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Mark Maremont is an American business journalist with the Wall Street Journal .. business journalist. Business journalism. Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal. Maremont has worked on reports for the Journal for which the paper received two Pulitzer Prizes .. Maremont was born in Michigan .. Michigan. Michigan. His father was president of the Chicago-based M. D. Maremont Company , a commercial real estate firm .. Chicago. Chicago. commercial real estate. commercial real estate. He graduated with a bachelor 's degree in history with honors and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University and a master 's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism .. Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Beta Kappa. Brown University. Brown University. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Maremont became telecommunications editor at Business Week in August 1983 .. Business Week. Business Week. He served as London correspondent from in July 1986 until July 1992 , when he became the magazine 's Boston bureau chief .. London. London. Boston. Boston. While at Business Week , Maremont was a 1996 National Magazine Awards finalist the reporting category for the 1995 cover story on Bausch & Lomb , titled `` Blind ambition '' , and won the 1997 Gerald Loeb Award in the magazine category for `` Abuse of Power , '' a 1996 cover story on sexual abuse at Astra USA .. Business Week. Business Week. National Magazine Awards. National Magazine Awards. Bausch & Lomb. Bausch & Lomb. Gerald Loeb Award. Gerald Loeb Award. Astra USA. Astra AB. In May 1997 , Maremont joined the Wall Street Journal as a senior special writer in Boston .. Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal. Boston. Boston. He became deputy bureau chief in the Boston bureau in July 2000 and is now senior editor .. Boston. Boston. In 2003 , Maremont was a member of the Wall Street Journal team that wrote a series of articles for which the paper staff won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting .. Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal. Pulitzer Prize. Pulitzer Prize. Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. The citation read  : `` for its clear , concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots , significance and impact of corporate scandals in America .. This was originally nominated in the Public Service category , but was moved by the jury . ''. Public Service. Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Maremont was a member of a Journal team that wrote a five-part series used statistical modeling to detect stock-option rigging and resulted in at least 70 executives losing their jobs .. statistical modeling. statistical modeling. The series won the first Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the Wall Street Journal .. Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal. Pulitzer Prize. Pulitzer Prize. Public Service. Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The citation read  : `` for its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations , the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America . ''. backdated stock options. Options backdating. For the same series , Maremount and colleagues Charles Forelle and James Bandler shared the 2006 George Polk Award for Business Journalism and the 2007 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting .. George Polk Award. George Polk Award. Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Additionally , Maremount , Forelle , Bandler , and Steve Stecklow were finalists for the 2007 Michael Kelly Award .. Maremont married Emily Louise Dreifus in 1984 .. He lives in Needham , Massachusetts .