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Michelle Makori

Editor-in-Chief and Lead Anchor

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Michelle Makori is the editor-in-chief and lead anchor for Kitco News, managing all editorial operations (video and written content) covering global markets, economics, commodities, cryptocurrencies, business and technology news.

Michelle is an internationally acclaimed broadcast journalist, news anchor, reporter, and producer and has worked for leading global media organizations including i24News, Bloomberg, CNN Money, CGTN and SABC.

As an anchor and reporter, Michelle has covered and analyzed the most significant global economic, financial, and geopolitical events of the past two decades. She has interviewed heads of state, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, and other political, business, and entertainment leaders.

Based in New York, Michelle joins Kitco News from i24News where she was editor-in-chief and lead anchor, hosting the nightly prime-time, flagship show "ClearCut with Michelle Makori" and "IBW", a weekly start-up and technology-focused magazine show. Michelle was instrumental in setting up the U.S. division of i24News, broadcasting across the USA and around the globe.

Michelle was also a key member of the team that launched the U.S. operations of CGTN in 2011. She was the New York-based lead anchor and producer of "Global Business America", CGTN's flagship global economic and business news show.

Prior to joining CGTN, Michelle was an anchor and reporter for Bloomberg TV for five years, covering both American and Asian markets. She was also a reporter with CNN Money based at the NASDAQ. Before joining Bloomberg TV and moving to New York, Makori was one of the main anchors and producers for SABC Africa Television, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and broadcasting throughout the African Continent.

Born in Israel, raised in South Africa, and now a proud American citizen, Michelle speaks five languages and brings a truly global perspective. Michelle also brings Wall Street experience to her financial news coverage, having received her FINRA financial adviser license (Series 7) and having worked with The Beryl Consulting Group, GFI and Context Summits.

Michelle holds a Post Graduate Honors Degree in Media Studies and Journalism (with distinction) and a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Law and Psychology, both from South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand. She graduated top of her class from Damelin Business School.

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Latest Archive

Gold is vulnerable to a pullback as Powell prepares to signal 'seriousness', but will hit an all-time high in 2023 - Adrian Day

Monday January 30, 2023 01:18PM

(Kitco News) - Gold has rallied over the past three months up 17.7 percent over 3 months, and is up over 5 percent year-to-date.

Gold to be hardest hit commodity in 'massive crash', bear market in early stages - Harry Dent

Wednesday January 25, 2023 01:51PM

(Kitco News) - Gold, which has been trading up for 2023 and is currently at around $1,930 per ounce, will reverse the trend and have a dramatic decline as the biggest crash in our lifetime enters its second wave, according to Harry Dent, Founder of HS Dent.

The bottom is in for gold - World War 3 is already here & a global economic collapse will pave way for CBDCs - Gerald Celente

Wednesday January 18, 2023 09:31AM

(Kitco News) - Despite its stagnant performance in 2022, the bottom for gold is in, according to Gerald Celente, Publisher of The Trends Journal, whose 40-year forecasting record includes correctly predicting the 1987 stock market crash, the DotCom bubble, and high inflation in 2022.

Nouriel Roubini says gold may be your best protection as the mother of all debt bombs & nine other megathreats are looming

Tuesday January 10, 2023 10:25AM

(Kitco News) - Gold may be your best protection: mother of all debt bombs & nine other megathreats are looming- Nouriel Roubini

2023 could be the year of a 'Space Pearl Harbor' with vital U.S. Satellites increasingly vulnerable - Brandon Weichert

Tuesday January 3, 2023 03:08PM

(Kitco News) - An attack on U.S. satellites, which form the backbone of the nation's communications and commercial infrastructure, is likely to succeed, taking out the United States's ability to defend itself, according to Brandon Weichert, a geopolitical analyst and Editor of the Weichert Report.