Fareed Zakaria Biography, CNN Career, Net Worth, Salary, Wife & Religion

In line with the great anchors of the world, you will find personalities such as Christiane Amanpour, Richard Quest and Fareed Zakaria, presenter of the CNN channel and host of Fareed Zakaria GPS. More than that, he is also a columnist for the Washington Post, best-selling author and editor for The Atlantic.

Since he started his show on CNN Global in 2008, he has become one of the most influential shows on international and national affairs on television.

Fareed Zakaria Bio and Religion

On January 20, 1964, the CNN anchor was born as Fareed Rafiq Zakaria in Mumbai, India. Her father was a politician, Rafiq Zakaria, while her mother, Fatima Zakaria was the editor of Sunday Times of India

Fareed grew up in a Konkani Muslim family with a father who, in addition to being a politician, was also an Islamic theologian. However, while he still considers himself a Muslim, he is not a practicing Muslim. In 2015, he revealed that he entered a mosque less than a decade ago except as a tourist.

He received his early education in Mumbai from the Cathedral and John Connon School before obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1986. At Yale, he was a member of the secret society Scroll and Key, as well as president of the society debate, Yale Political Union. Zakaria was also editor of the University’s student publication, Yale Politics Monthly

In 1993, Fareed Zakaria obtained his doctorate. in government at Harvard University. Even before that, he worked with the magazine Étranger Affaires as an editor; it was in 1992 when he was only 28 years old.

He became a Newsweek International editor in 2000 then in 2010 he left for Time as a columnist and editor. More so, he writes for major publications including The Washington PostThe New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal while also working with the Atlantic Media Group as a contributing editor.

Career at CNN

In June 2008, Fareed began their GPS program Fareed Zakaria ( Global Public Square ) on CNN. Prior to that, he was a regular panelist on ABC Network’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos from 2000 to 2007, then became the host of the PBS television program, Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria.

His show on CNN airs weekly in the United States.S. and around the world, reaching more than 200 million homes. Fareed has interviewed many world leaders, including former President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Additionally, several CEOs and energy brokers from around the world have also appeared in the series.

Along with its schedule, Fareed also hosts prime-time specials for CNN Worldwide and analyzes various public affairs and world events on CNN.com.

During his career at CNN and other media companies, Zakari received a lot of recognition. He was named India Abroad Personality of the Year 2008 after being the first Indian to host his own show on CNN. Also, he won the Peabody award in 2011 and in 2013 he was nominated for an Emmy award.

Net Worth and Salary

With everything he’s involved in, it’s fair to expect Fareed Zakaria to have good fortune. His net worth is estimated at $8 million. However, his actual salary remains unknown.

He has drawn his wealth from his various engagements, including with CNN. He notably bought a $3.4 million townhouse and a $2.1 million county estate in Rhinebeck, New York.

His wife

Regarding his personal life, FareedZakaria is a married man. He tied the knot with Paula Throckmorton in 1997. Although little is known about his wife, we do know that she is a jewelry designer and writer.

The couple have three children between them, Sofia Zakaria, Lila Zakaria and Omar Zakaria. Even though the CNN anchor is a Muslim, his wife is a Christian. More so, Paula Throckmorton and Zakaria did not raise their children as Muslims.

In 2018, Paula filed for divorce from her husband. It wasn’t the first time the two women had a marriage problem, as in 2011 they went their separate ways for a while before finally moving back.

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