Ted Fishman's bestselling book China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World, has helped describe for the world the effects of China's momentous changes on the lives and businesses of people everywhere. In addition to its success in America, the book has been translated and published in 22 languages and is an international bestseller. In 2006, it will appear in Chinese editions in both The People's Republic and Taiwan. 

Fishman has testified before U.S. Congressional committees and commissions and consults on China with a wide range of government officials, including some of the nation's most influential office holders.  His essays and reports appear in many of the world's most prominent journals, including The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Esquire, USA Today, GQ, The Times of London, Money, Worth, INC, Business 2.0, German GEO, and Chicago Magazine. His commentaries have been featured on Public Radio International's This American Life and American Public Media's Marketplace.

Fishman's writing is noted for taking what seem vastly complex topics and making them understandable and meaningful for a general audience. Fishman is particularly interested in how big global economic trends bear on people's everyday experience. He has been featured on ABC World News Tonight, NBC's Today Show, CNN, Fox, CNBC, NPR, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC, and Sky News (U.K.).

A former floor trader and member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, he ran his own trading firm until 1992. He has lived and worked in Japan and Indonesia.

Fishman is a graduate of Princeton University. He lives in Chicago.