Pioneering financial journalist Louise Botting dies aged 87
Louise Botting, a pioneering financial journalist and businesswoman, has died aged 87 following a short illness in September. She helped transform how financial news and household spending were explained to ordinary Britons, breaking significant barriers for women in both journalism and the male-dominated world of finance. Her daughter, Sky News broadcaster Anna Botting, paid tribute to her as a "super-smart trailblazer" in her career.
Botting began her career as a banker at Kleinwort Benson in the 1960s, when female financiers were exceptionally rare; her firm had to build her a women's toilet. She made her name writing for the Daily Mail's Money Mail from 1972 to 1976, before being chosen to present BBC Radio 4's Money Box from its launch in 1977, where she remained for 15 years. She was awarded a CBE in 1993 for services to journalism and served on the boards of major British companies, founding her own wealth management consultancy.
- Financial journalist Louise Botting dies at 87 after pioneering career
- She launched BBC Radio 4's Money Box and wrote for Daily Mail
- Pioneer for women in finance and business, awarded CBE in 1993
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Louise Botting was a pioneering financial journalist who helped ordinary Britons understand money matters. She broke significant barriers for women in banking and finance during the 1960s and 1970s, when both fields were almost exclusively male-dominated.
She worked as a banker before becoming known for her financial journalism at the Daily Mail's Money Mail column. She went on to present BBC Radio 4's Money Box from its launch in 1977 for 15 years, explaining financial matters in plain language to millions of listeners.
Her contributions were recognised with a CBE in 1993, and she later founded a wealth management consultancy and served on boards of major British companies. Her daughter is Sky News broadcaster Anna Botting.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “BBC Radio 4 Money Box presenter and ex-Money Mail columnist Louise Botting dies aged 87 as daughter and Sky News host Anna pays tribute to ‘super smart trailblazer’”.