Amol Rajan Biography
Amol Rajan is a British journalist and broadcaster who has served as Media Editor of the BBC since December 2016. He is a BBC Radio 4 Today program presenter.
How old is Amol Rajan? – Age
He is 38 years old as of 4 July 2021. He was born in 1983 in Kolkata, India.
Amol Rajan Family
Rajan was born in Calcutta, India, to a Pune-born mother and a Kumbakonam-born Tamil father. Due to Tamil naming customs, Rajan was given the name V. Amol, with the V standing for his father’s given name, Varadarajan. When he arrived in England, his name was changed to Amol Varadarajan, and the family later changed their surname to Rajan.
Who is Amol rajans Wife? – Marriage
In Cambridge, he married academic Charlotte Faircloth in September 2013. They have two children and live in London.
What did Amol Rajan study at University?
He attended Graveney School and Downing College, Cambridge, where he studied English and contributed to Varsity. For a term in 2005, he was the editor of the student newspaper. Rajan worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for a year during his gap year when he was 18 years old.
Amol Rajan Net Worth
Rajan has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
What Religion is Amol Rajan?
Rajan was three years old when his family relocated to England, and he grew up in Tooting, South West London. He has not believed in any god since the age of 15, despite being the son of Hindu parents.
Amol Rajan Career
Independent was announced in 2013, at the age of 29, although that claim has also been made on behalf of Rachel Beer. Chris Blackhurst, his predecessor as editor of The Independent, was promoted to Group Content Director. When The Independent’s owner, Evgeny Lebedev, announced in February 2016 that the print edition would be phased out, it was revealed that Rajan would remain with the company to help facilitate the transition. Rajan was the media advisor to Lebedev, the son of Alexander Lebedev, a former KGB economic attaché, for about eighteen months before becoming editor of The Independent.
During a BBC Radio 2 broadcast in October 2019, Rajan was accused of engaging in “client” and “crony” journalism by journalist Peter Oborne. Rajan’s role as editor-at-large for The Independent website came to an end when he was named the BBC’s first Media Editor in November 2016, and he began his new position on December 12, 2016. On the BBC Asian Network, he has also hosted The Big Debate.
Rajan has been providing holiday cover for several BBC Radio 2 presenters, including Simon Mayo, Jeremy Vine, and Zoe Ball, since 2017. Rajan has appeared on The One Show on occasion. He took over as host of The Media Show on BBC Radio 4 in May 2017, succeeding Steve Hewlett.