Kendis Gibson Biography
Kendis Gibson is a two-time Emmy award-winning anchor and reporter working for MSNBC and NBC News where he serves as the 6 am to 8 am anchor on MSNBC. One of the Emmy awards that he wore was for “sports feature”, while the other one for “outstanding news reporting.” Additionally, he has also served as an anchor and correspondent for CBS News, ABC News, and CNN. Prior to that, he also served as the anchor of America This Morning, and World News Now. He became a weekend anchor on MSNBC Live on January 19, 2019.
Kendis Gibson Age
Gibson is 43 years old as of 2021. He was born on September 6, 1978, in Belize City. He celebrates his birthday on the 6 the of September every year.
Kendis Gibson Height
Gibson stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Kendis Gibson Family
Gibson has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Gibson has any siblings.
Kendis Gibson Wife
Gibson is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone.
Kendis Gibson Net Worth
Gibson has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million which he has earned through his career as an anchor and reporter.
Kendis Gibson Salary
Gibson earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Kendis Gibson Career
He is a Belizean native. For his high school education, he attended John Jay High School which is currently known as the John Jay Educational Campus located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Later on, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the State University of New York at Oswego. His career as a journalist began in Rochester, New York at the NBC station where he spent three years.
Later on, he moved to Philadelphia where he served as a morning anchor and reporter for WTXF. Not long after he relocated back to New York City where he worked for WNBC NewsChannel as the lead reporter. Following the September 11, 2001, attack on World Trade Center, he was among the first few reporters to cover the incident as his home was just a few blocks away.
In January 2002, he joined CNN Headline News and CNN where he served for three years as an entertainment anchor and occasional news anchor seen nationally. During this time, he would regularly make the rounds on the red carpet including the Grammy Awards, and the Academy Awards. In addition, he also spent time as an evening news anchor for KSWB-TV news in San Diego, California, and in the hosting world with HGTV’s I Want That!
He joined CBS News in Los Angeles as west coast correspondent for CBS Newspath in June 2010. Additionally, he agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge during the 2011 trial of actor Mel Gibson while he served as an entertainment correspondent. In October 2011 he joined WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington D.C after he had left Southern California. Later on, he became an ABC News correspondent in December 2013, after leaving WJLA-TV. In addition, he was also the co-anchor for America This Morning and World News Now till January 2019.
Kendis Gibson MSNBC
Gibson is currently working at MSNBC where he works alongside other famous MSNBC anchors and reporters including;
- Lawrence O’Donnell
- Marrianna Sotomayor
- Mike Memoli
- Steve Patterson
- Morgan Radford
- Lester Holt
- Rachel Maddow
- Yasmin Vossoughian
- Joshua Johnson
- Lindsey Reiser
- Alicia Menendez
- Chris Jansing
- Savannah Sellers
- Brian Williams
- Alex Witt
Kendis Gibson Social Media Platforms
Gibson is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, and Twitter. He has over 30k followers on Twitter and over 27k followers on Instagram.