Robert Peston
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Peston in 2014
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| Born |
Robert James Kenneth Peston 25 April 1960 |
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| Nationality | British | ||
| Education |
Balliol College, Oxford; Université Libre de Bruxelles |
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| Occupation | Journalist, author, news and TV presenter | ||
| Employer |
ITN (2016–present) BBC (2005–2016) |
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| Known for | Economics editor of BBC News Political editor of ITV News |
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| Spouse(s) | Siân Busby (m. 1998; d. 2012) | ||
| Children | 2 | ||
| Parent(s) |
Maurice Peston, Baron Peston Helen Conroy, Lady Peston |
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Robert James Kenneth Peston (born 25 April 1960) is a British journalist and presenter. He is the Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston on Sunday. From February 2006 until March 2014, he was the Business Editor for BBC News. 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.
Peston is the son of Maurice Lord Peston, an economist and Labour life peer, and Helen Conroy. As the son of a baron, he is entitled to the courtesy title "The Honourable", but does not use it. Peston attended Highgate Wood Secondary School, in Crouch End, North London, graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, and then studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Peston briefly worked as a stockbroker at Williams de Broë, becoming a journalist in 1983 at the Investors Chronicle and joining The Independent newspaper on its launch in 1986. From 1989 to 1990, Peston worked for the short-lived Sunday Correspondent newspaper as Deputy City Editor, before being appointed City Editor of the Independent on Sunday in 1990.
From 1991 to 2000, he worked for the Financial Times. At the FT, he was – at various times – Political Editor, Banking Editor and head of an investigations unit (which he founded). During his time as Political Editor, he memorably fell out with the then Downing Street Press Secretary Alastair Campbell, who regularly mimicked Peston's habit of flicking back his hair, and once responded to a difficult question with the words: "Another question from the Peston school of smartarse journalism." He became close friends with fellow journalist, now PR man, Roland Rudd, where the two were known as the "Pest and the Rat". His last position at the FT was Financial Editor (in charge of business and financial coverage).
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