John Micklethwait

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Richard John Micklethwait CBE (born August 11, 1962 ) is an English journalist . He has been editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News since February 2015 . Before that he was editor-in-chief at The Economist from 2006 to 2015.

Life

Micklethwait graduated from Ampleforth College (an independent school ) and studied history at Magdalen College, Oxford . He worked for Chase Manhattan Bank for two years before joining the Economist in 1987 . There he was editor in the business section for four years, later for the United States, founded the Los Angeles office , where he worked from 1990 to 1993, and headed the New York office for two years .

Micklethwait was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2016 for his services to journalism and business .

Publications

Micklethwait wrote numerous books with Adrian Wooldridge, including:

  • The Witch Doctors
  • A Future Perfect: the Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization
  • The Company - A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea
  • The Right Nation: A Study of Conservatism in America
  • God is back
  • The Fourth Revolution : The Global Race To Reinvent The State

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Birthdays . In: The Guardian , Guardian Media, August 11, 2014, p. 31. 
  2. ↑ At Bloomberg, John Micklethwait channels an ancient ancestor capitalnewyork.com.
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 61608, HMSO, London, June 11, 2016, p. B9 ( PDF , English).
personal data
SURNAME Micklethwait, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Micklethwait, Richard John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1962