Michael J. Elliott

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Michael John Elliott OBE (31 May 1951 – 14 July 2016) was a British journalist and executive who spent much of his career in the United States. He was the president and chief executive officer of ONE, an anti-poverty organization founded by Bono.

Born in Liverpool, England, Elliott studied at the University of Oxford. After graduation, he taught at Northwestern University, the University of Warwick, and the London School of Economics. He joined The Economist in 1984 and moved to the United States in 1986, becoming Washington bureau chief and political editor. In 1993 he moved to Newsweek as diplomatic editor, later serving as editor of Newsweek International. In May 2001 he joined Time magazine as editor at large; in 2004 he became editor of Time Asia, and in 2005 he was editor of Time International and deputy managing editor of Time.

Elliott left journalism in 2011 to become president and CEO of ONE, leading the organization’s global work. He was awarded the OBE in 2003 for services to journalism. In 1989 he received the Wolf Prize in Agriculture for contributions to basic science and its practical applications in animal health and crop protection. He died in Washington, D.C., from complications of bladder cancer at the age of 65.