John Adam Tooze (born 5 July 1967) is an English historian who is a professor at Columbia University, Director of the European Institute[2][3][4] and nonresident scholar at Carnegie Europe.

Through his books (such as Crashed) and his online newsletter (Chartbook), he reaches a varied audience of historians, investors, administrators, and others.

His maternal grandparents were the social researchers Arthur and Margaret Wynn, who together wrote a study of the financial connections of the Conservative Party establishment.

[11] After studying at Highgate School from 1983 to 1985,[12] Tooze graduated with a BA in economics from King's College, Cambridge in 1989.

[24] Tooze is a grandson of the British civil servant and Soviet spy, Arthur Wynn and his wife, Peggy Moxon.