Richard Roth Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, CNN, Net Worth, and Salary

Richard Roth Biography

Richard Roth is an American journalist working for CNN serving as a UN correspondent. He has been working with the network since 1980. He has been working with the network for over 25 years, where Richard has covered everything from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Gulf War.

Richard Roth Age

Roth is 66 years old as of 2022. He was born on June 16, 1949, in New York, United States.

Richard Roth Height

Roth stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.

Richard Roth  Family

Roth was born in New York to his parents Jerome Roth his father and his mother Blanche Roth. Additionally, Richard’s father was an oboist in the New York Philharmonic for 31 years and a member of the pioneering New York Woodwind Quintet in the 1950s. Unfortunately, he passed on in 2005 at a nursing home and had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

His mother was also a lover of music as a pianist in 1985. He was brought up alongside his brother Robert Roth who is Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial officer for the Home Box Office cable network. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Dean’s Council of the College of Arts and Science and earned his MBA in 1979 at the University of Michigan.

Richard Roth’s Wife

Roth 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.

Richard Roth’s Net Worth

Roth has an estimated net worth of between $100,000-$300,000 which he has earned through his successful career as a UN correspondent.

Richard Roth Salary

He earns an annual salary ranging from $ 28,000 – $ 80,000.

Richard Roth Career

Roth works for CNN based in New York City, where he serves as a senior U.N. correspondent. He has covered the U.N.’s role and the unfolding Syrian crisis, and responses to the Arab Spring. Moreover, Richard has covered a variety of reports about American politics including the 2008 US presidential elections. Additionally, he covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Moreover, Roth’s stories have covered personalities ranging from Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Jeremy Lin. Others reports include the Iran nuclear crisis, the death of Heath Ledger, and the resignation of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Furthermore, he has reported from the U.N. headquarters in New York City on several international crises, including North Korea, Bosnia, Iran, and Iraq since 1993. In addition, Richard has reported on the escalating tensions between the United States and Iraq, the weapons inspection process then the ensuing war with Iraq. in 2002 and 2003. Moreover, Rothe has anchored on U.N. global conferences concerning issues such as women in China, the population in Cairo, and social development in Copenhagen.

He has also hosted Diplomatic License, CNN’s global program devoted to coverage of the United Nations for 12 years. In December 2004, he traveled to South Asia to cover the disaster and aftermath of the tsunami that took more than 155,000 lives in the region with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

In addition, he was reporting for CNN at the World Trade Center when the towers fell on September 11th, 2001. In the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and in Washington, D.C. Moreover, Roth anchored on the reaction from the United Nations at the same time, he was at Ground Zero in New York City. Where he covered President George W. Bush’s visit to the scene of the devastation.

Richard Roth Europe on the Brink

Additionally, he was the of CNN’s special report Murder by Numbers, an in-depth profile of serial killers in 1992. Roth also contributed to CNN’s special report Europe on the Brink: A look at Western Europe’s Disappearing Borders in 1991.

On top of that, he was part of the CNN team from 1991-1992 covering the Gulf War. Most recently, Roth was portrayed in the HBO movie Live from Baghdad. Richard has reported from Tel Aviv during a number of Iraqi Scud missile attacks. As well as reported from Amman, Jordan, and Baghdad, where he was deployed for 65 days.

Moreover, he served as CNN’s correspondent at the opening of the Berlin Wall and the overthrow of the communist governments in Czechoslovakia and Romania in 1990. Additionally, he reported the Beijing student uprising in Tiananmen Square and the ensuing Chinese government crackdown in 1989.

Roth has also covered the Leonardo Da Vinci Airport in Rome, both in 1985 and the terrorist attacks on the Achille Lauro cruise ship. He has reported on the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York as well as on the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.

he joined CNN when it launched in 1980 as deputy bureau chief and assignment editor in the network’s New York bureau. Moreover, Richard served as CNN’s New York assistant bureau chief in 1981, and the Rome bureau chief from 1982-1986.

He also served as Chicago bureau chief in 1982. Prior, to joining CNN, he was working as an anchor and reporter for AP Radio and as a producer for WPIX-TV in New York. Additionally, Richard graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from New York University.

Richard Roth Social Media Platforms

He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 1k followers on Instagram, over 3k followers on Facebook, and over 7k followers on his Twitter accounts.