Matt Lauer – Highest Paid News Anchor ‘Today’

Mathew Todd “Matt” Lauer is a skilled television journalist from America. He is best known for his works as the host of The Today Show on NBC. One of the biggest names in the TV industry, he has been working with Today since 1997. He contributed in for NBC program ‘Dateline NBC’ as well. Prior to this he was a news anchor for WNBC in New York, The Today Show in 1994. Matt hosted sections of HBO Entertainment News as well.

Early Life and Background

Born on 30th December, 1957, in New York City, Matt is the son of Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company owner and Marilyn Kolmer, a boutique owner.  His parents got a divorce in his youth years and his father expired in 1997. Jay Robert Lauer, Matt’s father was a Romanian Jewish descent. He wasn’t raised to any particular religion and probably that’s why he desired to know something spiritual.

Lauer had graduated from the School of Media Arts and Studies (the school of telecommunication formerly) of Ohio University. He got his undergraduate degree from Ohio University at 39 years of age. In 1979, he had dropped out of the Ohio University’s School of Telecommunications in the springtime.

 

Career achievements

Matt began his career in television in 1979. He was the producer for WOWK-TV of 12 o’clock news in Huffington, West Virginia. He had become a reporter on-air by 1980. He was the reporter for the 6 o’clock and 11 o’clock newscast. He later began to move around the country and hosted many weekly talk programs and informative shows. He touched Philadelphia, Boston, Richmond and Providence. PM Magazine had him as a host in Providence. Later, he was the host at WNEW-TV in 1984, in New York City till the show got cancelled in 1986. He then co-hosted WNYW-TV in 1986 in a show called Made In New York alongside Jill Rappaport. He had also worked for ESPN during the 1980s. He hosted Talk of the Town of WNEV-TV as well, in 1988.

For around two years, from 1989-1991, Matt Lauren anchored a 3-hour long live interview event on WWOR-TV called 9 Broadcast Plaza. He was hired by Kushner-Locke Company in 1990.

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From 1992 to 1993, he was a newsreader on The Today Show in place of Margeret Larson when required. He was officially named the anchor of Today Show after Bryant Gumbel exited. In addition to these responsibilities, he was also hosting programs on MSNBC and Discovery Channel.

Apart from works in NBC he has also appeared in a movie called Sharknado 2: The Second One and Sharknado the third edition. In 2015, he had interviewed Charlie Sheen where the actor  disclosed that he had HIV.

 

Wife and Children

Nancy Alspaugh is the girl whom he married and divorced. Matt then married Annette Roque. He has two sons and a daughter named Jack, Matthew and Thijs.

Matt Lauer  –  divorce news

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There was a rumor about Matt’s wife Annette filing for divorce. This was in 2006. He has also been linked with several reporters. Despite all this, the couple is together going strong.

Matt Lauer – affair news

The prolific news anchor has not been immune to reports of affairs. He has been linked with TV journalist Lara Spencer. He was also alleged by media for having an affair with chef Giada De Laurentiis.  There were a few reports that Matt Lauer was in a relationship with NBC anchor Natalie Morales, including father one of her kids. He has also been romantically linked with Savannah Guthrie, his co-anchor with Today.

Matt Lauer – Net Worth and Salary

He is the highest paid news anchor in the world with a  salary of $25 million. Matt Lauer’s  net worth is close to $70 million.

House

Matt Lauer’s beautiful water-front cottage is situated in Southampton, New York.  The 1500 square-feet property is worth $2.15 million

Andrea Tantaros -The Success Story

Andrea Tantaros is an eminent American television personality, political analyst and commentator. She was best known as a host for the shows like “Outnumbered” and “The Five” which are broadcasted by the Fox News Channel. She also wrote a book called “Tied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable”. She quit Fox News, alleging sexual harassment.

Early life and background

Andrea Tantaros was born on December 30, 1978 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Her family ran a restaurant business. They owned a Greek restaurant named Pied Piper Diner. Andrea spent her childhood in Allentown. She used to help her family in running her business.

For her school education, Andrea attended the Parkland High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania and graduated from there in the year 1997. Thereafter, she enrolled in Lehigh University and earned her graduation degree in French and journalism in 2001. During her college days she used to write political commentaries.  After gaining her graduation degree she went to France and enrolled herself in “the Sorbonne” which is also known as the “University of Paris” to pursue her post graduates degree.  After gaining her master’s degree she shifted her base to Washington DC in 2003 to fulfill he dreams and make her career.

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Career 

Tantaros started her career as a spokes person for the Governor William Weld of Massachusetts. She also served as the spokesperson for the then Congressmen Pat Toomey and for Thomas Reynolds, the former National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman. In subsequent years she established her own firm called “Andrea Tantaros Media”. Her firm used to provide assistance to fortune 500 companies to tackle issues like crisis management and also helped them to prepare effective media strategy. It also created political campaigns.

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In April 2010, the 1.63 meter tall Andrea got the chance to join the Fox News Channel as a political contributor.  In the following year she was selected as a co-host of the show “The Five”.  Her anchoring skills made the show one of most popular programs in American television beating all its competitors in MSNBC and CNN.  In the year 2013, “The Five” became the second most watched show in all American cable news.  This shows focuses on diverse issues like the current stories, political issues, and pop culture. It made her one of the most sought after television personalities in the American media world.  Due to her tremendous popularity, she became one of the hosts of the show called “Outnumbered” in the year 2014. This show too earned her name and fame. But on 26th April 2016, the channel dropped her from the show. This incident created lots of media uproar. The channel cited the reason behind such drastic step was contractual issues.

Boyfriend

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As per media reports, Andrea is in a relationship with Dave Navarro. He is an American singer, actor guitarist and a song writer. He is best known as a founder member of the rock band “Jane’s Addiction”. The couple met each other through a mutual friend.

Lawsuit Controversy against Fox News

She sued Fox News, ex-CEO Roger Ailes and five key executives including Bill O’Reilly for sexual harassment.  She went on to say in her lawsuit that Fox News “masquerades as defender of traditional family values, but behind the scenes, it operates like a se*-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency, and misogyny.” She went on to say that she was discouraged to complain against some of the top male executives and specially against Roger Ailes, as he was a  ‘very powerful man’.  The lawsuit came one month after Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit against Roger Ailes.

 

Andrea Tantaros – Salary and Net Worth

Andrea Tantaros has a net worth of $1.5 million. She earns an annual salary in between $150,000 – $200,000.

 

Sheena Parveen – The Girl for All Seasons

Sheena Parveen is a dynamic American television personality. She is currently serving as a meteorologist and reporter in the popular news channel called NBC-10. She has been associated with the channel since December 2011. With her are talent and charisma she has already carved a niche for herself in the American media world.

Early Life and background

Sheena was born on 23rd September 1987 in India to father Mark, a computer programmer and mother, a German working for the US. . Sheena spent her childhood in the gulf coast of Florida. She was an active child .She used to take part in volleyball and represented her school in various events. From her school days, Sheena had deep interest in space and weather science. After completing her school education she enrolled in Florida State University and earned a degree in Meteorology. She also studied mathematics as her minor subject during graduation.

Career

Sheena started her career as an intern in Tallahassee News. It is the fourth largest channel in American television market. Due her satisfactory performance as an intern, she was awarded a job offer to work for the channel. It was a dream come true experience for her. She accepted the offer and joined as a reporter and meteorologist in WCTV in Tallahassee, Florida. She also used to work as a columnist for the weekend shows that were broadcasted during the morning hours. Apart from this, she used to report on news that deals with the environmental issues.

On November 2009, Sheena left WCTV after serving the company for few years. Thereafter, she joined the WTVT as a meteorologist and columnist. She served as a host of a morning show called “Pet Adoption” for the channel. After serving the channel for two years she resigned from the post. In December 2011, she shifted her base to Philadelphia to join the network NBC 10. She is currently associated with the channel as a weather forecaster.

With her intelligence and sound presentation skills, she has become one of the most sought after weather forecasters and meteorologists in American media world as well as among the masses. She can be regarded as a role model in the American Broadcast Weather Journalism sector. Her talent won her the “American Meteorologist Society’s seal of Certified Broadcast Meteorologist” in 2011.

 

Sheena Parveen – Boyfriend

The 5 feet 2 petite Sheena is known to be a very private person. There have been several rumors regarding her relationship status. As per some media reports, she has dated many eminent personalities like William Green , Hugh Jackson, Scott Hartnell etc. But she rubbished all these rumors.

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Some of the media reports also reported that she has secretly tied the knot with Jamison Uhler, a former anchor of NBC 10. There are other reports that state that Sheena Parveen is dating Scott Harnel, the NHL swap captain for Philadelphia Flyers.

 

Sheena Parveen – Net Worth and Salary

She has a net worth of $3 million and earn an annual salary of $1.6 million.

Sheena Parveen – Pictures

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Vanna White – How the Wheel Turned Her Fortunes

Vanna White is a popular American television personality and an actress.She is  the long term host of the show ,” Wheel of Fortune”. Before joining the show  as the co-host in the year 1982, she worked as a model.

Early life and background

Vanna White was born on 18th February 1957 in Conway , South Carolina. She was born as Vanna Marie Rosich. She is the daughter of Miguel Angel Rosich and Joan Marie. As per the reports, her father  was a  Puerto Rican and a Croatian descent. After her father abandoned the family, Vanna was raised by her mother and stepfather, Herbert Stackley White Jr, a former real estate. After completing her high school education, Vanna shifted to Atlanta, Georgia and enrolled in the Atlanta School of Fashion

 Career

Vanna White started her career as a model, but later in the 1979 she went to Los Angles to pursue a career in acting.She has acted in several popular movies which includes Gypsy Angels (1980), Looker (1981) ect. In the year 1988, she played the character of “Venus” in the NBC television film “Goddess Of Love”. Apart from this, she has also made cameo appearances in several television shows and movies which includes L.A Law,227, Super Mario Bros Super Show, Simon and Simon,The King of Queens, Full House , Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, Graduation Day etc. She has also acted in “ Married….With Children”, the parody of the  film “ Indecent Proposal”. In the year 1987, she featured in a Playboy pictorial.

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She touched the pinnacle of success in the year 1982, when she became the host of the show “The Wheel of Fortune”. The show witnessed tremendous success and she became a popular television personality.In the  year 1999, the show “ The Wheel of Fortune” was viewed by over 40 million people. White has also been recognized in “The Guinness Book of World Records” in the year 1992. She holds the record of television’s most frequent clapper with approximately 720 claps per show.

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Apart from this , in 1996 Vanna became the narrator and singer in the CD release of Leslie Bricusse’s “ Santa’s Last Ride”. She has also lent her voice to Canadian and American animated television shows which includes The Real Story of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

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On 20th April, 2006, the 1.67 meter tall Vanna White was honoured with a star in Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her autobiography ,” Vanna Speaks” which was published in the year  1987 was a best seller. Apart from this Vanna runs a line of yarns called “Vanna’s Choice” through Lion Brand Yarns.

Controversy

Vanna White filed a legal suit against the popular brand “Samsung Electronics” for a television ad which showed a robot turning letters on a game show. White alleged that the ad violated her personality rights. The brand later paid   $403,000 to Vanna as compensation.

 

Vanna White – Husband and Children

Vanna White had a long term relationship with dancer- turned- actor John Gibson, but he died in a plane crash in 1986. Later she married George San Pietro,a restaurant owner in December 1990. The couple has a son and a daughter ,but they got divorced in 2002.

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White was engaged to businessman Michael Kaye from 2004 to 2006 but they never got married.

Vanna White – Net Worth and Salary

Vanna White has a net worth of $ 30 million and earns a salary of $ 8 million annually.

Bill O’ Reilly – The Highest Paid News Anchor in the World

William James “Bill” O’Reilly is a popular American television personality, host, author and a political commentator. He is best known for his show “The O’Reilly Factor” which is broadcasted by the Fox News Channel. Towards the beginning of 2009 he hosted a popular radio program called “The Radio Factor”. In addition to this, he also wrote several popular books.

Early Life and Background

Bill O’Reilly was born on 10th September 1949 in New York City, United States of America. He was born to William James Sr and Winifred Angela. He has a younger sister named Janet. In the year 1951, his family shifted from New Jersey to Levittown, Long Island.

Bill completed his school education from St. Brigid parochial school in Westbury, and Chaminade High School. After graduating from school, he joined Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1967 and earned his graduation degree in history in 1971. In the year 1973, Bill acquired his master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. He got the chance to study at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and attained the master of public administration degree in 1996

Career

Bill O’ Reilly started his career as a reporter and anchor at WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He later joined the WFAA-TV in Dallas ,where he got the Dallas Press Club Award for his excellent investigative reporting skills. He then shifted his base to Denver and joined the KMGH-TV where he earned a local EMMY. In subsequent years he was associated with many channels which include the KATU in Portland, Oregon, WFSB in Hartford, WNEV-TV in Boston etc.

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In the year 1986, Bill got the opportunity to join the ABC News as a correspondent. Later on he started hosting many daytime briefs for the channel. He also served as a general assignment reporter for various popular shows of the channel like the Good Morning America, Nightline and World News Tonight. In 1989, Bill became the part of a tabloid gossip television program called Inside Edition. After expressing his desire to quit the show in 1994, Deborah Norville replaced him in the show in the year 1995.

In October 1996, Bill was hired by the CEO of Fox News Channel Roger Ailes as the host of the show O’Reilly Report. This program was later renamed as the “The O’Reilly Factor”. The show became very popular in the American media world and helped him to earn huge popularity.

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Apart from this, he has authored several books to his credit, which include the “Those Who Trespass”, “Who’s Looking Out For You?”, “Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency”, The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times,” The Day the President Was Shot” and many more. He also wrote weekly columns which appeared in various popular newspapers like the New York Post and Chicago Sun-Times. He also appeared in movies in cameo roles ,which include “An American Carol”, “Iron Man 2” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”. He is also the recipient of the 2008 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Governors’ Award .

Controversies

Bill O’ Reilly has been a part of several controversies. On 13th October 2004, Bill sued the former producer of The O’Reilly Factor, Andrea Mackris for extortion charges. He was also accused by the Gawker.com for physically assaulting his ex-wife Maureen McPhilmy. Bill also appealed to American citizens to boycott products of Pepsi on 27th August 2002. Bill was sent a letter by the Anti-Defamation League on 8th December 2004 criticizing his remarks that he expressed about Jews in his radio talk show called “The Radio Factor”.

As per the current media reports, Bill has decided to sue his ex-wife for $ 10 million for cheating him. He has further alleged that his ex wife has misled him in relation to the terms and conditions of their divorce in order to support her extramarital affair.

Bil O’ Relly- Wife and Children

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Bill O’ Reilly married Maureen E. McPhilmy on November 2, 1996. She is a public relations executive. They have two kids- a son and a daughter. They got divorced 1st September 2011.

Bill O’ Reilly – Net Worth and Salary

He is one of the highest paid news personalities. Bill O’ Reilly’s annual salary is an average of $19 million. He has also earned about $30 million for his book royalties. Bill O’ Reily’s net worth is close to $80 million.

Ousting from Fox News

There were emerging allegations from various sections of media about Reilly’s involvement in s**ual harassment against women working for Fox. A detailed report in New York Times in April 2017 showed that Fox and he had paid close to $13 million to five women who had leveled charges against him.  Finally, following a detailed investigation from Murdoch Family (owners of 21st Century Fox), it was clear on November 19, 2017, that O’Reilly will not be a part of the Fox Network anymore.

 

What is Deepika Padukone’s Net Worth?

Deepika Padukone is a model and actress from India. She is one of the highest paid celebrities in India. She won several awards for her films and is an established person in Bollywood.

Early Life and Background

Deepika was born on 5th January, 1986, in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was raised in Bangalore, India. Her parents, Prakash Padukone, an eminent badminton player and mother Ujjala, a travel agent have another daughter Anisha, who is a golfer. She did her schooling from Sophia High School and completed her pre-university education from Mount Caramel College. She had applied for Bachelors of Arts in Sociology at IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) but later quit it because of her conflicts in schedule of modeling career.

Career Achievements

Prasad Bipada was the man who guided Deepika during her full-time modeling career. She started her career with an advertisement for Liril soap. She modeled for several products and in 2005 made a runaway in Lakme Fashion Week. She was also selected for the Kingfisher Calendar in 2006. Deepika relocated in Mumbai at the age of 21 and appeared in a musical video of Himmesh Reshammiya’s Naam Hai Tera. Faraah Khan later noticed her in the video and cast her in the film Happy New Year.

A film called Aishwarya in Kannada was her debut movie. On 2006, Happy New Year got shelved but she was cast in a 2007 released film Om Shanti Om. This was her first Bollywood movie.  She then did Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008. Chandni Chowk to China failed in the box-office in 2009, but she re-established her success through Cocktail which released in 2012. This film gave her best actress nomination in many award ceremonies. She then went on to do Race 2 in 2013 and later gave two hits, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Chennai Express.

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Deepika got several awards by doing Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. She did a Tamil film Kochadaiiyaan and Happy New Year later. She also appeared in a video on Feminism called My Choice that received mixed reaction amongst everyone but mostly positive. Her role as Piku in the movie Piku with Amitabh Bachchan was a career changer. Deepika appeared in Tamasha which received poor financial returns but her character was praised by critics. Bajirao Mastani is her last movie where she received the best actress’ award.

She will soon be appearing in her first Hollywood film opposite Vin Diesel, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, an action movie.

Apart from movies, she endorses several brands like Lux, Neutrogena, Tissot, Fiama Di Wills, Yamaha etc.

Relationships

Deepika was in a relationship with Ranbir Kapoor initially, but they broke up within a year. She then dated Siddharth Mallya, Kingfisher owner Vijay Mallya’s son. Since 2013, she has been in relationship with Bollywood actor, Ranveer Singh.

Deepika Padukone – Net Worth and Salary

Deepika’s net worth is estimated to be $10 million with an annual income of $2.5 milloin.  Due to her success string of movies which include Chennai Express, Piku and Bajirao Mastani, Deepika Padukone’s salary has been hiked to Rs.15 crore. Besides in 2012, she signed an endorsement deal with Garnier for $890,000 making it the highest ad remuneration for a Bollywood actress.

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House

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The 1.74 meter tall (5 feet 8.5 inch tall) actress lives in the 26th floor of a sky-scrapping BeauMonde Towers in  Prabhadevi, Mumbai. This complex has a badminton, tennis and squash courts. It costs Rs 16 crore which was bought with joint ownership of her father. It is 2,776 sq ft and has a mixture of western and Indian designs.  She also has another house in Pali Hill, Bandra

Anderson Cooper – The Blue-Eyed Boy of CNN

Anderson Cooper is a famous journalist hailing from United States of America. He is best known for hosting the show “Anderson Cooper 360” which is broadcasted by CNN News. Apart from this, he is an active correspondent for “60 Minutes”. He also hosted the daytime show “Anderson Live” from September 2011 to May 2013.

Early Life and background

Anderson Cooper was born on 3rd June 1967 in New York City, United States. He has a very well to do background. His father, Wyatt Emory Cooper, was a writer. Her mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, is an artist, actress, writer, socialite and an heiress. His maternal grandparents were multi millionaire while his maternal great-great-great-grandfather was a business tycoon. He had an elder brother who committed suicide at the age of 23. His father died at the age of 50 after suffering from a series of heart attacks while he was undergoing an open heart surgery.

Anderson attended the Dalton School for his school education. Thereafter, he joined Yale University and earned his graduation degree in political science in the year 1989.

Career

After earning his graduation degree, Anderson tried to get an entry level job position in ABC but failed in his attempts. After that he took the help of one of his friends to get fake press pass. He started working as a fact checker for a small news agency called Channel One. He then entered Burma and covered the news of the agitation of students with Burmese Government.

In the year 1995, Anderson finally got the chance to work for ABC News. He joined the network as a correspondent but in subsequent years he became a co-host of the show “World News Now”. In the year 2000, he started working as a host for the reality show called “The Mole”.

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Anderson left the reality show after its second season and again moved his focus to broadcasting news. He then joined the CNN network in 2001 as a co-anchor of the show “American Morning”. Later he became a primetime news anchor. On 8th September 2003, Anderson started anchoring the show Anderson Cooper 360°. He has covered many significant events for the channel like aftermath of hurricane Katrina, Pope John Paul II’s death, wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker and many more. Apart from this he hosted shows like Planet in Peril, CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, Anderson Live etc. In addition to this, he also serves as a regular correspondent of 60 minutes which is broadcasted by the CBS news.

Cooper is also a freelance writer and has written many articles for different magazines like the “Details”. He also released a memoir for Harper Collins called “Dispatches from the Edge” in May 2006. On 18th June 2006, it gained the top spot in the list of New York Times bestseller.

In his glorious career, he has won many awards and accolades which include Bronze Telly, Emmy Awards, GLAAD Media Award, Peabody award and many more. He also appeared in movies like the Chappie (2005) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

Anderson Cooper – Boyfriend

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Anderson Cooper is  gay and has been in a relationship with Benjamin Maisani, a gay bar owner, since 2009. The couple purchased a Rye House in Connecticut.

Anderson Cooper – Net Worth and Salary

Anderson Cooper has a net worth of $100 million and earns a salary of $11 million.

The Rise of Sundar Pichai!

Pichai Sundararajan or more precisely Sundar Pichai is an eminent Indian born American business executive.  He is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Inc. He has been holding the position since 2nd October 2015. Prior to this, he was the product chief of Google.

Early life and Background

Sundar Pichai was born on 12th July 1972 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Regunatha Pichai, was a senior electrical engineer in General Electric (GE) while his mother, Lakshmi, was a stenographer turned homemaker. Sundar comes of a very humble background devoid of any luxuries. He spent his childhood in Chennai in a two roomed apartment. He has a younger brother as well.

Pichai did his schooling from Jawahar Vidyalaya and Vana Vani school.Thereafter, he joined Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and earned his bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering.  After completing his graduation, he enrolled in Stanford University and acquired a M.S. degree in Material Sciences and Engineering. In addition to this, he holds an MBA degree from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Due to his talent he earned titles like Seibel Scholar and Palmer Scholar.

Career Achievements

Sundar started his career with McKinsey & Company. In the year 2004, he joined Google. Under his able leadership, Google has launched many successful products in the market which include the Google Chrome, Google Drive etc.  He also contributed largely in development of many apps like Gmail and Google Maps. He announced the open-sourcing of latest video codec VP8 by Google on 10th May 2010.  He also introduced the new video format WebM.  Sundar has also contributed towards development of chrome operating system for laptops. The speciality of this operating system is that data can be stored in the cloud rather than in the laptop drives. Chrome laptops are extensively used in schools and colleges in USA due to its affordability and cloud data storage facility.

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Sundar Pichai is also known for adding Android in the Google product list.  He made this announcement on 13th March 2013. Android was previously managed by Andy Rubin. Also, he held the position of director of Jive Software from April 2011 to 30th July 2013.On 10th August 2015, Google announced Sundar Pichai as the new CEO of the company. He officially took up the responsibility on 2nd October 2015, after the formation of Alphabet Inc.

 

Sundar Pichai-  Wife

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Sundar Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai. She is a chemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur. They met each other during their college days. As per media reports, Sundar proposed Anjali during his final year of engineering. After completing his studies in US, they got married. The couple is blessed with a son and a daughter.

It is often said that the credit of the spectacular rise in his career goes to Anjali. It was Anjali who suggested him not to quit Google after getting offers from Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo!

Sundar Pichai – Net Worth and Salary

Sundar Pichai has a net worth of approximately $150 Million.

His annual salary  in 2015 was $652,500 . The other compensations to his kitty come to $22,935. In early 2015, he received $99.8 million in restricted stocks., taking his overall income to more than $100.5 million.   He received $199 million in restricted stock in February 2016.

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He stays with his family in his home in Brooklyn which he purchased for $6.8 million from Boyd Coddington in Jan 2015.

What makes Natalie Morales a prized NBC News Anchor

Natalie Morales is a famous American journalist. She rose to fame because of her outstanding performance as an NBC news anchor. She anchors the ‘Today’s Show’. The American talk show deals with current issues which include interviews and weather reports. Natalie anchors two more talk shows like ‘Dateline NBC’ and’ NBC Nightly News’.

Early Life

Natalie was born on 1972, June 6th. Her birthplace is Taiwan. She was born to a Brazilian mother. She used to travel extensively as a child. The first eighteen years of her life, Natalie has spent in Brazil, Spain and Panama. Because of her early age experience, she can speak Spanish and Portuguese without any trouble.

Education

Natalie received a bachelor degree in arts from Rutgers University. She has graduated with double majors in Latin American studies and journalism.

Career

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Natalie’s career began right after she completed her studies. She went to work at Chase Bank. Her journalistic career began as a weekend reporter. At WVIT-TV, she started as a co-anchor. In this news channel she reported a vast array of important news the list includes 9/11 attack, the Columbian shooting and 2000 presidential election.

Morales was chosen to host the Emmy-nominated documentary called Save Our Sound. This documentary has been a joint production with WNBC. The on-air television career of Natalie began with ‘News 12’. Her first assignment as an anchor was ‘The Bronx.’ Apart from anchoring, she served as a camera operator, editor and the producer of the show.

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Morales was singled out as one of the most influential Latinas of America on 1999 by The Hispanic Newspaper, El Diario La Prensa. For the two years of her life Natalie has worked behind the scene for court TV.

For four long years during 2002 and 2006, she served as the anchor and correspondent for MSNBC. For this channel, she worked on various important news stories. 2004 presidential election is one of the most important news pieces which she covered in her career. Other than this, she covered the 2004 summer Olympics in Athens. There are other important news stories including Iraqi Prisoner Abuse, Operation Iraqi Freedom and 2002 Beltway Sniper attack, which she has covered during her career as well.

On 2007, Natalie Morales received the honor of being selected for the ‘Groundbreaking Latina Award’. She also topped the list of 50 most beautiful people of America, later in the same year.

Her career however is not restricted to talk show hosting or news reporting only. She hosted the 2010’s Miss USA television show segment. She has also hosted Miss Universe show twice in 2011 and 2014.

Natalie had the rare honor of playing herself in a television show called ‘Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No’. The show was aired in 2015.

Natalie acquired success with hard work and time management. In a close chat with Today’s Routine, she admitted that her day begins at 4.10 am. She has also shared with her viewers the secret of staying fresh all day long.

 

Natalie Morales – Husband and Children

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She is married to Joseph Rhodes, an investment banker. They have two sons. Running is Natalie’s way of staying fit. She has joined five marathons.

 

Natalie Morales -Net Worth and Salary

It is reported that Natalie’s net worth is $8.5 million. She earns around $2 million as salary.

What is Kelly Ripa’s Net Worth?

Kelly Ripa is a well known American television producer, talk show host and an actress. She tasted success by portraying the character of Hayley Vaughan in the daytime show of ABC channel called “All My Children”. She is serving as the co-host of morning talk show “Live! With Kelly and Michael”, which is broadcasted by ABC network. During 2003 to 2006, Kelly played the role of Faith Fairfield in the in the popular ABC channel’s show “Hope & Faith” and earned immense popularity. Apart from this, Kelly along with her husband, Mark Consuelos, own a New York based production company called “Milojo”. They were also termed as the “Most Powerful People in Media” by “The Hollywood Reporter “in 2012.

Early Life and Background

Kelly Ripa was born on 2nd October, 1970 in Stratford, New Jersey. Her father, Joseph Ripa was a labor union president and bus driver while her mother, Esther, a home maker. She has a younger sister, Linda, who is a famous children’s book author. Kelly studied in Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees Township in New Jersey. During her school days, she was encouraged by her drama teacher to pursue a career in acting. She used to take part in various local theatres. Her talent as an actress was discovered by A.A Milne while she was performing in the play “The Ugly Duckling”. After graduating from school, she enrolled in Camden County College and studied psychology but later dropped out of college to pursue her passion for acting.

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Career Achievements

In the year 1986, Kelly Ripa got her first break in television world when she became a regular dancer in the reality show “Dancin’ On Air “. At that time she grew an interest to become a new caster and often used to serve as a cast news reporter. In the year 1990, Ripa won the major exposure in her career. She got the chance to play the character of Hayley Vaughan in ABC’s day time show “All My Children”. She served the show for almost 12 years and earned much popularity. On 5th February 2001, Kelly was selected as a replacement of Kathie Lee Gifford in the show “Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee”.  The show was later renamed as “Live! With Regis and Kelly”.  In subsequent years, Michael Strahan started co-hosting the show with Kelly and is currently broadcasted with the name “Live! With Kelly and Michael”.

In September 2003, Kelly Ripa earned the opportunity to play the character of “Faith Fairfield” in the ABC’s primetime show “Hope & Faith”. She received huge media attention for this role. Apart from this, she has also acted in various movies. In the year 1996, she shared the screen space with Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep in the movie “Marvin’s Room”. In 1999, her acting skills in the movie “The Stand-In “ won her the best actress award in the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival .She has also lent her voice to animated film “Fly Me to the Moon”. Kelly along with her husband own a highly successful production company called “Milojo”. They established the company in the year 2007.

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Not only that, she has been the spokes person for various companies which includes 7 UP, Tide, Pantene, Electrolux,  Ryka and so on. She has also participated in many charity events to spread awareness on Ovarian Cancer. In the year 1999, after her sister met an almost fatal accident, she became a supporter of “Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)”.

Kelly Ripa has received various awards in her glorious career which includes “Daytime Emmy Awards For Outstanding Talk Show Host”, Soap Opera Digest Awards etc. On 15th September 2006, Ripa broke the Guinness World Record by putting twenty four banana cream pies in her mouth in a single minute.

Husband

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The 1.60 meter Kelly Ripa married to Mark Consuelos on 1st May 1996. He was her co- star in “All My Children”. The couple has three children.

Kelly Ripa – Net Worth and Salary

Kelly Ripa has a net worth of $ 100 million.  As per media reports, she earns an annual salary of $20 million from her daytime talk show “Live! With Kelly and Michael”.

 House

Ripa and her husband bought a town-house worth $27.2 million on Upper East Side in New York City, in March 2015.  It is a historical piece of property, dating back to 1882. The couple bought the house after it was renovated. The property includes five bedrooms, six bathrooms, an elevator that goes all the way from the basement to the terrace, a couple of fireplace and a beautiful rooftop garden.