Betty Nguyen Biography
Betty Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American news anchor, who is currently working at WPIX in New York City. Nguyen has previously worked for NBC News, MSNBC, CBS News, and CNN.
Betty Nguyen Age
Nguyen is 47 years old as of 2021. She was born on 1 September 1974 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She celebrates her birthday on the 1st of September every year.
Betty Nguyen Height
Nguyen has a height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65m) tall.
Betty Nguyen Family
Nguyen’s father was an American serviceman who fell in love with a college student from Vietnam. They married me, and they had me, a girl who had been given life when so many in the war had lost theirs. She is of Vietnamese and American origin from Scotland. During the fall of Saigon, Nguyen and her family fled Vietnam for the United States in April 1975. Towards the end of the Vietnam War, when her family left South Vietnam, Nguyen was not even a year old”
Betty Nguyen Husband
Nguyen is a married woman. However, she has neither disclosed the names of her husband nor those of her children.
Betty Nguyen Net Worth
Nguyen has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million -$5 Million which she has earned through her career as a journalist.
Betty Nguyen Salary
Nguyen earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Nguyen.
| How old is Betty Nguyen? | 47 years old as of 2021 |
| How tall is Betty Nguyen? | 5 feet 5 inches (1.65m) |
| Who is Betty Nguyen married to? | Not Available |
| How much money does Betty Nguyen earn? | $45,000 – $110,500 |
| How much is Betty Nguyen worth? | $1 Million – $5 Million |
Betty Nguyen Career
She joined WPIX from NBC and MSNBC, where “Early Today” and First Look.” were anchored. She was previously a The Today Show” reporter and fill-in news anchor for “Weekend Today,” as well as a contributor to the Today Parenting Network, the working moms’ multiplatform community of NBC. Prior to that, Nguyen was a news anchor for “CBS This Morning Saturday,” hosted “The CBS Morning News” and was an anchor and The Early Show.” correspondent. Nguyen anchored the weekend version of “CNN Newsroom.” before joining CBS News.
Nguyen won the Peabody and Alfred I. DuPont awards for her coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami in South Asia. Nguyen was included in the Asian Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2007, for her role as the first Vietnamese-American to host a national television news show in the United States, the Smithsonian Institute honored Nguyen.
With a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, Nguyen graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2007, at her alma mater, the Betty Nguyen Scholarship in Broadcasting was established to help students achieve a career in broadcast journalism. Involved in charitable work, she is the co-founder of Support the Hungry, a non-profit group supplying poverty-stricken families with humanitarian relief.
Betty Nguyen WPIX-11
Nguyen is currently working at WPIX where she works alongside other famous WPIX anchors and reporters including;
- Joe Mauceri
- Stacy-Ann Gooden
- Byron Miranda
- Tamsen Fadal
Betty Nguyen Social Media Platforms
Nguyen is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has over 31k followers on Twitter, over 16.6k followers on Instagram, and over 58.9k followers on Facebook.