Wilfred Frost

Wilfred Frost
Frost interviewing Vice President Mike Pence in February 2020.
Born	(1985-08-07) 7 August 1985 (age 36) United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation	Business journalism
Title	Co-Anchor of Closing Bell on CNBC
Parent(s)	Sir David Frost Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard

Wilfred Frost (born 7 August 1985) is a financial news anchor for CNBC.

Early life and education[]

Frost is the son of Sir David Frost, an interviewer and television host, and Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard, a daughter of the 17th Duke of Norfolk. Frost attended the University of Oxford and graduated with a degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics.^[1]

Career[]

After graduating, Frost worked for Newton Investment Management in London for 5 years.^[1] In 2011, after attending a weekend-long media-training program in London, he left his job to pursue a career in broadcasting.^[2]

In 2014, Frost joined CNBC as the co-anchor of Worldwide Exchange, first from London and beginning in 2016, from the United States.^[1][2]

In 2018, Frost became co-anchor of Closing Bell.^[3]

Personal life[]

Frost's parents owned Michelmersh Court, 21-acre estate in the south of England. There, he met Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, David Cameron, and George H. W. Bush.^[2]

In 2015, Frost's older brother, Miles, died from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. His father had the same condition when he died as discovered in autopsy but it was not what his father died of in 2013. In response, he and his younger brother, George, created the Miles Frost Fund, which works to raise awareness of and increase testing for this hereditary heart condition. Wilfred underwent hypertrophic cardiomyopathy screening and tested negative.^[2]

He is the godson of John Cleese.

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