Richard Quest

Richard Austin Quest is a British journalist non-practicing barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. Quest is also an Aviation Correspondent for CNN, and extensively covered the story of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Quest turned down an opportunity to join Al Jazeera English news channel, the English language version of al-Jazeera, on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable. Quest tested positive for COVID-19 in April 2020.

About Richard Quest in brief

Summary Richard QuestRichard Austin Quest is a British journalist non-practicing barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He anchors Quest Means Business, the five-times-weekly business program and fronts the CNN shows Business Traveller, The Express and Quest’s World of Wonder. Quest is also an Aviation Correspondent for CNN, and extensively covered the story of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared on 8 March 2014.

Quest turned down an opportunity to join Al Jazeera English news channel, the English language version of al-Jazeera, on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable. In April 2020, Quest tested positive for COVID-19. Quest later wrote the book, The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane, published by Penguin Random House.