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{{short description|British journalist and non-practising barrister}}
{{short description|British journalist and non-practising barrister}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Richard Quest
| name = Richard Quest
| image = Richard Quest 2014.jpg
| image = Richard Quest in 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Quest in 2014.
| caption = Quest in 2024.
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| birth_name = Richard Austin Quest
| birth_name = Richard Austin Quest
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|03|09|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|03|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England
| education = [[University of Leeds]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
| education = [[University of Leeds]] ([[LLB]])
| nationality = British
| nationality = British
| occupation = [[Barrister]] (non-practising) <br /> Journalist
| occupation = [[Barrister]] (non-practising) <br /> Journalist
| credits = ''[[Business International (TV series)|Business International]]''<br />''Quest Means Business'' <br /> ''[[500 Questions]]''
| credits = ''[[Business International (TV series)|Business International]]''<br />''Quest Means Business'' <br /> ''[[500 Questions]]''
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'''Richard Austin Quest''' (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising [[barrister]] working as a news anchor for [[CNN International]]. He is also an editor-at-large of [[CNN Business]].
'''Richard Austin Quest''' (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising [[barrister]] working as a news anchor for [[CNN International]]. He is also an editor-at-large of [[CNN Business]].


He anchors ''Quest Means Business'', the five-times-weekly business program and fronts the CNN shows ''[[CNN Business Traveller|Business Traveller]]'',<ref name="CNN"/> ''The Express'' and ''Quest's World of Wonder''.
He anchors ''Quest Means Business'', the five-times-weekly business programme and fronts the CNN shows ''[[Business Traveller]]'',<ref name="CNN"/> ''The Express'' and ''Quest's World of Wonder''.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Quest is a native of [[Liverpool]], Lancashire (now [[Merseyside]]), England, having been born and partly brought up there. He is [[Jews in New York City|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://childhoodbiography.com/richard-quest-childhood-story-plus-untold-biography-facts/ |title=Richard Quest Childhood Story Plus Untold Biography Facts |author=Daxton, Cole |date=8 January 2023 |publisher=Childhood Biography |access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref>
Quest is a native of [[Liverpool]] in Lancashire (now [[Merseyside]]), England, having been born and partly brought up there. He is [[Jews in New York City|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://childhoodbiography.com/richard-quest-childhood-story-plus-untold-biography-facts/ |title=Richard Quest Childhood Story Plus Untold Biography Facts |author=Daxton, Cole |date=8 January 2023 |publisher=Childhood Biography |access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref>


He was educated at the [[Comprehensive school (England and Wales)|state comprehensive]] [[Roundhay School]] in [[Leeds]], followed by [[Airedale and Wharfedale College]] and the [[University of Leeds]], where he earned a [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1983, and was called to the [[Barrister|Bar]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite web | date = n.d. | url=http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/quest.richard.html |title= Anchors & Reporters: Richard Quest |publisher = [[CNN]] |access-date= 24 July 2014}}</ref> He spent the 1983–1984 academic year in the United States at [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], Tennessee, where he was the news director of [[WRVU]].
He was educated at the [[Comprehensive school (England and Wales)|state comprehensive]] [[Roundhay School]] in [[Leeds]], followed by [[Airedale and Wharfedale College]] and the [[University of Leeds]], where he earned a [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1983, and was called to the [[Barrister|Bar]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite web | date = n.d. | url = http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/quest.richard.html | title = Anchors & Reporters: Richard Quest | publisher = [[CNN]] | access-date = 24 July 2014 | archive-date = 2 March 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210302003904/http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/quest.richard.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> He spent the 1983–1984 academic year in the United States at [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], where he was the news director of [[WRVU]].


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Quest at WRVU.jpg|thumb|upright|left|215px|Quest and Lisa Neideffer of WRVU-FM broadcasting at Vanderbilt University, 1984]]
[[File:Quest at WRVU.jpg|thumb|upright|215px|Quest and Lisa Neideffer of WRVU-FM broadcasting at Vanderbilt University, 1984]]
[[File:2006 Spectrum London.jpg|thumb|upright|215px|Quest interviews [[Stuckism|Stuckist]] artist [[Ella Guru]] at [[Spectrum London]] gallery, 2006]]
[[File:2006 Spectrum London.jpg|thumb|upright|215px|Quest interviews [[Stuckism|Stuckist]] artist [[Ella Guru]] at [[Spectrum London]] gallery, 2006]]
Quest became a trainee journalist at the [[BBC]] in 1985, joining its financial section in 1987, and moving to New York City in 1989 to become the BBC's North American business correspondent.
Quest became a trainee journalist at the [[BBC]] in 1985, joining its financial section in 1987, and moving to New York City in 1989 to become the BBC's North American business correspondent.
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Quest later worked for the BBC from the United States as part of its then-fledgling [[BBC News 24]] channel. He was the business correspondent reporting on, and discussing the world [[stock market]] in a regular segment entitled ''World Business Report'' usually aired between 2:00&nbsp;am and 3:00&nbsp;am (GMT), a programme that he presented alongside [[Paddy O'Connell]]. He was also an occasional presenter on the BBC's early-morning ''[[Business Breakfast]]'' programme.
Quest later worked for the BBC from the United States as part of its then-fledgling [[BBC News 24]] channel. He was the business correspondent reporting on, and discussing the world [[stock market]] in a regular segment entitled ''World Business Report'' usually aired between 2:00&nbsp;am and 3:00&nbsp;am (GMT), a programme that he presented alongside [[Paddy O'Connell]]. He was also an occasional presenter on the BBC's early-morning ''[[Business Breakfast]]'' programme.


Quest joined CNN in 2001 for the launch of ''[[Business International (TV series)|Business International]]''. Since this time Quest has covered a variety of different events for CNN, amongst others an analysis of the U.S. elections as ''American Quest'' and the start of the circulation of [[euro]] banknotes and coins on 1 January 2002 and the last official commercial flight of [[Concorde]]. He has also headed up CNN's coverage of several events involving the [[British Royal Family]].
Quest joined CNN in 2001, initially as co-presenter of newly-launched programme ''[[Business International (TV series)|Business International]]''.<ref name="Campaign">{{cite magazine |title=Media: Credit Suisse links with business show on CNN |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/media-credit-suisse-links-business-show-cnn/56775|access-date= 6 October 2024 |magazine=[[Campaign (magazine)|Campaign]] |date=8 February 2001 |author=Poppy Brech}}</ref> A year later, he moved to the European breakfast show [[CNN Today|BizNews]], which he presented until 2005.<ref name="DS">{{cite web|title=Quest spearheads new CNN billboard ads |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a6257/quest-spearheads-new-cnn-billboard-ads/|access-date= 5 July 2024 |website= [[Digital Spy]] |date= 15 February 2002|author= Welsh, James}}</ref> Since this time Quest has covered a variety of different events for CNN, among others an analysis of the US elections as ''American Quest'' and the start of the circulation of [[Euro]] banknotes and coins on 1 January 2002 and the last official commercial flight of [[Concorde]]. He has also headed up CNN's coverage of several events involving the [[British Royal Family]].


In 2006, Quest turned down an opportunity to join [[Al Jazeera English]] news channel, the English language version of [[al-Jazeera]], "on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable".<ref name="Jazeera">{{cite news|title=Look East – After Long Delays and a Rumoured Editorial Split with Its Arabic Parent, English-Language News Channel al-Jazeera Will Go on Air This Week |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/13/mondaymediasection16|access-date= 24 July 2014 |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= 12 November 2006|author= Gibson, Owen |author2=Rattansi, Afshin |quote=But there were delays from the start. It was hard to recruit big-name presenters: Richard Quest of CNN said he turned down an offer on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable.}}</ref>
In 2006, Quest turned down an opportunity to join [[Al Jazeera English]] news channel, the English language version of [[Al Jazeera Arabic|al-Jazeera]], "on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable".<ref name="Jazeera">{{cite news|title=Look East – After Long Delays and a Rumoured Editorial Split with Its Arabic Parent, English-Language News Channel al-Jazeera Will Go on Air This Week |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/13/mondaymediasection16|access-date= 24 July 2014 |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= 12 November 2006|author= Gibson, Owen |author2=Rattansi, Afshin |quote=But there were delays from the start. It was hard to recruit big-name presenters: Richard Quest of CNN said he turned down an offer on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable.}}</ref>


On 9 April 2015, Quest was announced as the host of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] game show ''[[500 Questions]]''. He was replaced by [[Dan Harris (journalist)|Dan Harris]] for the show's second season.
On 9 April 2015, Quest was announced as the host of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] game show ''[[500 Questions]]''. He was replaced by [[Dan Harris (journalist)|Dan Harris]] for the show's second season.
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 2008, Quest was arrested in New York City's [[Central Park]] "with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shea|first=Danny|date=26 April 2008|title=Richard Quest, CNN Reporter, Arrested On Drug Charges|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-quest-cnn-reporte_n_97466|access-date=9 June 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref> Quest admitted being in possession of [[methamphetamine|crystal methamphetamine]], a [[controlled substance]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|author = Hartocollis, Anemona|url = http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/cnn-reporter-faces-drug-charge/|title = CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge|publisher = City Room (blog of [[The New York Times]])|date = 19 April 2008|access-date = 19 April 2008}}</ref>
In 2008, Quest was arrested in New York City's [[Central Park]] "with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shea|first=Danny|date=26 April 2008|title=Richard Quest, CNN Reporter, Arrested On Drug Charges|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-quest-cnn-reporte_n_97466|access-date=9 June 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref> Quest admitted being in possession of [[crystal methamphetamine]], a [[controlled substance]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|author = Hartocollis, Anemona|url = http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/cnn-reporter-faces-drug-charge/|title = CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge|publisher = City Room (blog of [[The New York Times]])|date = 19 April 2008|access-date = 19 April 2008}}</ref>


On 26 June 2014, Quest described his past experience as a closeted gay man on his CNN television programme ''Quest Means Business''.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2014/06/27/quest-profitable-moment-gay.cnn Quest: I'm honest about who I am] Retrieved 20 April 2020.</ref>
On 26 June 2014, Quest described his past experience as a closeted gay man on his CNN television programme ''Quest Means Business''.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2014/06/27/quest-profitable-moment-gay.cnn Quest: I'm honest about who I am] Retrieved 20 April 2020.</ref>

Quest tested positive for [[COVID-19]] in April 2020,<ref>{{cite web|date=20 April 2020|title=Richard Quest reveals positive coronavirus test during his show|url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/media/2020/04/20/richard-quest-anchor-coronavirus-positive-vpx.cnn|publisher=CNN Video}}</ref> later saying it had developed into [[long COVID]].<ref>{{cite web |title=I got Covid-19 two months ago. I'm still discovering new areas of damage – Richard Quest |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/richard-quest-covid-wellness-intl/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707195555/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/richard-quest-covid-wellness-intl/index.html |archive-date=7 July 2020 |date=7 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 06:18, 30 December 2024

Richard Quest
Quest in 2024.
Born
Richard Austin Quest

(1962-03-09) 9 March 1962 (age 62)
Liverpool, England
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Leeds (LLB)
Occupation(s)Barrister (non-practising)
Journalist
Notable credit(s)Business International
Quest Means Business
500 Questions

Richard Austin Quest (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business.

He anchors Quest Means Business, the five-times-weekly business programme and fronts the CNN shows Business Traveller,[1] The Express and Quest's World of Wonder.

Early life and education

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Quest is a native of Liverpool in Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, having been born and partly brought up there. He is Jewish.[2]

He was educated at the state comprehensive Roundhay School in Leeds, followed by Airedale and Wharfedale College and the University of Leeds, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws in 1983, and was called to the Bar.[1] He spent the 1983–1984 academic year in the United States at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was the news director of WRVU.

Career

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Quest and Lisa Neideffer of WRVU-FM broadcasting at Vanderbilt University, 1984
Quest interviews Stuckist artist Ella Guru at Spectrum London gallery, 2006

Quest became a trainee journalist at the BBC in 1985, joining its financial section in 1987, and moving to New York City in 1989 to become the BBC's North American business correspondent.

Quest later worked for the BBC from the United States as part of its then-fledgling BBC News 24 channel. He was the business correspondent reporting on, and discussing the world stock market in a regular segment entitled World Business Report usually aired between 2:00 am and 3:00 am (GMT), a programme that he presented alongside Paddy O'Connell. He was also an occasional presenter on the BBC's early-morning Business Breakfast programme.

Quest joined CNN in 2001, initially as co-presenter of newly-launched programme Business International.[3] A year later, he moved to the European breakfast show BizNews, which he presented until 2005.[4] Since this time Quest has covered a variety of different events for CNN, among others an analysis of the US elections as American Quest and the start of the circulation of Euro banknotes and coins on 1 January 2002 and the last official commercial flight of Concorde. He has also headed up CNN's coverage of several events involving the British Royal Family.

In 2006, Quest turned down an opportunity to join Al Jazeera English news channel, the English language version of al-Jazeera, "on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable".[5]

On 9 April 2015, Quest was announced as the host of the ABC game show 500 Questions. He was replaced by Dan Harris for the show's second season.

On 8 June 2015, Quest appeared as a contestant on The CNN Quiz Show: The Seventies Edition special produced by Eimear Crombie, along with his partner Brooke Baldwin playing for StandUp for Kids.

Quest is also an Aviation Correspondent for CNN,[6] and extensively covered the story of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared on 8 March 2014.[7] Quest later wrote the book, The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane, published by Penguin Random House on 8 March 2016.[7]

Personal life

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In 2008, Quest was arrested in New York City's Central Park "with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot."[8] Quest admitted being in possession of crystal methamphetamine, a controlled substance.[9]

On 26 June 2014, Quest described his past experience as a closeted gay man on his CNN television programme Quest Means Business.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Anchors & Reporters: Richard Quest". CNN. n.d. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. ^ Daxton, Cole (8 January 2023). "Richard Quest Childhood Story Plus Untold Biography Facts". Childhood Biography. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ Poppy Brech (8 February 2001). "Media: Credit Suisse links with business show on CNN". Campaign. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ^ Welsh, James (15 February 2002). "Quest spearheads new CNN billboard ads". Digital Spy. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ Gibson, Owen; Rattansi, Afshin (12 November 2006). "Look East – After Long Delays and a Rumoured Editorial Split with Its Arabic Parent, English-Language News Channel al-Jazeera Will Go on Air This Week". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2014. But there were delays from the start. It was hard to recruit big-name presenters: Richard Quest of CNN said he turned down an offer on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable.
  6. ^ Quest, Richard (8 March 2016). "MH370: Did the pilots do it?". CNN. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b "The Vanishing of Flight MH370". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  8. ^ Shea, Danny (26 April 2008). "Richard Quest, CNN Reporter, Arrested On Drug Charges". HuffPost. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. ^ Hartocollis, Anemona (19 April 2008). "CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge". City Room (blog of The New York Times). Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  10. ^ Quest: I'm honest about who I am Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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