Brian Elliot Ross is an American investigative journalist who previously served as a Chief Investigative Correspondent for ABC News. He also worked for World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline, Good Morning America, and ABC News Radio.
Early Life And Education
Brian Ross was born on October 23, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois, the United States. He holds American nationality and as far as his ethnicity is concerned, he is White.
Ross spent his childhood in Chicago, Illinois with his joint family. He attended the University of Iowa that is a journalism school, where he completed graduation in 1971. After that, he began working for KWWL0TV in Waterloo, Iowa. He has three brothers and five sisters.
Professional career
Talking about his successful career, Brian Ross began his broadcasting career in Armed Forces and Television Service in the late of 2080. In 1990, he also spent a lot of time doing live DJ gigs at bars and events in Indiana, Eventually.
Brian Ross’s military services took him to Alaska where he found his home. He is a proud veteran of the US Army, Air Force, and the Indiana National Guard. Ross twice linked Iraq to the anthrax attacks in October 2001.
In 2007, Brian Ross won the Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting for a two-part 20/20. In 2010, he got his seventh DuPont-Columbia Award for the 20/20 investigation. Ross and Anna Schechter reported on the murder of 24-year–old Peace Corps Volunteer in West Africa for over a 10-months period of 2011.
In 2013, Brian Ross’s investigation ‘Tragedy in Bangladesh’ inspected the dangerous safety situations and handles at factories in Bangladesh. There, workers sewed clothes for iconic America brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Walmart. For which he was honored with the Hillman prize in 2013. Currently, he is the CEO of Fix Flyer LLC.
In late 2017, ABC News suspended Ross, for four weeks without pay following his error report on Michael Flynn, a former national security advisor. He finally stepped down from the net work on 2nd July 2018.
What Is His Net Worth In 2019?
As of 2019, Brian Ross has an estimated net worth of $12 million, as per some gunine online sources. He was paid a handsome salary for his work at ABC News. He joined the network in July 1994 and left the network in 2018.
Who Is His Wife?
According to his personal life, Brian Ross is married to Ann Curry for 27 years, now. They were college sweethearts. She is one of the multi-talented American television personality, news journalist, and photojournalist. Brian and his girlfriend Ann are the perfect examples of a happy couple.
They have two children out of their marriage; one is a daughter named McKenzie and one son named William Curry Ross. Their younger child, William two younger that his eldest sister. Currently, Brian Ross lives in New Canaan, Connecticut with his wife and lovely children.
by Bchrome, 08 Mar, 2017
