Gideon Rachman Biography
Gideon Rachman is a British journalist and became the chief foreign affairs commentator of the Financial Times in July 2006. In addition, in 2016, Rachman won the Orwell Prize for political journalism. In the same year, the journalist was awarded the Commentator Award at the European Press Prize Awards.
Gideon Rachman Age|Birthday
Rachman was born in 1963. Therefore, he is 59 years old as of 2022. However, the journalist’s exact date and month of birth are currently unavailable thus it is not known when he celebrates his birthday.
Gideon Rachman Height|Weight
Rachman’s height and other body measurements are currently unavailable to the public domain.
Gideon Rachman Family
Rachman was born in England to his Jewish South African parents. However, he spent some of his childhood in South Africa. Moreover, Rachman’s uncle, Ronnie Hope was news editor at The Jerusalem Post. However, the journalist has not disclosed his parents’ identities. Additionally, he has three siblings, a brother, Tom who is the author of the novel The Imperfectionists, and a sister, Carla who is an art historian. Unfortunately, his other sister, Emily died of breast cancer in 2012.
Gideon Rachman Career
The journalist, Rachman began his career with the BBC World Service in 1984. Moreover, from 1988 to 1990, the journalist was a reporter for The Sunday Correspondent newspaper based in Washington, D.C.
In addition, the journalist spent 15 years at The Economist newspaper; first as its deputy American editor, then as its South-east Asia correspondent from a base in Bangkok. Moreover, Rachman then served as The Economist’s Asia editor before taking on the post of Britain editor from 1997 to 2000, following which he was posted in Brussels where he penned the Charlemagne European-affairs column.
Furthermore, at The Financial Times, the journalist writes on international politics, with particular stress on American foreign policy, the European Union, and geopolitics in Asia.
Moreover, the journalist maintains a blog on the FT site.
Gideon Rachman Net Worth
Rachman’s net worth ranges between $1 million and $5 million.
