Richard Quest CNN, Bio, Wiki, Age, Partner, Husband, Family, Height, Net Worth and Salary

Richard Quest Biography and Wiki

Richard Quest is a British news journalist and barrister currently working as a news anchor for CNN international. He anchors Quest Means Business, the five-times-weekly business program, and fronts the CNN shows Business Traveller.

Prior to joining CNN, he worked at the BBC, where he was the North American business correspondent, based on Wall Street for 12 years.

Richard Quest Age

Richard is 60 years old as of 2022, He was born on March 9, 1962, in Liverpool, England.

Richard Quest Height

He stands at a tall height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88m) with a moderate weight.

Richard Quest Parents | Education

He was brought up in Liverpool, Lancashire, He was educated at the state comprehensive Roundhay School in Leeds, followed by Airedale and Wharfedale College and the University of Leeds, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws in 1983 and was called to the Bar.

Richard Quest Husband and Partner

Richard is actually gay, He is married to his partner Chris Pepesterny. The renowned news anchor took to social media to express his joy at having said “I Do” to Chris, sharing a beautiful picture with his lover in which they are all smiles.

Richard Quest Engaged

Richard was recently engaged to his spouse Chris Pepesterny.

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Richard Quest CNN  | Wikipedia

He is CNN’s foremost international business correspondent and presenter of Quest Means Business; the definitive word on how we earn and spend our money. Based in New York, he is one of the most instantly recognizable members of the CNN team.

Quest Means Business, which airs weekdays at 1600ET/2200CET on CNN International, destroys the myth that business is boring, bridging the gap between hard economics and entertaining television. CEOs and global finance ministers make a point of appearing on QMB.

Guests of the show have included world leaders such as David Cameron and Petr Necas of the Czech Republic; the biggest names in banking such as Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase and Robert Zoellick, the former President of the World Bank;

European policymakers including IMF boss Christine Lagarde, EC President Jose Manuel Barroso, and former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn; and some of the most influential names in corporate America including DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and Ford CEO Alan Mulally.

His dynamic and distinctive style has made him a unique figure in the field of business broadcasting. He has regularly reported from G20 meetings and attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland each year. He has covered every major stock market and financial crisis since Black Monday in 1987 and has reported from key financial centers globally including Wall Street, London, Sao Paolo, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

In addition, He is the established airline and aviation correspondent at CNN. He currently presents the monthly CNN Business Traveller show, the definitive authority on making the most of doing business on the road – moving from A to B on company time.

As a business travel specialist, Richard has become a voice of authority on subjects like the launch of the Airbus A380. Earlier this year the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) awarded Quest the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award for his reporting on the travel business.

Most recently, Richard has extensively covered the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 across CNN/US and CNNI. In April he traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he landed a television exclusive interview with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Earlier in 2014 Quest fronted the CNN Freedom Project documentary Cocoa-nomics, which explored how the chocolate industry is trying to eradicate slavery from its supply chains. Joined by an executive vice president at Nestle, Quest visited cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast to see if any progress had been made in the fight against child labor.

He is also the face of CNN’s coverage of major UK news events. In 2012 he guided an international audience through the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations live from the banks of the River Thames and used his expert knowledge of the British Royal Family to front the channel’s coverage of the 2011 marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Richard Quest Salary and Net Worth

Richard has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 2021, He has amassed this amount from his career as a journalist for CNN and as a barrister. He receives an annual salary of $70,000 as a news anchor for CNN international.

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