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{{Infobox person
| name = Richard Quest
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| caption = Quest in 2014
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| birth_name = Richard Austin Quest
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|03|09|df=y}}
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| education = ]<br />]<br />]
| nationality = British
| occupation = Journalist
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| credits = '']''<br />''Quest Means Business'' <br> '']''
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'''Richard Austin Quest''' (born 9 March 1962) is an English journalist and a ] anchor and reporter, based in ].

He anchors ''Quest Means Business''. In addition to anchoring the five-times-weekly business programme, Quest hosts the monthly programme '']''<ref name="CNN" /> and ''CNN Marketplace Europe''. He formerly anchored the monthly show ''Quest'' and the daily show '']'' which was geared towards morning audiences in Europe.

==Early life and education==
Quest is a native of ], ], England, having been born and partly brought up there.

He was educated at the ] ] in ], followed by ] and the ], where he studied law, taking his degree in 1983 (Law ] Hons.), and was called to the ].<ref name="CNN">{{cite web | author = Staff | date = n.d. | url=http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/quest.richard.html |title= Anchors & Reporters: Richard Quest |publisher = ] |accessdate= 24 July 2014}}</ref> He had already gained broadcasting experience when he spent the 1983–84 academic year in the United States at ] in ], ]. As news director for campus radio station ], he built the reporting staff from scratch.

==Career==
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Quest became a trainee journalist at the ] in 1985, joining its financial section in 1987, and moving to New York City in 1989 to become the BBC's North American business correspondent.

Quest later worked for the BBC from the United States as part of its then-fledgling ] channel. He was the business correspondent reporting on, and discussing the world stock market in a regular segment entitled ''World Business Report'' usually aired between 2:00am and 3:00am (GMT), a programme that he presented alongside ]. He was also an occasional presenter on the BBC's early-morning '']'' programme.

Quest joined CNN in 2001 for the launch of '']''. Since this time Quest has covered a variety of different events for CNN, amongst others an analysis of the U.S. elections as ''American Quest'' and the start of the circulation of ] banknotes and coins on 1 January 2002 and the last official commercial flight of ]. He has also headed up CNN’s coverage of several events involving the ].

In 2006, Quest turned down an opportunity to join ] news channel, the ] version of ], "on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable".<ref name="Jazeera">{{cite news|title=Look East – After Long Delays and a Rumoured Editorial Split with Its Arabic Parent, English-Language News Channel al-Jazeera Will Go on Air This Week |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/13/mondaymediasection16|accessdate= 24 July 2014 |newspaper= ] |date= 12 November 2006|author= Gibson, Owen |author2=Rattansi, Afshin |quote=But there were delays from the start. It was hard to recruit big-name presenters: Richard Quest of CNN said he turned down an offer on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable.}}</ref>

On 9 April 2015, Quest was announced as the host of the ] ] '']''. He was replaced by ] for the show's second season.

On 8 June 2015, Quest appeared as a contestant on ''The CNN Quiz Show: The Seventies Edition'' special along with his partner ] playing for ].

Quest is also an Aviation Correspondent for CNN,<ref>{{cite news|author= Quest, Richard|url= http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/asia/mh370-quest-pilots/|title= MH370: Did the pilots do it?|publisher= CNN|date= 8 March 2016|accessdate= 17 March 2016}}</ref> and extensively covered the story of ], which disappeared on 8 March 2014.<ref name=penguin/> Quest later wrote the book, ''The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane'', published by ] on 8 March 2016.<ref name=penguin>{{cite web|url= http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318827/the-vanishing-of-flight-mh370-by-richard-quest/9780425283011/|title= The Vanishing of Flight MH370|publisher= Penguin Random House|accessdate= 17 March 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 2008, Quest was arrested in New York City's ] with drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot. Quest admitted being in possession of ], a ].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|author = Hartocollis, Anemona|url = http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/cnn-reporter-faces-drug-charge/|title = CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge|publisher = ''City Room'' (blog of '']'')|date = 19 April 2008|accessdate = 19 April 2008}}</ref> A judge ordered him to undergo six months of drug counseling.<ref>Staff (19 April 2008). Not only did Quest have drugs, he also had a "rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot. . ]. 24 July 2014.</ref>

On 26 June 2014, Quest described his past experience as a closeted gay man on his CNN television programme ''Quest Means Business''.<ref>Ariens, Chris (27 June 2014). . ]. Retrieved 24 July 2014.</ref>

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