Henry Tricks has worked as a journalist and editor for more than three decades, the past 16 years at the Economist, where is currently US technology editor and writes the Schumpeter column on global business. He was previously the energy editor, Mexico City bureau chief, Tokyo bureau chief, finance editor, and capital-markets editor. 

Before the Economist, Henry worked at the Financial Times as a writer on the “Lex” column, as property editor on the “Weekend FT,” and as Mexico City bureau chief. Before the FT, he worked for Reuters in New York, Washington, Mexico City, and Central America. 

Henry’s journalism skills are wide-ranging: he writes a weekly 1,000-word column on the world's biggest businesses, long-form pieces and human-interest stories for the Economist's “1843,” 10,000-word reports on topics ranging from ESG (most recently) to e-commerce, energy geopolitics, new energy technologies, and the future of oil. He is a foreign correspondent at heart, travels widely, and loves to tell stories.