| Net Worth: | $12 Million |
| Salary: | $5 Million |
| Date of Birth: | Jan 20, 1964 (56 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Profession: | Journalist, Writer, Author, Commentator, Editor, Television producer |
| Nationality: | India |
Fareed Zakaria net worth and salary: Fareed Zakaria is a renowned journalist and author who has a net worth of $12 million. Hailing from Mumbai, India Zakaria generated his net worth through working for Newsweek, Time magazine and CNN. He’s also a commentator on various news programs, exploring issues on international relations, trade and American foreign policies. Zakaria came from a family with strong connections with journalism and politics: his mother was the editor of Sunday Times of India and his father was a politician for Indian National Congress. After life as a Harvard student, Zakaria become the managing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine in the early nineties and went on to become the editor of Newsweek International, where he wrote about foreign affairs. He also became a contributing editor for Time magazine. In additional to his eyebrow raising CV, Zakaria contributed to New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker. Zakaria is also a trusted presenter in his field of expertise: he hosted a weekly news show, Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria on PBS for three years –now he is an anchor of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS. Zakaria is a respected author, publishing several books including From Wealth to Power: The Usual Origins of America’s Role (1998), The Future of Freedom (2003), The Post-American World (2008) and In Defense of Liberal Education (2015) . For his contribution in his field, Zakaria was hailed of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazine.
Fareed Zakaria Salary: Fareed’s annual salary at CNN is $5 million.