, and politics.