Biography

Chris Cuomo

by Rob Williams,

Chris Cuomo, full name, Christopher Charles Cuomo, is the name of a television journalist who works for CNN. He is also a licensed attorney. He is also known for his work as a chief and justice correspondent in ABC News and co-anchor of the program called 20/20. He is one of the Grammy Award-winning journalists who has been one of the prominent and demanded reporters of all time.

Early Life And Education Of Chris Cuomo

Born in the year 1970 August 9 at New York City, United States, he holds the American Nationality and belongs to Italian-American ethnicity. His father, Mario Cuomo, is a former New York Governor and he is the brother of Andrew Cuomo who is the current New York Governor.

He has attended The Albany Academy and has received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his Juris Doctor from Fordham University.

Chris Cuomo's Career

Chris started his career in journalism working at CNBC, MSNBC, and CNN as a reporter in social and political issues. He started working at CNN since 2013 as the co-host of its morning show called New Day and debuted as a field anchor for an episode of Piers Morgan Tonight covering February 2013 nor’easter.

Before working at CNN, he had worked at Fox News Channel and Fox Broadcast Network’s Fox Files covering the wide range of controversial social issues as well as being a political analyst. He worked in ABC’s 20/20 as a co-anchor covering several of the hot issues like he r o i n addiction, Haiti earthquake, child custody, bullying, homeless teens, etc.

He also had worked as a news anchor for Good Morning America from 2006 to December 2009. His task was to report on breaking news from local to international level.

 He has covered several of the news like terrorism wars, shootings at Virginia Tech, Ft. Hood and the Pennsylvania Amish school shootings, hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Sago Mine collapse, etc. For his work, Chris has been honored with multiple Emmy Awards nominations. He has become one of the youngest correspondents in the network news history to have received a news, Emmy.

Besides, he has also won the Polk and Peabody Awards for team coverage, Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news coverage, Loeb Award for business reporting and the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for investigating juvenile justice. With the successful and promising career in the profession, he enjoys a very satisfactory salary and net worth.

Chris Cuomo's Net Worth And Salary

Chris Cuomo's net worth is $9 million at present. He earns an annual salary of $4 million from his work. He appeared on CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC and was a correspondent for the Fox News Channel and Fox Broadcast Networks' Fox Files. 

 Cuomo was the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent and also co-anchored 20/20 on ABC. He served as news anchor for Good Morning America from 2006 to 2009.

Chris Cuomo's Personal Life

Chris Cuomo has the very pleasing and charming personality besides his talent in journalism. He is a down to earth personality even he belongs to the prestigious family background of Governor of the state. He stands the height of 6 feet and 2 inches.

He is a talented person. Due to his talent and performance, he has earned an independent identity than relating to the family background. He had been named as one of the eligible bachelors during mid-90s.

Talking about the personal life of Chris Cuomo, he is a married man. He had married to the editor of Gotham magazine named Cristina Greeven in a ceremony at Roman Catholic Church situated in Southampton, New York.

He has three children, a son Mario and two daughters Bella and Carolina Regina. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children enjoying a happy life. More information on Chris can be found in different websites including Wikipedia, IMDb which locates his biography. He can also be followed on Twitter to be updated with more of his recent activities.