| Intro | American actor and writer |
| Is |
Writer Journalist Actor Biographer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Journalism Literature Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 8 March 1985 |
| Age: | 35 years |
Zack O’Malley Greenburg (born March 8, 1985, New York City) is an American writer, journalist and former child-actor. He is a senior editor at Forbes magazine, where he covers music, media and entertainment. He is also the author of two books: Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of a Billion-Dollar Empire (Atria/Simon & Schuster, 2014), and Empire State of Mind (book): How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office (Penguin/Portfolio, 2011). He played Lorenzo Odone in the 1992 film Lorenzo’s Oil.
Professional life
Greenburg’s first writing job was reviewing video games at Boys’ Life Magazine at the age of 14. While at Yale, he wrote extensively for the Yale Daily News as a varsity baseball beat reporter, sports columnist and scene (arts and living) writer. A feature he authored on a varsity outfielder who had returned to the field after nearly dying in a car crash won him an award his senior year.
He has written more than 500 articles for Forbes, Forbes Asia and Forbes.com. He has profiled such influential figures as Bruno Mars, Diddy, 50 Cent, Toby Keith, Russell Simmons, Steve Wozniak, Afrika Bambaataa, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Paul Volcker, DMX, Dr. Ruth and Richard Branson, among others.
He has written for The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and other news outlets. He has also served as an expert source for CNBC, BBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, NPR, and other print, web, radio and video outlets.
Personal life
Both of Greenburg’s parents are authors: his father, Dan Greenburg, authored the series The Zack Files and his mother, Suzanne O’Malley, is a former television writer (Law & Order) and the author of a book on Andrea Yates.
A former child actor, Zack played the title role in the film Lorenzo’s Oil, alongside Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon. He moved from New York to Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and graduated from Hastings High School in 2003. Greenburg graduated from Yale College with a degree in American Studies and a concentration in Urban Studies, and started writing for Forbes magazine in 2005.
Books by Zack O’Malley Greenburg
- Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of a Billion-Dollar Empire. 2014. ISBN 978-1476705965.
- Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office. 2011. ISBN 978-1591845409.