Fareed Zakaria Biography
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is famously known as an Indian-American journalist, political commentator, and author. In addition, he is the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly paid column for The Washington Post. He has also been a columnist for Newsweek, an editor at large of Time, and editor of Newsweek International.
How Old is Fareed Zakaria? – Age
Born on 20 January 1964, in Mumbai, India, he is currently 59 years old, with his birthday falling on 20 January.
How Tall is Fareed Zakaria? – Height
The journalist stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches.
Fareed Zakaria’s Mother, Father, Siblings – Family
Zakaria was born and raised in Mumbai, India, to a Konkani Muslim family. Additionally, his father, Rafiq Zakaria (1920–2005), became a politician associated with the Indian National Congress and also an Islamic theologian. Also, his mother, Fatima Zakaria (1936–2021), his father’s second wife, was known for a time the editor of the Sunday Times of India. Later, she died during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Education
Zakaria went to the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. Later, he graduated holding a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1986, where he became president of the Yale Political Union, editor in chief of the Yale Political Monthly, and a member of the Scroll and Key society, and also a member of the Party of the Right.
Is Fareed Zakaria Married? – Wife
Zakaria is known as a naturalized American citizen. Additionally in 1997, Zakaria married Paula Throckmorton, who is a jewelry designer. Likewise, the couple are blessed with three children, Lila Zakaria, Omar Zakaria, and Sofia Zakaria. Later in July 2018, his wife filed for divorce.
Fareed Zakaria’s CNN Career
Later after directing a research project on American foreign policy at Harvard, he was the managing editor of Foreign Affairs in 1992, when he was 28 years. Besides, under his guidance, the magazine became redesigned to be published once after every two months, moving away from a quarterly schedule. Furthermore, he worked as an adjunct professor at Columbia University, where he taught a seminar on international relations.
He was named editor of Newsweek International, and later became a weekly columnist for Newsweek in October 2000. Later in August 2010, he moved to Time to serve as editor at-large and also columnist. Moreover, he writes a weekly column for The Washington Post and also is a contributing editor for the Atlantic Media group, which involves The Atlantic Monthly.
Likewise, he has published on a many of subjects for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The New Republic. He became a wine columnist for the web magazine Slate, along with the pseudonym of George Saintsbury, after the English writer for a brief period.
Fareed Zakaria Salary and Net Worth
Zakaria’s annual salary is around $5 Million. His net worth is estimated to be $14 million, derived from his extensive career as Journalist, Writer, Author, Commentator and Production
Fareed Zakaria’s Twitter
You can follow him on twitter @FareedZakaria