Faisal Islam Biography
Faisal Islam is a media personality serving as the economics editor of BBC News and the occasional presenter of Newsnight. He was the political editor of Sky News from 2014 to 2019, and from May 2004 was a business correspondent and later economics editor of Channel 4 News until June 2014.
Faisal Islam Age
He is 46 years old. He was born on 29 May 1977 in Didsbury, Manchester.
Faisal Islam Height
He is 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Faisal Islam Nationality
He holds British nationality.
Faisal Islam Education
He was educated at The Manchester Grammar School, an independent school in Manchester, followed by Trinity College, Cambridge. In 2000, he gained a post-graduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University in London.
Faisal Islam Family
Islam was born to Bengali parents from West Bengal, India. He was brought up in Didsbury, Manchester. However, much is not known concerning his parents and siblings.
Faisal Islam Wife
Islam is married to a German woman, whose identity remains unknown.
Faisal Islam Kids
There is no information on whether he has kids or not.
Faisal Islam BBC News
Islam British political and economics journalist who is the economics editor of BBC News and the occasional presenter of Newsnight. He was the political editor of Sky News from 2014 to 2019, and from May 2004 was a business correspondent and later economics editor of Channel 4 News until June 2014.
Islam was formerly an economics correspondent for The Observer newspaper. He became business correspondent for Channel 4 News in May 2004, later becoming its economics editor, a position he held until 1 June 2014, when he was replaced by Paul Mason, the programmer’s former culture and media editor.
He has reported on the ups and downs of the corporate world from government-subsidized arms dealers and failing PFI contracts to how bankers are trading weather. Islam was named as successor to the long-serving political editor Adam Boulton of Sky News; he took up his new post before the Scottish independence referendum took place in September 2014. Boulton then presented a mid-morning news programme, All Out Politics, on the same channel.
In November 2018 it was announced that he would replace Kamal Ahmed as BBC News’s economics editor, effective summer 2019. He was replaced at Sky News in his role as political editor by Beth Rigby, previously the deputy political editor.
Since 2020 Islam has occasionally presented editions of Newsnight when the show’s regular presenters have been unavailable.
Faisal Islam Salary
His salary is under review.
Faisal Islam Net Worth
His estimated net worth ranges from $1 million to $5 million.
Faisal Islam Instagram
He does not have an instagram account.
Faisal Islam Twitter
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