Former British tabloid editor and founder of kids newspaper, First News, Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan was born on March 30, 1965 in Newick, East Sussex and was educated at Harlow College, where he studied journalism. He began a career at Lloyds of London, but soon left to join the Surrey and South London Newspaper Group as a reporter for the South London Press. He was then recruited by editor Kelvin MacKenzie to work for The Sun's Bizarre column. By the time he was 28 years old, Morgan became the editor of the News of the World, thus becoming the youngest national newspaper editor for more than half a century.
Morgan soon faced controversy after controversy, and after a long, tumultuous career in journalism, he transitioned into television presentation and proprietorship. He presented BBC's three part television documentary series, The Importance of Being Famous, and later co-hosted his current affairs interview show on Channel 4 with Amanda Platell entitled Morgan & Platell. His other television credits include Britain's Got Talent and You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous. He was also featured as a celebrity contestant on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice. He is currently a judge on NBC's
America's Got Talent . Aside from his work in the media, he also has two bestselling books under his name, "The Insider" and "Don't You Know Who I Am?"
In 2007, Piers Morgan was cast as one of 14 contestants in NBC's seventh season of The Apprentice: Celebrity Edition, where he is to vie for $250,000, which will go to the charity of his choice.
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