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Tom
Tom Mueller is a New York Times-bestselling investigative journalist who works at the intersection of whistleblowing, fraud and healthcare. He previously worked as an associate in mergers and acquisitions at the investment bank Goldman Sachs, earned a PhD at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard. He has published three books, Extra Virginity (on food fraud), Crisis of Conscience (whistleblowing and fraud) and most recently How to Make a Killing, on the US dialysis disaster, a microcosm of America’s broken medical system. Tom has co-founded Searchlight as a platform for turning incisive reporting into lasting change.
Searchlight Investigative Journalism Foundation
Searchlight Investigative Journalism Foundation
Chad
Chad Mueller’s professional background is commercial real estate. He attended the University of Texas at Austin (History and English major); he then worked as a financial analyst in the Denver offices of Security Capital Industrial Trust (now Prologis); back in Austin for Trammell Crow; and finally as a partner at a boutique, Austin-based development company. Outside work, he has volunteered with Big Brothers and Sisters of America, Habitat for Humanity, and other nonprofits. So when the chance came to work on Searchlight, which aims to tackle serious societal problems and improve countless lives — with the huge bonus of working with his older brother — he jumped at it!
