Bianna Golodryga Biography
Bianna Golodryga is a Soviet-born American journalist and news anchor currently serving as co-anchor of One World on CNN International alongside Zain Asher.
She has previously held roles as a senior global affairs analyst at CNN and as a news and finance anchor at Yahoo! News. Earlier in her career, Golodryga co-anchored the weekend edition of Good Morning America and later co-hosted CBS This Morning, further establishing her reputation in both broadcast journalism and global news coverage.
Bianna Golodryga Age | Nationality | Ethnicity
Golodryga was born on June 15, 1978, in Causeni, Moldova. Now, she is 47 years old as of 2026 and holds Moldovan nationality, and belongs to Moldovan American ethnicity.
Bianna Golodryga Education
Golodryga graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Russian/East European and Eurasian Studies and a minor in economics.
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Bianna Golodryga Height
Golodryga stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 5 inches( 1.64m). She also weighs around 59kg. Additionally, she is fluent in Russian.
Bianna Golodryga Family
Golodryga is the only daughter of Vitaly and Zhanna. Additionally, she was born in a working-class family of Bessarabian Jews in Căușeni, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Her mother works as the chief digital and administrative officer for Phillips 66, and before serving as chief information officer of Hess Corporation and her father, a mechanical engineer, worked also as a consultant for DuPont.
Bianna Golodryga Husband
Golodryga married Peter R. Orszag, the former Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Obama Administration, and the CEO of Financial Advisory at Lazard, a financial services firm in September 2010. Together, they have two children, a son, and a daughter.
Bianna Golodryga CNN
Bianna Golodryga is a Soviet-born American journalist and news anchor currently serving as co-anchor of One World on CNN International alongside Zain Asher.
She has previously held roles as a senior global affairs analyst at CNN and as a news and finance anchor at Yahoo! News. Earlier in her career, Golodryga co-anchored the weekend edition of Good Morning America and later co-hosted CBS This Morning, further establishing her reputation in both broadcast journalism and global news coverage.
Golodryga is now serving as a senior global affairs analyst and fill-in anchor for CNN based in New York.
Before coming to CNN full-time, Golodryga worked as co-anchor for “CBS This Morning”. In that role, she led the network’s coverage of President George H.W. Bush’s funeral. Additionally, she conducted various news-making interviews, like an exclusive with the CEO of Huawei, his first with a U.S. journalist. Before she had filled in on the CBS Evening News and appeared on other network broadcasts like Sunday Morning, Face the Nation, and CBSN, the division’s 24/7 digital streaming network.
As a correspondent for CBS in August 2017, Golodryga reported from her hometown of Houston, where she covered the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. She has led CBS News coverage of such major breaking news as the Las Vegas concert shooting and the funeral of First Lady Barbara Bush.
In 2017, Golodryga also came to CNN part-time as a contributor. Her expertise in financial news and Russian political affairs contributed to CNN’s coverage of everything from stock market volatility. The President’s historic 2018 summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, to the Mueller investigation. Before Golodryga worked as the news and finance anchor for Yahoo News and prior to that, she co-anchored “Good Morning America’s” weekend edition, besides working as ABC News’ Business Correspondent.
Golodryga started her career in television news in 2001 as a bureau producer from the New York Stock Exchange for the cable news channel, CNBC. Before her career in television, Golodryga served in the financial services sector.
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Bianna Golodryga Salary
Golodryga receives an annual salary ranging from $58,544 – $143,769. However, details about the exact amount of salary she earns are currently not available.
Bianna Golodryga Net Worth
Golodryga has an estimated net worth of $3 million.