George Anders

George Anders (born 1957) is an American business journalist and the author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller, Perfect Enough. He has worked as an editor or staff writer at The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company magazine and Bloomberg View. He currently resides in Northern California.

Anders has been writing for national publications for 30 years. He started his writing career working for The Wall Street Journal and eventually became a top feature writer, where he specialized in in-depth profiles. After his stint with The Wall Street Journal, he served as West Coast Bureau Chief for Fast Company magazine. Anders later became a founding member of the Bloomberg View board of editors and began working for Forbes as a contributing writer in 2012.

Anders has produced work that has appeared in publications all over the world which include, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Guardian, and the Harvard Business Review.

He is a 1978 graduate of Stanford University, with a bachelor's degree in economics.

He shared in a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1997, while at The Wall Street Journal.

• Anders, George (October 2011), The Rare Find: Spotting Extraordinary Talent Before Anyone Else, Portfolio, ISBN 978-1-59184-425-9 
• Anders, George (January 2003), Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard, Portfolio, ISBN 978-1-59184-003-9 
• Anders, George (November 1996), Health Against Wealth: HMOs and the Breakdown of Medical Trust, Houghton-Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-395-82283-8 
• Anders, George (May 1992), Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of U.S. Business, Basic Books, ISBN 978-0-465-04522-8