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Zain Asher

Zain Asher was born on August 27, 1983 as Zain Ejiofor to Arinze and Obiajulu Ejiofor. She is of Nigerian descent and her birth place is the London’s Forest Gate. She grew up with his brother Chiwetel Ejiofor, the famous British director, writer and actor; and a younger sister, Kandibe, who is medical doctor. Arinze Ejiofor, Zain’s father was a Doctor, and Obiajulu Ejiofor, Zain’s Mother was a pharmacist. Her Father was killed during a road accident in the year 1988, while the family was returning home from Nigeria.

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Zain’s interest was highly inclined towards journalism. In the year 2005, she collected a degree in French and Spanish from the Keble College, Oxford University. However, she was in search for something else apart from this degree, hence she completed her MS in Journalism in the year 2006 from the Columbia University’s Graduate School.

Asher’s prime interest till date has been, finance news and general news reporting and coverage. She has scaled the heights in the field of journalism to the headquarters of CNN, through a consistent journey. Prior to joining CNN in the year 2013, Zain has worked with a handful of magazines and local channels in Mexico, Nigeria and France. It also includes working with MONEY Magazine in areas of Career and Investment and also with News 12 as a general stories reporter telling stories from Brooklyn, the Bronx and Connecticut.

Her start in the CNN was as a business correspondent covering the business news from the New York City; her prime work included economic news coverage from the U.S. Federal Reserve monetary Policy, the New York Stock Exchange and also conducted interviews with the leading businessmen, entrepreneurs and CEO of all genres of the companies. Currently, with CNN is she works from the headquarters of CNN in Atlanta. Zain hosts, ‘CNN Newsroom ‘on the CNN International, the program is aired on weekdays at 2:30pm ET. Asher, other works at the CNN include , being a host on the show ‘Marketplace Africa ,’ a premier weekly show on the CNNI which covers the markets of the continent; both local and global. Asher has also been a writer with the Money Magazine for its monthly column of finance.

Asher’s most remarkable works include a coverage from Nigeria in the year 2014 which was about the hard core and ruthless kidnapping of a number of schoolgirls by the militants of Boko Haram group, a coverage of the terrorist attacks at the Marathon event in Boston in the year 2013. It also includes anchoring various breaking news, such as stories from the global breaking news of Greece’s debt crisis, the terror attacks at Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris and the devastating earthquake of Nepal in the year 2015.

Zain Asher has mastered more than one dialects including English, French, Spanish and Ibo. She is believed to be quite close to her elder brother and was even seen in tears of joy when his Oscar nomination was announced in the category of Best Actor. Apart, from this nothing much is known about her personal life. In 2016, she was engaged to her mysterious long time boyfriend. The public eye only reveals her splendid work which is the factor behind her million Dollars net worth.

Zain Asher has reached the age of 33. Despite being a media personality, she has managed to keep her personal information secret. She is married but the name of her husband is not disclosed yet.Zain holds a British and Nigerian nationality and she belongs to black ethnicity. It is not known precisely about her salary and net worth but it is clear that she owns Million Dollars of net worth.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 27 Aug, 1983
Age: 36 yrs
Occupations: Journalist
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birth Place: Balham
Education: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Keble College
Gender: Female
Description: Nigerian journalist based in the UK
Twitter Id: ZainAsher
Net Worth 2021: 4 million
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Last Modified: Jun 26 2020
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