Peter Kellner
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Peter Kellner, September 2009
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| Born |
Peter Jon Kellner 2 October 1946 Lewes, Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Cricklewood Minchenden Grammar School Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne King's College, Cambridge (M.A.) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Baroness Ashton |
| Children | 5 |
Peter Jon Kellner (born 2 October 1946) is an English journalist, former BBC Newsnight reporter, political commentator, and former president of the YouGov opinion polling organisation in the United Kingdom. He is known for his appearances on TV, especially at election times.
Kellner was born in Lewes, Sussex. His father, Michael Kellner, was an Austrian Jew, born in 1920, who emigrated to Palestine in 1938, after Kristallnacht, and later moved to Britain.[1]
He was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Cricklewood (and later Elstree), Minchenden Grammar School, Southgate, North London, and the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and has an MA in Economics and Statistics from King's College, Cambridge.
Formerly the political analyst of the BBC Newsnight current affairs programme, Kellner was engaged by YouGov's founders, Stephan Shakespeare and Nadhim Zahawi, in December 2001. When YouGov floated for £18 million in April 2005, Kellner owned 6% of the company. He has been President of YouGov since 2007, and was its Chairman from 2001–2007.
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