Simon Targett

Simon Targett (born 1964) is an English historian, lecturer and freelance journalist. He is a former associate editor of the Financial Times. In March 2018 Barnes & Noble included his book New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England’s Merchant Adventurers, co-written with American business writer John Butman, in its list of best history books of the month.

In 2024 he was elected chair of the Richmond Local History Society in Richmond, London. He has given talks to the society on George Vancouver, on Robert Walpole and on Richmond and Mortlake’s part in the founding of America and the launching of the British Empire.

Works Books (with John Butman) New World, Inc: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers, 432 pp. (Little, Brown and Company, 2018) (with Michael J. Silverstein, Abheek Singhi, Carol Liao and David Michael). The 10 Trillion Dollar Prize: Captivating the Newly Affluent in China and India (Harvard Business Review Press, 2012)

Journal articles

Personal life Targett lives in St Margarets, London.