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Rolfe Winkler

Rolfe Winkler

Rolfe Winkler is an American journalist who covers venture capital and startups for The Wall Street Journal. [4][2]

Education

Rolfe graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in Economics. [5]

Career

Rolfe started his career as a licensed Chartered Financial Analyst. He worked for Matador Capital Management where he focused on internet and media as an analyst for the $500 million hedge fund. [6]

In 2009, he started writing as a columnist for Thomson Reuters. He spent most of the time blogging about finance, economics and markets. He later became a writer for the "Heard on the street" column at The The Wall Street Journal for a few years. Since 2013 he has covered an extensive range of topics at The Wall Street Journal surrounding finance and tech, especially where they intersect in Silicon Valley. [6]

Calling Out PewDiePie

In 2017, Winkler enraged the PewDiePie community when he published an article called "PewDiePie, Nazi?" where he questions whether PewDiePie is anti-semitic, or whether he is trying to push the envelope with his humor after he paid two men to hold up a sign saying "Death To All Jews". A petition surfaced to have Winkler fired but it was closed and nothing came of it. [7][10]

Disney cut ties with PewDiePie shortly after the article, prompting PewDiePie's team to claim that the anti-semitic content was taken out of context. A year later, The Wall Street Journal was hacked with the message "apologize to PewDiePie." [8] [9]

References

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Citation Linkfacebook.comRolfe's Primary Facebook page.
Jul 30, 2015, 1:57 AM
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Citation Linktwitter.comRolfe Winkler on Twitter.
Jul 30, 2015, 1:58 AM
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Citation Linkpgp.mit.eduhttps://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=rolfe+winkler&op=index
Mar 28, 2016, 5:17 PM
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Citation Linkwww.wsj.comWSJ profile
Aug 7, 2019, 2:39 AM
[5]
Citation Linkwww.futureinreview.comSmall profile
Aug 7, 2019, 2:40 AM
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Citation Linkwww.linkedin.comLinkedin
Aug 7, 2019, 2:40 AM
[7]
Citation Linkusefulstooges.comPewDiePie, Nazi?
Aug 7, 2019, 2:51 AM
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Citation Linkwww.wsj.comDisney cut ties
Aug 7, 2019, 2:51 AM
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Citation Linkwww.tubefilter.comHack
Aug 7, 2019, 2:51 AM
[10]
Citation Linkwww.change.orgPetition
Aug 7, 2019, 2:53 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com
Aug 7, 2019, 3:04 AM
[12]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comHishir Mehrotra and Rolfe
Aug 7, 2019, 3:05 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com
Aug 7, 2019, 3:06 AM
[14]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.com
Aug 7, 2019, 3:06 AM
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Citation Linkwww.youtube.com
Aug 7, 2019, 3:07 AM
[16]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.com
Aug 7, 2019, 3:07 AM
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Citation Linkwww.youtube.com
Aug 7, 2019, 3:07 AM