Robert Peston

About Robert Peston

English journalist who worked for BBC News as both a Business Editor and an Economics Editor.

Robert James Kenneth Peston is a British journalist, presenter, and founder of the education charity Speakers for Schools. He is the Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston. From February 2006 until March 2014, he was the Business Editor for BBC News and Economics Editor from March 2014 to November 2015. He became known to a wider public with his reporting of the late-2000s financial crisis, especially with his scoop on the Northern Rock crisis.

Education	Balliol College, Oxford, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Occupation	Journalist, author, news and TV presenter
Born	Robert James Kenneth Peston, April 25, 1960
Nationality	British
Children	1 (and 1 stepson)
Parent(s)	Maurice Peston, Baron Peston, Helen Conroy
Known for	Political Editor of ITV News, Former Economics Editor of BBC News, Former Business Editor of BBC News, Fmr. Political Editor of the Financial Times, Fmr. Financial Editor of the Financial Times, Fmr. Associate Editor of The Sunday Telegraph, Fmr. Financial Editor of the Independent on Sunday
Employer	ITV (2016–present), BBC (2005–2016)

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Trivia

He won several journalistic awards for his coverage of England's Northern Rock bank crisis.

Robert Peston before fame

He studied at both Oxford's Balliol College and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

Achievement of Robert Peston

For his coverage of the Northern Rock bank crisis in England, he earned multiple journalism prizes.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Robert Peston family life

His wife, writer Siân Busby, died of lung cancer in 2012, leaving Peston to care for the couple's son, Maximillian.

Associations of Robert Peston

He was involved in a well-publicized feud with publishing executive James Murdoch in 2009.

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