Mark Gurman

Mark Gurman is an American technology blogger and the senior editor of 9to5Mac.com. The website features breaking news about various Apple products and other popular technological devices. Gurman has been writing for the site since high school.

Biography
Mark Gurman attends University of Michigan, studying a bit of everything. He is currently applying to UMich's business school.

In his spare time, Gurman likes to play and watch basketball.

9to5Mac
9to5Mac is an Apple news blog founded in 2007 by Seth Weintraub. Weintraub hired Gurman to write for the blog on after Gurman dug up some information on Apple registering an iSlate domain name. At the time Gurman was only a high school student. Gurman's ability to release accurate news information before other journalists and bloggers in the field has earned him massive amount of praise, awards and traffic to the blog.

Gurman is known for leading the reporting regarding many of the Apple products and initiatives introduced this decade. Mark reported many of the features introduced with Apple’s iOS 7 iPhone and iPad operating system, Apple’s strategy of removing Google services from its devices, provided a look inside social media usage by Apple employees, shared the first photos of the iPhone 5 and iPad Air, broke the news about the MacBook Pro with Retina display, and first detailed Apple’s Siri voice assistant.

Other Blogs
Gurman has written for Techmeme and he is frequently cited by Bloomberg News and The Wallstreet Journal.

Trivia

 * According to Weintraub, Gurman earns enough to purchase a Tesla Motors' vehicle (valued at $100,000+) per year.