Jeff Zucker Biography
Jeff Zucker is an American correspondent known for having worked at CNN. He served as the chief national affairs correspondent at the network, from January 2021 to February 2022. He resigned from the network in February 2022.
Jeff Zucker Age
Zucker is 57 years old as of 2021. He was born on April 9, 1965, in Homestead, Florida, United States. He celebrates his birthday on the 9th of April every year.
Jeff Zucker Height
Zucker stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Jeff Zucker Family
Zucker’s father is known as Matthew Zucker while his mother is known as Arline Zucker. He is an Exeter, Nebraska native. However, he has not revealed the names of his siblings as he likes to keep his personal life private.
Jeff Zucker Wife
Zucker was married to Caryn Stephanie Nathanson who happened to be a supervisor for Saturday Night Live. They tied the knot in 1996 and later on in 2019, the couple got divorced. While they were together the couple was blessed with four children whose names are not mentioned as he likes to keep his personal life private.
Jeff Zucker Net Worth
Zucker has an estimated net worth of between $60 Million which he has earned through his career as a chief national affairs correspondent.
Jeff Zucker Salary
Zucker earns an annual salary of $6 Million.
Jeff Zucker Career
Zucker is known for working at CNN as the chief national affairs correspondent at the network, from January 2021 to February 2022. In that role, he oversaw CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital. Before that, he served as the president and CEO of NBCUniversal. Additionally, he had been chosen in January 2013, to take over Jim Walton’s role as the president of CNN Worldwide.
Furthermore, he also served as the senior Washington correspondent, covering the overall 2020 campaign, as well as the network’s senior White House correspondent, covering the Trump administration with a focus on President Trump’s pivotal role in the 2018 midterm election campaign for all of the network’s programs and platforms.
He has traveled around the world with President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. He resigned from CNN in February 2022 due to a consensual relationship with Allison Gollust (a key lieutenant).
Before joining CNN in 2015, he previously worked at ABC News where he served as the senior Washington correspondent. During this time, he reported on the Obama administration and the Republican Party as it gained control of the United States Senate in the 2014 midterm elections. Additionally, he served as the national political correspondent for The New York Times.
Furthermore, he was able to cover the presidential elections in 2012 and Obama’s 2008 campaign to the White House. Prior to also covering the first two years of the Obama administration as a White House correspondent and previously covering Congress for the Times. He covered the 2004 presidential campaign and the first term of the Bush administration, while he served as the national political correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
When he first joined the Tribune in 2000, he served as a reporter on the Metropolitan desk in Chicago. During this time he was a member of the team that documented gridlock in the nation’s air traffic system and won a Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism. When coming to his education, he attended the University of Nebraska, and his career in journalism began at the Des Moines Register.
Jeff Zucker CNN
Zucker has worked at CNN where he worked alongside other famous CNN anchors and reporters including;
- Anderson Cooper
- Guillermo Arduino
- Carl Azuz
- Jeffy Zeleny
- Julian Zelizer
- Vanessa Yurkevich
- Ryan Young
- Jasmine Wright
- Fareed Zakaria
- Fredricka Whitefield
- Whitney Wild
- Coy Wire
- Ben Westcott
- Nick Watt
- Bill Weir
- Ben Wedeman
- Hines Ward
- Ivan Watson
- Clarissa Ward
- Bianna Golodryga
- Brooke Baldwin
Jeff Zucker Social Media Platforms
Zucker is active on his social media account and is often seen posting on his Twitter. He has over 310k followers on Twitter.
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