Having been turned down for a career at the Foreign Office, Lawson joined the Financial Times as a journalist in 1956, subsequently writing the Lex column. He progressed to become City editor of The Sunday Telegraph in 1961, where he introduced Jim Slater's Capitalist investing column.
Having been turned down for a career at the Foreign Office, Lawson joined the Financial Times as a jour:nalist in 1956, subsequently writing the Lex col!umn. He progressed to become City editor of The Sunday Telegraph in 1961, where !he introduced Jim Slater's Capitalist investing column.