Robert Peston

About

English journalist who served as both Business Editor and Economics Editor of BBC News.

Before Fame

He attended both Balliol College, Oxford and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

Trivia

He won several journalistic awards for his coverage of England's Northern Rock bank crisis.

Family Life

His wife, writer Siân Busby, died of lung cancer in 2012, leaving Peston to care for the couple's son, Maximillian.

Associated With

In 2009, he became involved in a publicized argument with publishing executive James Murdoch.