Warren H. Phillips (June 28, 1926[1] – May 10, 2019) was an American journalist and publishing industry executive best known as the chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Company from March 1975[2] to January 1, 1991, and chairman of the board of Dow Jones from March 1978 until he retired in July 1991 at age 65.

He reported on Europe’s recovery under the Marshall Plan, its postwar rearmament and Winston Churchill’s return to power in Great Britain as well as other stories in France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey.

During his eight-and-one-half years in this post, he helped broaden the paper’s coverage to supplement its basic business and governmental news reporting.

In 1972, Phillips toured the People’s Republic of China for three and one-half weeks with a delegation of the American Society of Newspaper Editors at the invitation of Chinese journalistic organizations.

The 10 articles he wrote during that trip, plus another six written by colleague Robert Keatley, were published in the book, China: Behind the Mask.

[10] During his time as CEO of Dow Jones, the company expanded into electronic publishing, often called database publishing, and expanded into international operations, with the start-up of Asian and European editions of The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones’ flagship newspaper.

[11][12] During these same years, the Journal was transformed from a one-section newspaper to three sections, and its coverage of marketing, technology, international affairs and other areas was significantly extended.

He served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1977 to 1987 and was a director of the American Newspaper Publishers Association from 1976 to 1984.