Originally posted on August 31, 2019 @ 11:53 pm
Katie Couric is an American journalist who has worked for NBC, ABC, and CBS. Let’s discussed how much Katie Couric’s income and net worth is in this review.
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Who is Katie Couric? Work Highlights
Katie Couric is best known as the anchor for CBS Evening News and also as the co-host of American’s longest-running show ‘Today.’
She started working as a correspondent for NBC in 1989 and then as a co-anchor for other many programs. In the year 1191, Katie became a co-host of NBC’s morning talk show ‘The Today.’
Later on, she worked as a contributing anchor for ‘Dateline NBC’ at the moment. Fifteen years, Kate Couric left the NBC and became the first solo anchor ever for the CBS Evening News in 2006.
Moreover, Kate was a correspondent and contributor of ’60 Minutes’ program and was first to interview pilot Chesley Sullenberger as well as Valerie Plame, Robert Gates, and Michelle Rhee. She worked there until 2011 and then joined ABC News that same year.
Good Morning America
Further, Katie Couric served as a special correspondent for ABC News. In addition, she also co-anchored alongside Robin Roberts on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ from 2 to 6 2012. Hence that same year, she launched her won show called ‘Katie’ but unfortunately got canceled after two seasons in 2014 due to its low rating.
In 2014, Couric was hired as a global news anchor for Yahoo! News. During the time, she took an interview with former United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the United States Secretary of State John Kerry. After Verizon bought Yahoo! News and combined it into Oath, she decided to the left Yahoo! News.
Katie Couric Husband and Married Life.
Kate Couric has married twice in her life. She was married to her first husband Jay Monahan from 1989 until his death from colon cancer in 1998 who died at the age of 42. Then Katie remarried her current husband, John Molner in 2014 in a private ceremony after dating almost three years.
Additionally, she has two children from her previous marriage. Her first child, a baby girl, Ellinor Truly Monahan aka Ellie was born in 1991. Then she gave to their second daughter, Caroline in 996 in New York City.
Katie Couric Net Worth 2019.
The journalist, Katie Couric has commanded a massive net worth and salary throughout her career as a journalist and news anchor. While at CBS, she earned $15 million per year, making her the highest-paid journalist in the world. As such, Katie Couric has a net worth of $75 million.
On June 6, 2011, Katie signed a $40 million contract with ABC’s daytime talk show ‘Disney-ABC Domestic Television.’ So far, how much makes per year? At Yahoo, she makes a yearly salary of $10 million.
Aside from that, Katie Couric generates extra income from the books she authored. Till date, she has released three books; ‘The Brand New Kid,’ ‘The Blue Ribbon Day,’ and ‘The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons From Extraordinary Lives.’
House and Cars Details.
The celebrated anchor said goodbye to her 1155 Park Avenue home. She listed her home back in October 2017 for $8.25 million in the market. Katie Couric sold her Upper East Side co-op for 8 million in 2018.
Couric bought the five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms apartment twenty years ago. In this apartment, the news anchor raised her two daughters; Caroline and Ellie. Currently, she resides in New York, Unites States, along with her kids.
Further, she has fond of car collections. At present, she drives a Maserati car across New York City.
Quick Info
| Full Name | Katherine Anne Couric |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Net Worth | $75 Million |
| Salary | $10 Million per year |
| Age | 63 |
| Spouse | Jay Monahan |
| Current Husband | John Molner |
| Children | Two |