PERSON: Glenn Simpson

Co-Founder

Glenn Richard Simpson (born 1964) is an American former journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal until 2009, and then co-founded the Washington-based research business Fusion GPS. He was also a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.

He is the co-author of Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics written with political scientist Larry Sabato and published in 1996. A New York Times book review called the book’s approach “fiercely bipartisan”

Simpson graduated from Conestoga High School in 1982, then went to George Washington University, where his neck was broken in a car crash.

Before Simpson worked for The Wall Street Journal, he was a reporter for Roll Call, where he broke stories on GOPAC, a political action committee headed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Simpson left journalism in part to earn more money. Explaining why he left journalism, he quipped: “We don’t use the word ‘sold out.’ We use the word ‘cashed in.’”

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