Ben Thompson is an American business, technology, and media analyst who lives in Taipei, where he founded Stratechery, a subscription-based newsletter/podcast featuring commentary on tech and media news,[1] and cohosts tech podcasts Exponent with James Allworth and Dithering with John Gruber, respectively.

[2] Thompson's undergraduate education was at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and his graduate education at Northwestern University, where he received a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School as well as a Master of Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering.

[6] Thompson launched Stratechery as a blog while still a Microsoft employee, and in April 2014 devoted himself to the site full-time, operating on a "freemium" subscription model.

[7] He has stated his primary inspiration was John Gruber, author of the site Daring Fireball.

[10] The founders of Substack, a newsletter platform launched in 2018, called Thompson a major inspiration for their project.