Andrew Stephen Bower Knight (born 1 November 1939 in England) is an English journalist, editor, and

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Early life

Andrew Knight was born on 1 November 1939 to Group Captain M. W. B. Knight DFC and his wife S. E. F. Knight. Group Captain Knight was a decorated officer with the

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, noted for founding Squadron 485, the

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Squadron. He was educated at the Roman Catholic school

Ampleforth College Ampleforth College is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the English public school tradition located in the village of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1802 as a boys' school, it is situated in the groun ...

, where he was appointed

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, and was awarded an Exhibition to Balliol College, Oxford ( MA, Modern history). Knight worked at the City of London merchant bankers J. Henry Schroder Wagg, from 1961 to 1963 and the '' Investors Chronicle'' from 1962 until 1966, when he joined ''

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'' magazine.

Career

Knight was first assigned to ''The Economist''s international business and investment sections. From March 1968 to April 1970, he served in the Washington offices of the paper, before returning to Europe to establish its European section and, in 1973, its offices in Brussels. Knight was named Editor of ''The Economist'' in October 1974. Aged 34, he was the second youngest editor in the magazine's history,2006 Archive – Career section
Ampleforth College web site, "News for Old Amplefordians" and tripled the magazine's circulation during his 11 years at the helm. He remained editor until 1986, and was named International Editor of the Year by ''

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'' in June 1981. He organised the takeover of the then floundering Telegraph Group in 1985, including ''

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'' newspaper. Knight approached Conrad Black for financing of the takeover, and controversially appointed

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, a historian and former

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Personal life

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Positions held

*Chairman, J. Rothschild Capital Management Limited *Member of the Board of

(1991–2012) *non-executive director, Chairman of Compensation Committee and Member of Audit Committee of

(1991–present) *Director and Member of Audit Committee of Reader's Digest Association Inc. (2007–present) *non-executive director of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc (2003–present) *Former non-executive director, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Nominations Committee and Member of Remuneration & Conflicts Committee RIT Capital Partners plc (1996–present) *Chairman, News International plc (1990–94) *CEO, Editor-in-Chief of ''

'' Group (1986–89) *Editor in Chief of ''The Economist'' (1974–86) *Brussels Office of ''The Economist'' (1973–74) *Established the European Section of ''The Economist'' (1970–73) *Washington Office of ''The Economist'' (1968–70) *'' Investors Chronicle'' (1962–66) * J. Henry Schroder Wagg (1961–63) *Member of the Board of

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*Member of the Board of

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Cultural and educational institutions, charities

*Chairman of Shipston Home Nursing *Chairman of the Harlech Scholars' Trust *Governor of the

Ditchley Foundation The Ditchley Foundation is a foundation that holds conferences, with a primary focus on British-American relations. It is based at Ditchley Park near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It was established as a privately funded charity in 1958 by phil ...

*Member of the Council of Management of the Ditchley Foundation *Advisory Board of the Centre of Economic Policy Research at Stanford University, California *Advisory Council of the Institute of International Studies, Stanford University *Council member of the Brain and Spine Foundation

Former positions

*non-executive director of

Holdings plc and of

Inc. *Former Director of BSkyB from 1990 to 1994 *Overseer of the

Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; abbreviated as Hoover) is an American public policy think tank and research institution that promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, an ...

, Stanford *Former Chairman of the Ballet Rambert *Former Trustee of the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

*Former Governor of Imperial College of Science & Technology *Former Council member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs

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*Former Council member of Templeton College,

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*Former Governor of

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school,

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*Former Chairman of the Jerwood Charity

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*Former Director of the UK charity Mariinsky Theatre Trust (working name of the Anglo-Russian Opera and Ballet Trust)

References

Forbes People WatchU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Archive

External links

CBS News ArticleBusiness Week: Andrew Knight
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