Leigh Gallagher
Senior Editor
Fortune
Leigh Gallagher is a senior editor at Fortune where she edits the First section of the magazine. She is also a regular contributor to business-news programming on the Fox News Channel.
Prior to joining Fortune in 2007, Gallagher was a senior editor at Smart Money, where she oversaw and edited coverage of the magazine's consumer-related topics, including travel, real estate, education, healthcare, and personal finance. She has been a regular contributor to an array of Fox News shows, including "Cavuto on Business," "Your World with Neil Cavuto," "Cashin' In" and "Fox & Friends." She has also made regular appearances on CBS's "The Early Show," WNBC's "Today in New York," and NBC's "Today Show."
Prior to joining Smart Money, Gallagher spent six years at Forbes magazine, where she wrote features on companies, CEOs and business culture issues. While at Forbes, Gallagher also acted as deputy chief of reporters and as co-editor of the Forbes 400 list.
Originally from Media, Pennsylvania, Gallagher is a graduate of Cornell University and lives in Brooklyn, New York.