[2] Philip grew up in Chicago, and first started at The Wall Street Journal as a newspaper summer intern reporting while attending Stanford University in 1972.

[3] He worked as a reporter and editor for the Wall Street Journal for 31 years in various locations including New York, London, Paris, and Brussels.

While at the Journal he interviewed world leaders including Margaret Thatcher,[4] Francois Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, and Lee Kwan Yew.

[3] In 2016 at the age of 64 he wrote and published his first book, Just One Before I Die A Cubs Fan’s Chronicle of a Championship Season.

The book covers the Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series winning season.