Gideon Lichfield is a British journalist, media entrepreneur, and speaker. He co-founded BlueDot Media and is known for his extensive career in journalism, including serving as editor-in-chief of WIRED magazine and MIT Technology Review. Lichfield also worked as a foreign correspondent for The Economist in various countries.

His current work focuses on how to reinvigorate and reinvent democratic governance for the 21st century, a topic he explores in his weekly newsletter, Futurepolis.