Andy Coulson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andy Coulson
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jan 21, 1968(1968-01-21)
Age	56
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Aquarius

Andy Coulson Biography

Andy Coulson is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on January 21, 1968 in United Kingdom. Andrew Edward Coulson (born 21 January 1968) is an English journalist and political strategist.

He became deputy editor of the News of the World, the Sunday sister paper of The Sun, in 2000. In 2001, in the run up to the general election, he asked Tony and Cherie Blair whether they were members of the mile high club. Coulson replaced Rebekah Wade as editor in 2003. In an interview with the Press Gazette in 2005, he said that “Tabloid newspapers in this country do more for its people than any other newspapers in the world”.

Coulson resigned on 26 January 2007 over the News of the World phone hacking affair which would several weeks later see the jailing for four months of the paper’s Royal correspondent Clive Goodman. Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, remunerated by the newspaper, was given a custodial sentence of six months.

In 2008 an employment tribunal upheld a claim of bullying by Coulson whilst he was at the News of The World. A Stratford employment tribunal upheld a claim of unfair dismissal claimed by senior sports writer Matt Driscoll, and stated “We find the behaviour to have been a consistent pattern of bullying behaviour”. The judgement singled out Coulson for making “bullying” remarks in an email to Driscoll. The paper was told to pay Driscoll £800,000.

Coulson married his wife, Eloise, in 2000. They have two children. He follows Tottenham Hotspur. In October 2013, it was revealed that Coulson had had an affair with Rebekah Brooks that lasted from 1998 to 2007.

Andy Coulson Net Worth

Andy Coulson is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andy Coulson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Coulson grew up in Wickford, Essex. He attended Beauchamps High School, a secondary school and sixth form college, from 1979 to 1986. Coulson’s parents moved from their Basildon council house to nearby Wickford during his childhood.

Coulson started work at 18 as a junior reporter on the Basildon Echo in 1986. In 1988, he moved to The Sun, working with Piers Morgan on the showbiz column Bizarre. In 1994, he briefly moved to the Daily Mail, but after nine weeks moved back to The Sun to edit Bizarre. He hired Dominic Mohan, who was later promoted to editor.

Coulson became the Conservative Party’s director of communications on 9 July

2007. Various media stories estimated his salary at between £275,000 and £475,000; the party indicated the latter figure was “inaccurate” and that his salary was “substantially less” but refused to provide an exact figure.

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Who is Andy Coulson Dating?

According to our records, Andy Coulson married to Eloise Patrick. As of December 1, 2023, Andy Coulson’s is not dating anyone.

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After David Cameron became Prime Minister in May 2010, he appointed Coulson as Director of Communications for the government at 10 Downing Street. His pay was £140,000, the highest paid special advisor.

Facts & Trivia

Andy Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Andy Coulson celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.

The Guardian reported on 7 July 2011 that Coulson was to be arrested the following day, along with a senior journalist whom the paper refused to name.