Robert Montgomery Persaud was born in Berbice on May 9, 1974. The third of four children, he received his early education at Redeemer Primary School and St. Joseph High School.

He was awarded a Certificate through the United States Agency for International Development/Freedom Forum in Washington, DC, USA and a Diploma in News Agency Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communications in New Delhi, India. Persaud is the holder of a Bachelor's of Arts Degree from the University of Guyana. He graduated from the University of the West Indies in 2005 with a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

At an early age his penchant for the media was exposed as he began pursuing a career in Journalism which he started at the Catholic Standard newspaper. He later became a Senior Reporter and then Editor of the Mirror newspaper when he was only 23 years old.

He held the prestigious positions of Information Liaison to the President of Guyana and Head of the Government Information Agency (GINA).

He also served as Director of the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation, Programme Director/Editor of Multi-Technology Vision Inc. and Chairman of the National Communications Network (NCN) overseeing the successful merger of GTV and GBC.

Persaud is also the Government of Guyana's Coordinator of the Information Communications Technology Strategy (ICT4D Strategy) which was recently completed and launched.

In the political sphere, his activism from an early age has seen him climbing the ladder from being the Chairman of the Progressive Youth Organisation (youth arm of the PPP), to an elected member of the Central Committee and at present, Executive Committee Member of the PPP. Persaud also serves as the party’s Public Relations Secretary.

Persaud is married and has a daughter.