Robert Norman Gottliebsen AM (born 4 February 1941)^[1] is a columnist for Business Spectator and an economics writer at The Australian.^[2] He was the original columnist "Chanticleer" for the Australian Financial Review and founder of Business Review Weekly magazine, heading the magazine for the next 19 years. He also co-founded the investor advice newsletter and website Eureka Report in 2005, and writes a weekly column for it.

Gottliebsen was educated at Essendon Grammar School and the University of Melbourne. He won a Walkley award in 1976, and was Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year in 1976.^[3] He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, for "significant service to the print media as a journalist, editor and business analyst, and to education through school governance roles."^[4]

Gottliebsen is a member of Essendon Presbyterian Church and has served as its treasurer.^[3]