Richard Quest Biography
Richard Quest is a British anchor and correspondent working at CNN. He has been working at the station since joining in 2001.
Richard Quest Career
Quest serves as the anchor of Quest Means Business at 3 pm ET / 8 pm BST on CNN International and correspondent at CNN Based in New York. In addition to these roles, he also serves as the host of two of the network’s International programs: Quest’s World of Wonder which is a travel series that finds Quest touring new travel destinations and vacations.
He also hosts a travel series called Business Traveller, which encloses worldwide business travel trends, innovations in the travel industry, and issues. Furthermore, he had also served as an editor at CNN Business and regularly hosts “Markets Now” which is a digital live financial show that is aired every Wednesday at 12:45 pm ET at CNNMoney.com/MarketsNow.
His show, Quest Means Business mainly focuses on bridging the gap between entertaining television and hard economics. The show also has guests including Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida, Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase, Robert Zoellick, IMF chiefs Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Christine Lagarde, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Hans Vestberg of Verizon, James Quincey, former EC President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on businesses and economies, he often interviews well-known personalities and business people across travel, aviation, pharmaceutical, tourism industries, and technology. Some of them include Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Operation Warp Speed chief adviser Moncef Slaoui, and IMF’s chief economist Gita Gopinath.
Quest also reported from G20 meetings and also attends the World Economic Forum in Switzerland every year. In addition to that, he has also enclosed financial crises and major stock markets since Black Monday in 1987 and has also reported from key financial centers globally including Hong Kong, Wall Street, Tokyo, Sao Paolo, and London.
Quest has also interviewed major airline executives including former Delta CEO Richard Anderson, United CEO Scott Kirby, Emirates CEO Tim Clark, Delta CEO Ed Bastian, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo crash, and Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss.
Quest also authored ‘The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane.’ In addition to that, he has also enclosed several UK events including the 2016 ‘Brexit’ vote. He also enclosed stories about the death of Yasser Arafat, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the death of Michael Jackson, and the Lockerbie Pan Am 103 crash. His show, Quest Means Business has had guest journalists like The Dalai Lama, Joan Collins, and the founder of Playboy Magazine, Hugh Hefner.
Prior to his tenure at CNN, he worked at BBC where he served as a North American business correspondent and was based on Wall Street for 12 years. He went to Leeds University where he attained his LLB (Hons) degree in Law.
Richard Quest Age
Quest is 62 years old. He was born on 9 March 1962 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. He celebrates his birthday on March, 9th every year.
Richard Quest Height
Quest stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.87 m).
Richard Quest Family
Quest has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Quest has any siblings.
Richard Quest Husband/Is Richard Quest Gay?
Quest is openly gay. He is married to his partner Chris Pepesterny. The two got engaged in May 2019. The couple married on October 11th, 2020.
Richard Quest Net Worth
Quest has an estimated net worth of $4 Million which he has earned through being an international business correspondent and presenter of Quest Means Business.
Richard Quest Salary
Quest earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Richard Quest Central Park
Quest was apprehended in 2008 at Central Park for drug possession after the park’s 1 a.m. curfew. He had methamphetamine in his pocket.
Richard Quest CNN
Quest works at CNN where he works alongside other famous CNN anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;
- Roland Martin
- Sara Sidner
- Erin Mclaughlin
- Alex Marquardt
- Jean Casarez
- Dylan Byers
- Natasha Curry
- Christi Paul
- Bob Van Dillen
- Reynolds Wolf
- Josh Campbell
- Ryan Browne
- Pamela Brown
- Gloria Borger
The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Quest.
| Who is Richard? | He is a British journalist and non-practicing barrister |
| Age | Quest is 62 years old. |
| Height | 6 feet 2 inches |
| Spouse | Chris Pepesterny |
| Salary | $40,000 – $ 110,500 |
| Net Worth | $4 Million |