JASON BOOTH

Editor, Shareholder Activism
Diligent Market Intelligence
Diligent Corporation

Jason Booth is a senior editor overseeing Diligent Market Intelligence’s (DMI) coverage of shareholder activism and activism vulnerability. Prior to joining DMI, he was editor of China Money Network, covering the Chinese venture capital market.

Jason previously worked for activist investment funds Steel Partners and Steel Partners Japan, managing communications in support of multiple proxy contests in the U.S., Japan and Korea.

Notable campaigns include Aderans, Bulldog Sauce, Sapporo Holdings and KT&G Corp Earlier in his career, Jason spent more than a decade a financial journalist, primarily in Asia, for the Wall Street Journal, where he wrote the Heard in Asia investment column and the South China Morning Post, where he covered the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. He began his career in Seoul, Korea in 1991.

Jason has also served as an adjunct professor of financial communications at the University of　Southern California (USC) Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.