Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria
Zakaria in 2012
Born
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria

(1964-01-20) January 20, 1964
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
EducationYale University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
  • political commentator
EmployerCNN
Notable credit(s)Fareed Zakaria GPS, host (2008–present)
Time, contributing editor (2010–2014)
Newsweek International, editor (2000–2010)
Foreign Exchange, host (2005–2007)
Foreign Affairs, former managing editor
Spouse
Paula Throckmorton
(m. 1997; div. 2018)
Children3
Parent(s)Rafiq Zakaria (father)
Fatima Zakaria (mother)
RelativesArif Zakaria (cousin)
Asif Zakaria (cousin)
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2010)
WebsiteOfficial website
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Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (/fəˈrd zəˈkɑːriə/; born January 20, 1964) is an Indian-born American journalist, political commentator, and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly paid column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor at large of Time.