Celebrity Biographies
Biography of Richard Quest
| Date of Birth: | 1962, March 9 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 58 years |
| Nation of birth: | England |
| Height: | 6 feet 2 inches |
| Name | Richard Quest |
| birth name | Richard Austin Quest |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth / city | Liverpool |
| Religion | Judaism |
| ethnicity | White |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Working for | CNN International |
| Net worth | $4 million |
| Salary | N/A |
| weight in kg | N/A |
| Famous for | presenter and reporter |
| Married | Not yet |
Synopsis
Richard Quest is a New York-based English journalist who works for CNN International as a presenter and reporter. He has served as a presenter for Quest Means Business. He is also known for hosting the monthly CNN Business Traveler show.
Early life and career
He was born on March 9, 1962 in Liverpool, England. He has a British nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
Hosts CNN’s ‘Quest Means Business’, the definitive word on how we make and spend our money. He also hosts the monthly CNN Business Traveler and CNN Marketplace Europe.
Richard Quest began his career in journalism as a trainee journalist with the BBC in 1985. He joined the financial section in 1987 and moved to New York City in 1989 to become a BBC North American business correspondent.
After that, he worked for the BBC as a US business correspondent as part of its BBC News 24 channel. He reported on and discussed the world stock market.
CNN Career
Richard Quest, in 2001, joined CNN for the launch of Business International. Since then, he has covered a variety of events for CNN, including analysis of the US election as American Quest.
He also covered the start of circulation of euro banknotes and coins as well as the last commercial flight of the Concorde as one of the passengers of the event.
In 2006, he turned down the opportunity to join Al Jazeera English News. In 2015, he hosted the first season of the ABC game show 500 Questions.
Richard Quest, on June 8, 2015, appeared as a contestant on The CNN Quiz Show: The Seventies Edition special playing StandUp for Kids. He was accompanied by his partner Brooke Baldwin.
He is also an aviation correspondent for CNN. He extensively covered the story of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which went missing on March 8, 2014. He is also the author of the book ‘The Disappearance of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane’, published by Penguin Random House on March 8, 2016.
Personal issues
In 2008, Quest was arrested for possession of crystal methamphetamine in Central Park in New York City. They found him wandering around at 3.40am with drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals and a sex toy in the trunk of his car.
At trial, State Court Judge Anthony Ferrara ordered her to check into rehab and undergo drug counseling for six months.
In 2014, Quest revealed that he was gay. He is Jewish and not yet married.
Net worth
He has a good income from his job and has an estimated net worth of $4 million.