Robert Young Pelton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Young Pelton
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jul 25, 1955(1955-07-25)
Age	69
Birthplace	Edmonton
Country	Canada
Birth City	Alberta
Horoscope	Cancer

Robert Young Pelton Biography

Robert Young Pelton is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on July 25, 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Pelton was born in Edmonton, Alberta on July 25, 1955. He attended Saint John’s Cathedral Boys’ school in Selkirk (Manitoba) at age 10.

Pelton’s first major writing venture was The World’s Most Dangerous Places, his own guide to conflict. The book, which has over 1000 pages, was written in the fashion of a travel guide with humor. Harper Resource published the first edition in 1993. The fifth edition is currently in production.

Pelton executive produced and hosted seven one-hour specials for Discovery (these aired on The Travel Channel which at the time was owned by Discovery Communications) from 1998 until 2003. According to the site The World’s Most Dangerous Places (which has video clips and a timeline), this was the line up of Pelton’s series:

Pelton’s regularly published survival and political guide The World’s Most Dangerous Places, provides practical and survival information for people who work and travel in high-risk zones, and is a New York Times bestseller. With the book’s bestseller status, Pelton became an expert on work and travel in “high-risk” environments and he routinely provides survival advice on high- risk regions and political “analysis” of the conflicts he has visited. He was also host of the Discovery Travel Channel series entitled Robert Young Pelton’s The World’s Most Dangerous Places from 1998 to 2003. Now residing in Los Angeles, Pelton currently writes books, and produces documentaries on conflict-related subjects and documentaries.

Pelton started in the Toronto mailroom at BBDO when he was 17 years old. He was promoted to copywriter shortly after. Pelton worked in various multimedia companies, including those that launched products. He later joined Apple Inc. where he was responsible for the Lisa launch and the Macintosh launch. He made his first break in writing in 1991 when he covered the Camel Trophy, an annual Land Rover competition that traversed difficult terrain in Africa. Pelton was a competitor for the U.S. team, and Soldier of Fortune published his account.

Robert Young Pelton Net Worth

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

Robert Young Pelton, a Canadian-American journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker, was born July 25, 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pelton’s work focuses on conflict reporting and interviews in war zones with politicians and military leaders. Pelton’s impressive career is a result of the variety of conflict areas he has covered and the wide range of people he interviewed. His history of entering dangerous, violent, and forbidden places has earned him a reputation.

Pelton licensed database-based travel content to companies like IBM and Microsoft, and sold his businesses to focus full-time on conflict coverage in mid-1990s. Pelton began his career with two books from Random House (The Adventurist, Come Back Alive), a Discovery television series called Robert Young Pelton’s The World’s Most Dangerous Places and an ABC News major web event called Dangerous Places. Pelton invented the term “solo” (or “solo journalist). Someone who can provide text, video and audio from remote areas without any support.

In 1993, Pelton purchased the name to the Fielding’s Travel Guide from William Morrow and Company and published some traditional guides that were refocused toward younger, independent travelers.

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A 2002 book on Pelton’s journey into three wars in three tiny countries Chechnya, Sierra Leone and Bougainville, which were examples of a jihad against the Russians, a mercenary war for resources, and an ecowar to preserve a native lifestyle.

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Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Robert Young Pelton celebrates birthday on July 25 of every year.

Pelton would return to Iraq in late 2004 to live with a Blackwater USA security team running Route Irish in Baghdad while researching his book Licensed to Kill, Hired Guns in the War on Terror.