--- title: Richard Edelman | TIME description: Edelman is the CEO of Edelman, a global communications firm. canonical: https://time.com/author/richard-edelman/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/richard-edelman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Richard Edelman ## Richard Edelman Edelman is the CEO of Edelman, a global communications firm. ## Richard Edelman *  Jan 18, 2026 ### [Society Is Becoming More Insular](https://time.com/7346945/edelman-trust-barometer/) We are choosing a closed ecosystem of trust that mandates a limited worldview, writes Richard Edelma... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 19, 2025 ### [Approaching a Grievance-Based Society](https://time.com/7208097/the-precipice-of-a-grievance-based-society/) According to the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer, only one-third of people believe that the next genera... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/richard-edelman/","name":"Richard Edelman"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/richard-edelman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/richard-edelman/"},"name":"Richard Edelman","jobTitle":null,"description":"Edelman is the CEO of Edelman, a global communications firm.","url":"https://time.com/author/richard-edelman/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```