Brian Williams net worth
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What is Brian Williams’ net worth and salary?
Brian Williams is an American news anchor with a net worth of $50 million. Brian has held various positions at NBC for 28 years and announced his departure in November 2021. In his later years, Brian served as the chief anchor of the NBC News cable news channel MSNBC. He is also the host of the online show “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams”.
Brian Williams salary
Williams took a major leap in his career in 2004, becoming the main host of NBC Evening News, succeeding reporter and writer Tom Brokaw. His initial annual salary was 8 million U.S. dollars. Increased to 10 million U.S. dollars in 2006. By 2014, his annual salary had increased to 13 million U.S. dollars. After his scandal and relegation to MSNBC, Williams’ salary was reduced to $6 million per year.
early life
Brian Douglas Williams was born on May 5, 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He is the youngest of four siblings and grew up in a Catholic family of mainly Irish descent. His parents are Dorothy May (last name Pampel) and Gordon Lewis Williams. His father was the executive vice president of the National Retailers Association, and his mother was an amateur stage actor. He spent his early years in Elmira, New York before the family moved to Middletown, New Jersey. He graduated from Mater Dei High School, where he was the editor of the school newspaper. As a teenager, he also served as a volunteer firefighter for three years at the Middletown Fire Station. He continued his education at Brookdale Community College and then transferred to the Catholic University of America and George Washington University. However, he actually never finally earned a college degree.
Profession
Before working for the National Association of Broadcasting Companies, Williams started as a White House intern. His broadcasting career began in 1981 at KOAM-TV in Kansas. He then worked as the chief expatriate reporter for WTTG-TV in Washington, DC, and then moved to WCAU in Philadelphia and WCBS in New York City.
Williams’ major breakthrough occurred in 1993, when he joined NBC News as the anchor of the national show “Weekend Evening News”. He was quickly promoted to chief reporter of the White House. Then, in the summer of 1996, he appeared on his show “The News of Brian Williams” and served as anchor and editor-in-chief. The show was broadcast on CNBC’s MSNBC. At the same time, he is also the main backup anchor and weekend anchor of “NBC Evening News and Tom Brokaw”. He often appears in John Stewart’s “Daily Show” version. He also often appeared in the NBC comedy “30 Rock” as himself. Williams formally replaced Tom Brokaw as the anchor of “NBC Evening News” from 2004 to 2015, and hosted “Rock Center and Brian Williams” from 2011 to 2013. “Rock Center” is the first new NBC news program to be launched during prime time in nearly two decades, replacing the TV series “Playboy Club.” In the end, it was cancelled in 2013 due to a combination of low ratings and difficulty in finding a fixed time period.
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Williams then joined MSNBC in 2015 as the chief breaking news anchor. During MSNBC, he reported on some famous incidents, such as the terrorist attacks in the United States, Europe by Pope Francis, and the shooting at Umpqua Community College. In the 2016 US presidential election, Williams also served as the chief election anchor for MSNBC. In 2016, he and his co-anchor Rachel Maddow became the anchor of the night summary show “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams”. Williams, Maddow and analyst Nicolle Wallace lead the MSNBC team to cover the 2020 US presidential election.
In 2015, Williams was suspended by NBC Evening News for six months for misrepresenting his experience of the Iraq War. He claimed in a broadcast on January 30, 2015 that a military helicopter he was riding in when he reported on the Iraq War in 2003 was “forced to land after being hit by a rocket”. He first told this story in 2003. At that time, the crew on the helicopter stood up against his account of the incident, and his story was refuted.
It is worth noting that the network won the Peabody Award due to the coverage of Hurricane Katrina in the “NBC Evening News” by Williams’ team. The show itself also won the George Polk Award and the DuPont-Columbia University Award. In addition, Williams was highly praised for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina, and the New York Times even called his coverage of Hurricane Katrina “a decisive moment.” Other awards received by Williams include the Walter Cronkite Journalism Excellence Award from Arizona State University in 2009, 11 Edward R. Murrow Awards, and 12 Emmy Awards for News and Documentary Film. In addition, he was selected into Time Magazine’s 2007 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
personal life
In 1986, Williams married Jane Stoddard Williams, a television producer. They have a son and a daughter. Their daughter Alison Williams starred in the HBO comedy “Girl” and the critically acclaimed movie “Going Out” (2017). Their son Doug Williams (Doug Williams) is the late night anchor of “Geico SportsNite”, which is broadcast on the New York metropolitan area channel SportsNet New York.
Williams never officially graduated from university, but he has multiple honorary degrees. Obtained an honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities and Letters (DHL) from the Catholic University of America in May 2004; Obtained DHL from Bates College in May 2005; Obtained a Doctor of Journalism (DJ) degree from Ohio State University in June 2008; Obtained from the University of Notre Dame in May 2010 Doctor of Laws (LL.D) degree; DHL from Fordham University in May 2011; DHL from George Washington University in 2012.
