Fareed Zakaria Biography

Fast Facts

• Awarded a George Foster Peabody Award for his news program "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on CNN
• Has received honorary degrees from Harvard University, Brown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Miami, Oberlin College, Bates College and the University of Oklahoma among others
• Named as one of the top 100 global thinkers by "Foreign Policy" magazine in 2010
• Named one of the 21 most important people of the 21st century by "Esquire" magazine in 1999
• Nominated five times for the National Magazine Award and won it once in 2010
• Named 2008 Person of Year by "India Abroad" weekly newspaper
• Has served on the board of the Council of Foreign Relations, the New America Foundation, Columbia University's International House and Shakespeare and Company
• Received the Padma Bhushan award by the Indian government for his contributions in journalism in 2010
• Was a trustee of Yale University and the Trilateral Commission
• Studied under Samuel P․ Huntington, Stanley Hoffman and Robert Keohane while earning his Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Harvard University in 1993