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Fame & Fortune: TV newsman reports to his mother

Krishnan Guru-MurthyÂ’s mum helps with his financial planning, but she canÂ’t stop his spendthrift ways. By Natalie Graham

The Sunday Times

Born in Liverpool, he grew up with his sister, Geeta, and brother, Ravi, in Lancashire. He went to Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Blackburn.

His father is a consultant radiologist and Krishnan originally intended to study medicine at Oxford University. But after taking a year off to work for the BBC he changed his mind and read politics, philosophy and economics instead.

When he was still an undergraduate, Krishnan started working as a reporter and presenter on Newsround, the children’s news bulletin. Then, after stints on Newsnight and BBC News 24, he joined Channel 4 at the age of 28.

His foreign assignments have included the conflicts in Kashmir and Bosnia, earthquakes in Turkey and India, and elections in America, Pakistan and Russia.

Krishnan, who…

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