John Micklethwait is the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg where he oversees editorial content across all Bloomberg platforms, including its news, newsletters, magazines, opinion, television, radio and digital properties, as well as its research services including Bloomberg Intelligence.
Prior to joining Bloomberg in February 2015, Micklethwait was Editor-in-Chief of The Economist where he led the newspaper into the digital age while expanding its readership and enhancing its reputation.
He joined The Economist in 1987 as a finance correspondent and served as Business editor and United States editor before being named Editor-in-Chief in 2006. Micklethwait began his career in banking at Chase Manhattan in London after studying history at Magdalen College, Oxford.
He is the co-author of seven books, most recently The Wake Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It. In 2010, Micklethwait was named Editors’ Editor by the British Society of Magazine Editors.
Bloomberg's editorial & research operation is powered by 2,600 journalists and analysts in bureaus in more than 120 countries. Bloomberg publishes more than 5,000 stories daily which are distributed via the Bloomberg Professional service, Bloomberg Television and Radio, Bloomberg.com and syndicated to more than 1,000 media outlets worldwide.