Kiran Chetry Bio, Age, Height, Career, Personal Life, Net Worth

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Kiran Chetry
Tags: CNNFox newsJournalistNepali-Americanreporter
Profession: Journalist
Date of birth: Aug 26, 1974
Age: 50
Net worth: 1 Million
Birth Place: Patan
Height (m): 1.7
Religion: Christianity
Relationship Status: Divorced

Kiran Chetry is a television broadcast journalist from Nepal famous as the co-anchor for “Fox Channel”. Moreover, Chetry is also the Editor-in-Chief for the company, “The Nepalese-American Magazine” and a board member of “SarisToSuits”.

The beautiful journalist for Fox was one of the top-ten sexiest news anchors in television by Maxim magazine in 2006. Throughout the years, Kiran has gone on to work for broadcasters such as CNN, CBS and later ended up with Fox News Network. Let us now get to know a bit more about her, shall we?

Kiran Chetry: Early Life and Education

Kiran Carrie Chetry was born on the 26th of August, 1974, in Patan, Nepal. She was born to a Nepali father Hom Chetry and Ukranian mother Nancy who was in Nepal as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Whilst she was born in Nepal, Chetry later migrated to the United States with her parents when she was only 7 months old in search of a better life. After moving to the US, Chetry spent most part of her years in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Now looking at her academics, Kiran joined Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. Whilst in school, Chetry did serve in the swimming and the prom squad. Next, Chetry went on to join the University of Maryland, College Park’s College of Journalism. She graduated from the institution with a Bachelors of Arts in Broadcast Journalism.

Kiran Chetry: Career

Kiran then began her career in 1995 when she got hired by WICU-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania. After having spent over 5 years at the network, Chetry got the job at Fox News Channel. As an anchor and a general news reporter for Fox, Chetry enjoyed a successful period of 6 years.

Her career with Fox did not come to the greatest of ends as she decided to leave the network after a contractual dispute in 2007. However, this amazing journalist was able to land a role in CNN as the co-host on American Morning. She has even gone on to work alongside names like Anderson Cooper, Errol Barnett, and Paula Zahn.

Kiran Chetry: Personal Life

Now looking at the personal aspects of Kiran’s life, she is in a relationship with her co-host from WICU-TV. Whilst Kiran began as a new journalist at the network, her partner Chris Knowles was working as a meteorologist. Knowles is an established name in the television industry and is famous for his amazing weather reporting.

As it so often happens, the two fell for one another and it had to do with the fact that Kiran and Chris were working in close proximity to one another. They soon began dating and later decided to get married. Kiran also has two children with Chris but things were not looking great for this couple. Later, in 2013, after having been together for quite some time, Chetry and Knowles split up.

Kiran Chetry: Net Worth and Social Media

Throughout the years, Kiran has been one of the best journalists on American television. It is pretty safe to say that she is living the American dream. Having worked with some of the biggest giants in American television, Chetry has a massive net worth of $1 million. Moreover, for her amazing work, she won the award for Best Enterprise Reporting from Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association in 1997.

Kiran is also pretty active on social networking platforms. She likes to share some aspects of her personal and professional life with her fans. Moreover, the beautiful journalist often interacts with people on Twitter. She is active under the handle @kiranchetrytv on the platform, so be sure to follow her.