| Nikhil Deogun | |
| Education: | The Doon School Muskingum University University of Missouri |
| Birth Place: | Assam, India |
| Nationality: | Indian American |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Years Active: | 1993–present |
| Known For: | Managing editor, CNBC Deputy managing editor, The Wall Street Journal |
Nikhil "Nik" Deogun is an Indian-born American journalist, and the former managing editor of CNBC.[1] Prior to joining CNBC in 2010, Deogun was the deputy managing editor at The Wall Street Journal.[2] [3]
Deogun was born in Assam, India, and completed his schooling at The Doon School in Dehradun.[4] After leaving Doon in 1987, he went to Muskingum University for a bachelor's degree in economics and English, followed by a master's degree in journalism from University of Missouri, graduating in 1993.[5] [6]
In 1994, Deogun got his first job as a staff reporter at the Atlanta bureau of The Wall Street Journal, and then moved to the paper's New York City bureau in 1999.[7] He remained at WSJ for 15 years and later became the paper's deputy managing editor.[8] [9] In 2010, he joined CNBC as editor-in-chief of business news programming, and a year later was appointed the senior vice president of the channel.[10] [7] In October 2018, Deogun left CNBC to become the CEO of the Americas at Brunswick Group, a corporate advisory firm.[11] [2]