Education
Defterios graduated from the in 1984 with degrees in journalism and political science.
Defterios graduated from the in 1984 with degrees in journalism and political science.
He is currently Cable News Network’s Emerging Markets Editor and host of Marketplace Middle East on Cable News Network International. Defterios was an intern at Cable News Network in 1984. He worked for Reuters Television from 1984 to 1992, serving as European correspondent and special series producer for Nightly Business Report, a joint venture with Public Broadcasting Service. In 1988, Defterios served as European Correspondent and Bureau Chief based in London, managing the editorial joint-venture with Reuters Television.
In that post, Defterios covered the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In 1990-1991, Defterios covered the Gulf War from Kuwait. He joined Cable News Network in 1992, serving as a correspondent for Lou Dobbs Moneyline in New New York
He hosted World Business Today from 1994 to 1996 in London. He also served as anchor of Ahead of the Curve and Business Unusual and was principal anchor for CNNfn in New New York
Since October 2007, Defterios has been hosting Marketplace Middle East on Cable News Network International.
In November 2011, he began presenting Global Exchange, focusing on emerging markets, from Abu Dhabi. He is also currently Cable News Network"s Emerging Markets Editor. He became president of FBC Media, a media production company, in 2000.
FBC also handled global communication campaigns on behalf of governments, non-governmental organizations and other companies.
FBC produced World Business on Consumer News and Business Channel, a program which Defterios hosted from 2000 to 2007. In August 2011, British Broadcasting Corporation and Consumer News and Business Channel cancelled all FBC-produced shows on their programming after it was revealed that the company doubled as a public relations firm for the government of Malaysia, and carried puff pieces in the shows it produced.
Earlier in July, Cable News Network aired an interview conducted by Defterios with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak which was criticized for being too soft. Cable News Network denied airing any editorial content produced by FBC and insisted that Defterios had left FBC in March 2011.
Defterios is a World Economic Forum media leader, a member of the Global Agenda Council on the Middle East, and has served as chairman of Business Week Leadership Forums and the World Islamic Economic Forum.