, bestselling author of blockbuster books such as 鈥淢oneyball鈥� and 鈥淭he Blind Side,鈥� speaks with 蜜桃传媒 president Gayle D. Beebe at the 17th annual President鈥檚 Breakfast Friday, March 4, 2022, from 7 a.m.- 9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets cost $125 each and go on sale Friday, Feb. 4, at 9 a.m. at westmont.edu/breakfast.
Lewis, a financial journalist, has published 16 books, including 鈥淭he Fifth Risk,鈥� 鈥淢oneyball,鈥� 鈥淭he Blind Side,鈥� and 鈥淭he Big Short,鈥� about topics ranging from politics, baseball, Wall Street and the pandemic. Both of his books about sports became Oscar-nominated films.
鈥淢ichael Lewis takes a fresh, hard look at the ever-changing value systems that drive our economic markets, political landscapes, and cultural norms, and how organizations can adapt their strategies to facilitate growth among all three,鈥� says President Gayle D. Beebe.
Lewis鈥� newest book, 鈥淭he Premonition: A Pandemic Story鈥� follows three central characters, including former Santa Barbara County public health officer Dr. Charity Dean, who all put their careers on the line to try to avert catastrophe.
His New York Times No. 1 bestseller 鈥淔lash Boys,鈥� revealed how the legal but highly questionable practice of high-frequency trading allowed certain Wall Street players to work the stock market to their advantage. Two of his most popular releases, 鈥淭he Big Short鈥� and 鈥淏oomerang,鈥� are set in the global financial crisis. His other works include 鈥淭he New New Thing,鈥� about Silicon Valley during the Internet boom; 鈥淐oach,鈥� about the transformative powers of his own high school baseball coach; 鈥淟osers,鈥� about the 1996 presidential campaign; and 鈥淟iar鈥檚 Poker,鈥� a Wall Street story based in part on his own experience working as a bond salesman for Salomon Brothers.
A columnist for Bloomberg News, Lewis also contributes to Vanity Fair. His articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Gourmet, Slate, Sports Illustrated, Foreign Affairs, and Poetry Magazine. He has served as editor and columnist for the British weekly The Spectator and as senior editor and campaign correspondent for The New Republic. He has filmed and narrated short pieces for ABC-TV鈥檚 Nightline; created and presented a four-part documentary on the social consequences of the internet for the BBC; and recorded stories for the American public radio show 鈥淭his American Life.鈥� He earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in art history from Princeton and a master鈥檚 degree in economics from the London School of Economics.
The 蜜桃传媒 Foundation, local businesses and individuals sponsor the President鈥檚 Breakfast to promote discussion of significant issues. This year鈥檚 Lead Sponsor is Bank of the West. Gold Sponsor鈥檚 include Davies, Monica Eiler, David and Anna Grotenhuis, In Memory of Jim Haslem, HUB International Insurance Services Inc., La Arcada, Lindsay and Laurie Parton, Matt Construction, Warren and Mary Lynn Staley, Sunset and Magnolia Interior Design and Union Bank with special thanks to Tim and Ashley Snider.
Past speakers include the late Gen. Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates, Walter Isaacson, Thomas Friedman, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Brooks, Gen. Stan McChrystal, Gen. Michael Hayden, Peggy Noonan, Daniel Kahneman and Nancy Koehn.