Bill Emmott

Bill Emmott (born August 6, 1956) is an English journalist.

Emmott was educated at Latymer Upper School in London and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he attained a First Class Degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). After graduation, he worked for The Economist newspaper in Brussels, Tokyo and London, becoming editor in March 1993. He resigned on 20 February 2006. During his tenure, the circulation of The Economist doubled from 500,000 to nearly 1,100,000 weekly sales. Also during this time, The Economist editorialized in favour of the Iraq war, of legalising gay marriage, of abolishing the British monarchy and in opposition to Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister of Italy.

He is chairman of the London Library, a trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and chairman of an online start-up in social-media rankings, PeerIndex; he is also a member of the Swiss Re Chairman's Advisory Panel; a member of the board of the Salzburg Global Seminar; and co-Chairs the Canada Europe Roundtable for Business. He is especially known for several well-received books about Japan.

Bill Emmott also wrote the best-selling book The Sun Also Sets: The Limits to Japan's Economic Power as well as 20:21 Vision: Twentieth-Century Lessons for the Twenty-First Century, Japanophobia: The Myth of the Invincible Japanese and his most recent book Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape our Next Decade. His latest book is about Italy, currently available only in Italian translation as "Forza, Italia: Come Ripartire dopo Berlusconi". Bill Emmott writes regular columns on current affairs for The Times in London and for La Stampa in Italy.

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N.B. Where no author is mentioned, Bill Emmott is the sole author.

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Preceded by
Rupert Pennant-Rea
Editor of The Economist
1993-2006
Succeeded by
John Micklethwait