Miller wins £30,000 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award for 'engaging' Chip War

Chris Miller has won the £30,000 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award for his “engaging and fascinating” book Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology, published by Simon & Schuster. 

The award recognises a work which provides the “most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues” and was awarded on 5th December at a ceremony at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, hosted by Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times and chair of the panel of judges.  

Chip War unpicks the long supply chains that make up the complex and increasingly fragile network that builds and assembles semiconductors, and examines the implications of our global dependency on a few vast manufacturers.

Khalaf said: "The fight for semiconductors and the quest for supply chain resilience are among the biggest economic and business stories of our time and will be for much of the near future. Chip War is one of the most important books that I’ve read this year. It’s engaging, with fascinating characters and many twists and turns. It is a must-read for every business leader and policymaker."

The Financial Times and McKinsey & Company also announced Âriel de Fauconberg as the winner of the £15,000 Bracken Bower Prize. The prize, first awarded in 2014, is designed to encourage young authors to tackle emerging business themes in a proposal for a book that is not yet published. Its aim is to unearth new talent and encourage writers to research ideas that could lead to future business books of the year.