Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria
Zakaria in 2012
Born	Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (1964-01-20) 20 January 1964 (age 60) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education	Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Occupations	Journalist writer political commentator
Employer	CNN
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)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Rafiq Zakaria (father) Fatima Zakaria (mother)
Relatives	Arif Zakaria (cousin) Asif Zakaria (cousin)
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2010)[1]
Website	Official website

Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (/fəˈriːd zəˈkɑːriə/; born 20 January 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.^[2] He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor at large of Time.^[3]