Fareed Zakaria Biography | Wikipedia
Fareed Zakaria is an Indian-American broadcast journalist and author currently serving as the main host of CNN’s Fareed GPS show. He also writes weekly columns for The WashingtonPost. Previously, Fareed served as an editor at large for Newsweek International and Time Magazine. Zakaria even appeared as a news analyst for ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos from 2002 to 2007.
Fareed Zakaria Education
Zakaria finished his high school education at the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai, India. In 1986, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Yale University. Fareed served as the president of the Yale Political Union and chief editor of the Yale Political Monthly magazine at the university before his official graduation.
Fareed Zakaria Age
How old is Fareed? Zakaria is 57 years old as of 2021. He was born Fareed Rafiq Zakaria, on January 20, 1954, in Mumbai, Maharastra, India. His birthday is celebrated on 20th January every year. His zodiac birth sign is Aquarius. ALSO READ: Bob Van Dillen
Fareed Zakaria Nationality | Ethnicity
Zakaria holds Indian-American nationality and citizenship by naturalization. He was born in Mumbai, India but relocated to the United States to further his studies at Yale University. Therefore, Fareed is of Indian heritage/ ethnicity/heritage.
Fareed Zakaria Height
Zakaria stands at an average height of 5 feet 9 inches. He also maintains an average bodyweight of around 59 kilograms. However, information regarding his other body measurements is currently under review. Fareed’s hair color is black and his eye color is black.
Fareed Zakaria Mother | Family
Zakaria was born and raised in Bombay, Mumbai by his loving parents. He grew up as the son of Fatima Zakaria (mother) and a former politician who worked for the Indian national congress Rafiq Zakaria (father). Fareed’s father was born in 1920 but died in 2005. His stepmother worked as an editor for the Sunday Times of India. Unfortunately, Fared’s mother Fatima died in 2021 due to Covid 19 complications.
Fareed Zakaria Wife
Is Fareed married? Zakaria was married to his wife, Paula Throckmorton, a Jewelry designer. The two ex-lovers met for the first time in early 1995 and then tied the knot in a simple wedding ceremony held in 1997. The duo now shares custody of three children. Paula’s wife filed for divorce after twenty years of marriage. Zakaria now lives alone as a graduate student in the Upper West Side of New York City.
Fareed Zakaria Kids | Children
Zakaria is the father of two adorable daughters (Lila Zakaria and Sofia Zakaria) and one handsome son named Omar Zakaria. More details about his kids will be shared once it is confirmed available.
Fareed Zakaria Salary
Zakaria working as the main host of CNN’s Fareed GPS shows based in New York City, earns an annual salary ranging from $28,000 to $98,000 per year.
Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN
Zakaria currently serves as the main host of GPS Fareed on CNN News. He first began his career as the managing editor of Foreign Affairs at Harvard University after doing a research project on American foreign policy. He then went on to work as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. In 2000, Fareed was hired as the editor in chief of Newsweek international and wrote weekly columns for Newsweek.
Zakaria then worked with Time magazine before joining the Washington Post as a contributing editor. Fareed made his first debut on television by appearing as an analyst for ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopolous in 2002. He was also among the co-hosts of the morning roundtable show at the station. Zakaria then began hosting a PBS program known as Foreign Exchange with Fareed in 2005 until it was canceled in 2008.
In June 2008, he joined CNN international for the first time as the main host of GPS Fareed. His show celebrated its 10th-year anniversary on June 5, 2018. Additionally, Zakaria worked as one of the main producers of an HBO series known as Vice and he is an active member of the Berggruen Institute. He has been nominated for the National Magazine Awd more than five times and won one National Magazine award because of his fascinating columns and commentary.
Fareed Zakaria Net Worth
Zakaria is a highly acclaimed broadcast journalist and CNN correspondent who has an estimated net worth of around $1 million dollars as of 2021.
Fareed Zakaria Podcast
Zakaria’s GPS show is also available as a podcast series on Iheart radio and Spotify. The podcast series features Zakaria giving a comprehensive picture of foreign affairs and global policies by conducting in-depth interviews with various guests while having fascinating roundtable discussions with them.
Fareed Zakaria Ten Lessons
Ten Lesson is a New York best-selling book that was published by Fareed in October 2020. The book was published by Fareed in order to help readers and his audience understand the nature of a post-pandemic world and how it affects the lives of many people.
Fareed Zakaria Illiberal Democracy
Zakaria is known for publishing columns for The Rise of Illiberal Democracy on The WashingtonPost, The Time amazing and other well-known media outlets. In these articles. Gared is able to dive in-depth and discuss vital details surrounding Liberal Democracy. His publications on Illiberal Democracy are available online.
Fareed Zakaria Recommended Books| Fareed Book Of The Week
- Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
- In Defense of a Liberal Education
- The Post-American World
- The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
- From Wealth to Power
- The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World Essays from 75 Years of Foreign Affairs
