Kara Swisher (born January 25, 1963) is an American technology columnist for the
Wall Street Journal and an author and commentator on the Internet. She created and wrote
Boom Town, a column which appeared on the front page of the
Marketplace section and online, and subsequently appeared on
All Things Digital, which she founded and served as the co-executive editor with
Walt Mossberg. On January 1, 2014, Swisher and Mossberg struck out on their own, with a new site,
Re/code, based in San Francisco, California.