Christiane Amanpour Biography
Christiane Amanpour is now working as CNN’s chief international anchor of the network’s award-winning, flagship global affairs program “Amanpour,”. Throughout her time at CNN Amanpour has secured exclusive interviews with global power players.
Christiane Amanpour Age
Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958, in London, United Kingdom. She is now 65 years old. Furthermore, she holds British nationality and her birth sign is Capricorn.
Christiane Amanpour Height
Amanpour stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.71 m). She weighs around 65kg.
Christiane Amanpour Education
Amanpour graduated from summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
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Christiane Amanpour Family
Amanpour is the daughter of Mohammad Taghi and Patricia Anne Amanpour. Furthermore, she grew up in Tehran until the age of 11. Her father was Shi’ite Muslim and her mother was Roman Catholic.
Christiane Amanpour Husband
Amanpour married James Rubin, a former US Assistant Secretary of State. They were blessed with a baby boy by the name of Darius John Rubin, who was born in 2000. Furthermore, their son is around 23 years old. In July 2018, Amanpour and Rubin announced their divorce.
Christiane Amanpour CNN
Amanpour is CNN’s chief international anchor of the network’s award-winning, flagship global affairs program “Amanpour,” which also airs on PBS in the United States. She is based in the network’s London bureau.
Starting in 1983 as an entry-level assistant on the international assignment desk at CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta. Amanpour rose through the organization becoming a reporter at the New York bureau. Later, the network’s leading international correspondent.
Amanpour’s fearless and uncompromising approach made her popular with audiences. and a force to be reckoned with by global influencers — in 1996, Newsweek said that her reporting from conflict hotspots in the Gulf and the Balkans had assisted to make CNN ‘must-see TV for world leaders’.
Throughout her time at CNN Amanpour has secured exclusive interviews with global power players. In the wake of the September 11 attacks, she was the first international correspondent to interview British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
During the height of the Arab Spring, she conducted an Emmy-winning interview, the last, with Libya’s former leader ‘Colonel’ Moammar Gadhafi. Furthermore, she was also the last journalist to interview Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak just before he was deposed.
Christiane Amanpour Wikipedia
She has reported the aftermath of many humanitarian crises like the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the 2011 Japanese tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina. Furthermore, there she visited a community center that had been converted into a makeshift morgue for victims of the storm.
In addition, she served as an anchor and reporter. Additionally, Amanpour is an active rights campaigner. A board member of the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Centre for Public Integrity, and the International Women’s Media Foundation. Furthermore, she has used her profile to raise awareness of key global issues and journalists’ rights.
She has interviewed educational rights activist Malala Yousafzai for CNN on several occasions — bringing focus to her courage and international advocacy work. In May 2014 she used an appearance on BBC television to raise awareness of the plight of the 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram – asking British Prime Minister David Cameron to join the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
Amanpour has received every major television journalism award like twelve News and Documentary Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, two George Polk Awards, three DuPont-Columbia Awards, and the Courage in Journalism Award. She also earned nine honorary degrees, has been named a CBE and was this year inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. She is an honorary citizen of Sarajevo and a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of the Press and the Safety of Journalists.
Christiane Amanpour Health
Amanpour announced in June 2021 that she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, had “major successful surgery to remove it”, and would undergo several months of chemotherapy.
Christiane Amanpour Salary
Amanpour receives an annual salary ranging from $58,544 – $143,769. However, details about the exact amount of salary he earns are currently not available.
Christiane Amanpour’s Net Worth
Amanpour, CNN’s chief international anchor of the network’s award-winning, flagship global affairs program “Amanpour,” has an estimated net worth of $ 18 million.