Nicholas Wapshott

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nicholas Wapshott
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1952(1952-01-13)
Age	72
Birthplace	Dursley
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Nicholas Wapshott Biography

Nicholas Wapshott is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on January 13, 1952 in Dursley, England, United Kingdom. Nicholas Henry Wapshott, born 13 January 1952, is a British journalist and broadcaster. Most recently, he was the opinion editor for Newsweek and a Reuters contributor columnist on political economy. He is an online content consultant for a variety of media outlets and private clients. He was both the founder and editor of The Times Magazine’s Saturday edition. He is the author of many biographies, including Carol Reed and Margaret Thatcher. Keynes Hayek: A Clash That Defined Modern Economics is now the standard text. W. W. Norton & Company published his most recent book, The Sphinx, Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists and the Road to World War II in November 2014. He is currently working on a sequel for Keynes Hayek.

Wapshott returned in 1992 to The Times to turn the drab Saturday Review section into The Times Magazine. The magazine is published every Saturday. He was promoted to Saturday editor due to its popularity and sharp increase in Saturday sales. Additionally, he added several sections that were comparable to the Sunday papers. Wapshott is often credited with changing the Saturday newspaper market, as other papers followed his lead.

He was most recently the opinion editor at Newsweek and one of the quartet of senior editors who revived the title in 2014 after a year of non-publication. He has been a regular guest on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC and the Charlie Rose Show and contributed on American matters to The New Statesman. In 2008, he was invited by Tina Brown to help launch The Daily Beast and was appointed Senior Editor. In 2009 he became an adjunct professor at The New School, New York, teaching short biographies and profiles. The same year he became a consultant to Oprah Winfrey’s website Oprah.com. For a number of years he wrote a two columns a week for Thomson Reuters.

He became The Observer’s features editor in 1983 and started Section 5, a weekly color magazine. He succeeded Robert Harris in the role of political editor, and covered Margaret Thatcher’s final days as Conservative leader. He was the first person to report on John Major’s early life.

Nicholas Wapshott Net Worth

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

In 1973, Wapshott joined the Scotsman as a graduate student. He was based in Edinburgh. In 1976, Wapshott moved from Edinburgh to London to join The Times’ staff. There he worked first as a letter page editor in William Rees-Mogg’s Department, then as a features editor. During this time, he created a series long-form profiles of political and artistic figures. These included Michael Foot, the Labour leader, Peter Shore, Paddy Ashdown and Dennis Potter, playwrights Alan Bennett, Alec Guinness and Dennis Potter and Dennis Potter as well as well as actors Dirk Bogarde Wapshott created Preview, a weekly listings section when Kenneth Thomson sold his paper to Rupert Murdoch.

Nicholas Wapshott was the second son of Raymond (Olivia), Beryl Wapshott and was born in Dursley. He attended Dursley County Primary School and was awarded a Gloucester Foundation scholarship to Rendcomb College in Cirencester. In 1973, he graduated from the University of York with a degree in politics. Louise Nicholson (1954-), an academic and author, is his wife. She is an expert on Indian culture. He is the father of two sons: William (1988-1990) and Oliver (1990-1990).

In 2001, he was appointed North America Correspondent of The Times, based in New York. He arrived three weeks before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, but had returned briefly to London and was aboard the QE2 en route to New York when the Twin Towers fell. In 2005 he began writing business features and news stories for The Sunday Telegraph and the following year joined The New York Sun as national and foreign editor, writing a well regarded weekly political column.

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Nicholas Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Nicholas Wapshott celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.