Rob Young (broadcaster)
Rob Young is a presenter of business programmes on radio in the United Kingdom and the United States. He is currently on the BBC World Service and The Today Programme in the UK, and Marketplace in the US.Career
Young has been a broadcaster since 2002. He regularly presents the business news on The Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 at 06.15 and 07.15 UK Time, interviewing chief executives from the UK's FTSE 100 Index and Foreign Trade Ministers. He was commissioned by Prince Harry to produce a radio report assessing the link between mental and economic productivity, when the prince was editing Today on 27 December 2017.
On BBC World Service radio, Young presents World Business Report and Business Matters. Young regularly presents 'Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service' on Marketplace on US Public Radio, which is broadcast at 05.50 Eastern Time Zone. He has reported around the world, covering the European debt crisis, the Arab Spring's economic roots and the rise of the economies of China and Africa. He at one time presented BBC Radio 5 Live and its Wake Up to Money programme. His coverage of business matters around the world has been referenced by authors, financial experts and publications. In 2018 he wrote a guest blog for the education project New Writing South.
