Christiane Amanpour is a British born Iranian journalist who is most popular as the chief international correspondent for the news channel CNN and as a global affairs anchor for ABC news. According to the recent news, she is said to be replacing Charlie Rose on PBS who faced some sexual allegations.
Amanpour, age 60, is one of the reputed journalists known throughout the world. Let’s get to know more about her life, career, and net worth.
Christiane Amanpour: early life, career, and nationality
Christiane Amanpour was born on 12 January 1958 in London, England which actually makes her nationality a British. She was born to Mahmoud Amanpour, a Muslim father while her mother Patricia Hill was from England. She completed her elementary education in Iran after which she was sent to a boarding school in England. Then she went to Holy Cross Convent, which was an all-girls school. Shortly after, she also went to a roman catholic school named New Hall School. Her parents also moved to England after the Islamic revolution broke out in Iran. Later, Amanpour went to the University of Rhode Island from where she received a degree in journalism.
Christiane then started working as a journalist for CNN as an entry-level desk assistant in Atlanta, Georgia. Similarly, she also covered for Iran-Iraq war as a correspondent which was her first assignment. After that, she transferred to Eastern Europe to report on the fall of European communism. Similarly, she started working as a democratic revolutions reporter for Germany. Across the time, Amanpour has reported some of the major events, throughout. She even covered the infamous 1992 Bosnian war for CNN. However, she left CNN channel after 27 years of service, in the year of 2010 for ABC News. In addition, following year in 2011, Amanpour re-joined CNN to host a show while continuing in ABC.
Christiane Amanpour: husband and personal life
Christiane Amanpour is unbelievably 60 years old though she doesn’t look like her age. She has accomplished a lot like a career woman while also standing out in her personal life. Amanpour married her husband James Rubin, a spokesman and informal advisor of Hilary Clinton and ex-president Barack Obama in the year 1998. Together the power couple has a son, named John Rubin who was born in 2000. She along with her husband moved back and forth from New York to London. However, at present, they live permanently in London.
Christiane Amanpour net worth
Amanpour is now a celebrity journalist with an effective and extraordinary career. She also appeared in some of the popular shows as well which includes Gilmore Girls, Iron Man 2 and Pink Panther 2. Christiane Amanpour’s net worth estimation as the latest reports claim is $12.5 million dollars.
Christiane Amanpour is also quite active on social media channels like Instagram and Twitter. Currently, she has a total of 73.6k followers on her Instagram account while on Twitter she has 2.9 million followers.
