Carol Hagen

Carol Hagen is a real estate agent and an entrepreneur who is famous among people as the wife of Lester Holt. Her husband is a journalist and a news anchor of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. The couple got married in 1982 and is leading successful conjugal life since then. They have two sons together; Stefan Holt and Cameron Holt.   

Early Life And Career Of Carol Hagen 

Carol Hogan was born in 1959 and is 61-year-old as of March 2021. Since she is a very private person nothing much is revealed about her to the media. 

The only thing that is known about her is her husband's fame and his wonderful career. As for her career, she is a New York-based licensed real estate agent. According to her Corcoran Real Estate Firm profile, her goal is to “support her customers and make the entire process of buying and selling real estate an enjoyable and informative experience.”

On the other hand, Lester is one of the successful and powerful journalists of this era. He is most known as the anchor of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. He became the led anchor of NBC Nightly News following the demotion of Brian Williams on June 18, 2015. He is also a part-time actor and has made cameos in few movies and television shows such as The Fugitive; its 1998 sequel U.S. Marshals; and Primal Fear, Cleveland, 30 Rock, and so on.  

Net Worth, Salary, And Other Facts

Carol Hagen's net worth has not been revealed yet, however, as a real state agent, she earns between $45,990 to $23,000 per year. Similarly, her partner's net worth is $35 million as of 2021- he has earned a huge amount of salary from his career. As per the sources, he earns a salary of $10 million per year.

In 2017, the couple purchased a midtown Manhattan apartment for $3.3 million, but later he listed his apartment for $6.6 million in the market.  

Both of her kids are also successful in their respective professions. Stefan is also a journalist and a news anchor working for WMAQ-TV. He earns a salary of $4 million a year with an estimated net worth of $12 million. On the other hand, Cameron is an air force officer.     

Personal Life: Husband And Married Life

Carol and Lester first met back in 1980 when the latter was a student at California State University. During her interview with people in 2004, Carol described her adventures' first date. On their way to date, Holt was asked to report on an out-of-control forest fire in the Napa Valley, and instead of postponing the date, the journalist "turned the fire into the date"

“I thought, ‘Wow, I’ve never been invited to go on a breaking news story before," Carol thought to herself. ‘A forest fire — that could be considered a hot date!’ So I said, ‘I’m game.’ I guess I knew what I was getting myself into with Lester and his career.”

After two wonderful years, the pair got married in 1982 and is still going strong. They are together for more than 40 years now and have lived in every relationship as a boyfriend-girlfriend, husband-wife, mother-father, and now grandmother-grandfather to the fullest.

When asked about the secret to their happy life, Lester said:

“We laugh a lot, we really do. I can be silly, she can be sillier. We just laugh through things and we know that everything, tough times will be a story at some point, and boy have I put her through some tough times with this job. I love her to death, she’s has been so wonderful, she knows this job is going to bring a lot of late-night phone calls, but she’s there for me and that means an awful lot.”

The pair has two sons; Cameron Holt and Stefan Holt. Stefan is a journalist like his old man and Cameron is an air force officer. Stefan is married to Morgan Holt and the couple became parents to their son Henry in 2017. On the other hand, Cameron lives a very private life and nothing much is revealed about him.