Bill Emmott

Bill Emmott
Emmott in 2013
Born (1956-08-06) 6 August 1956 (age 68)
NationalityBritish
EducationLatymer Upper School
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, consultant
TitleEditor of The Economist (1993–2006)
Spouses
Charlotte Crowther
(m. 1982, divorced)
Carol Barbara Mawer
(m. 1992)
Parent(s)Richard Anthony (father)
Audrey Mary Emmott (mother)

William John Emmott (born 6 August 1956)[1] is an English journalist, author, and consultant best known as the editor-in-chief of The Economist newspaper from 1993 to 2006.[2] Emmott has written fourteen books and worked on two documentary feature films. He is now chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, of the Japan Society of the UK in London, and of the International Trade Institute, an Irish educational body. He is also Senior Adviser, Geopolitics, for Montrose Associates, a strategic intelligence consultancy, a trustee of the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, and an Ushioda Fellow at Tokyo College, University of Tokyo.

  1. ^ "Emmott, Bill 1956- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bloomberg Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 July 2018.