Fareed Zakaria Biography
Fareed Zakaria is a famous Indian-American journalist, political commentator and author. He is currently the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sundays at 10 am and 1 pm ET in the United States., and also writes a weekly paid column for The Washington Post.
In addition, Zakaria has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor for Newsweek International, as well as editor-at-large for Time. Fareed’s GPS is a weekly international and domestic affairs program that airs on CNN (USA) and worldwide on CNN International. Since the show began in 2008, Fareed has become a leading television forum for global journalists and opinion leaders.
Interviews on Zakaria GPS included former US President Barack Obama, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, French President Emmanuel Macron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Other past guests include; military officers such as Admiral Michael Mullen and General David Petraeus; corporate leaders such as Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein; and other public figures such as Bono and Bill Maher. Furthermore, the show won the prestigious Peabody Award in 2011 and received multiple Emmy nominations.
Fareed has frequently hosted primetime specials for CNN Worldwide, such as “Putin: The Most Powerful Man Alive”, “Blindsided: How ISIS Shook the World”, “Why Trump Won”, He regularly contributes his thought analysis on world events and public affairs for CNN.com; Zakaria’s Global Briefing, a daily digital newsletter, as well as other programming across CNN’s multiple platforms.
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In addition, Zakaria is the author of three highly regarded and New York Times bestselling books: The Future of Freedom (2003), a study of “illiberal democracy” in various countries, also an international bestseller; In Defense of a Liberal Education (2015), a commentary on the importance of comprehensive education; and the international bestseller The Post-American World (1st ed. 2008, 2nd ed. 2011), which talks about the rise of non-Western powers. Furthermore, her latest book is Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World.
Previously, before joining CNN Worldwide, Fareed worked as editor for Newsweek International, columnist for Time, analyst for ABC News, editor-in-chief of Foreign Affairs and host of Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria on PBS.
In 2017, Zakaria was the winner of the Arthur Ross Media Award by the American Academy of Diplomacy, moreover, in 2010, the government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, one of his highest civil honors. Fareed was named by Foreign Policy magazine in 2019 “Top 10 Global Thinker of the Last 10 Years,” and Esquire once called him “the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation.” Fareed serves on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations and New America.
Zacharia went to Yale University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s and doctorate in political science from Harvard University and earned several honorary degrees.
Fareed Zakaria Age
How old is Fareed Zakaria? Zakaria It is 58 years from 2022. He he was born Fareed Rafiq Zakaria about January 20, 1964, in Mumbai, India. In addition, Fareed celebrates its birthday about January 20 every year, and your birth sign is Capricorn.
Fareed Zakaria Family
Zakaria is the son of Rafiq Zakaria and Fátima Zakaria, his father was a politician associated with the Indian National Congress and an Islamic theologian, while his mother was his father’s second wife. Zakaria’s mother was the editor of the Sunday Times of India.
from Zakaria nationality is American and belongs to Konkani-Indian ethnicity. Furthermore, he is the cousin by Arif Zakaria and Asif Zakaria.
Fareed Zakaria Education
Zakaria went to Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay. He graduated in 1986 with Bachelor of Arts from Yale University. In addition, he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Political Monthly, president of the Yale Political Union, a member of the Right Party, and a member of the Scroll and Key society. Later, in 1993, he won a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University, where he studied with Stanley Hoffmann, Samuel P. Huntington, and international relations theorist Robert Keohane.
Fareed Zakaria wife
Fareed is married? Yup. rate he picked up married for Paula Throckmortonjewelry designer in 1997. They have three children together, Lila Zakaria, Sofia Zakaria, and Omar Zakaria. However, in July 2018, his wife filed a request for divorce.
Currently, Zacharia lives at the Upper West Side of New York City. As a graduate student, Fareed developed his love of cooking and credits chefs Julia Child and Jacques Pépin with his greatest passion for food. Furthermore, he describes himself as a secular, non-practicing Muslim. He said: “My views on faith are complicated – something between deism and agnosticism. He also added that he is completely secular in his perspective. His ex-wife is a Christian and their three children were not raised Muslims.
Fareed Zakaria Height
Zakaria stays in one height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.72 m) tall. Furthermore, he has black eye color and black hair color.
Fareed Zakaria Salary
Zakaria receives an average annual salary of $5 million on CNN.
Fareed Zakaria’s Fortune
How much is Fareed worth? rate have an estimate net worth of US$ 14 million. His wealth is mainly attributed to his career as a journalist.
