John Defterios

John Defterios is CNN's Emerging Markets Editor. Based in the network's Abu Dhabi bureau his reporting focuses on the top business stories from emerging and BRIC economies. John is also the anchor of 'CNN Marketplace Middle East.' Defterios started at CNN in New York as correspondent on 'Moneyline with Lou Dobbs', anchored CNN's 'World Business Today' and the top rated U.S. morning business program 'Ahead of the Curve'. Prior to CNN, Defterios worked for Reuters Television as European Correspondent, West Coast Correspondent and special series producer in a joint-venture with The Nightly Business Report on PBS-TV. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in Journalism and Political Economics.