Wolf Blitzer Biography
Wolf Blitzer is an American journalist now working for CNN as an anchor of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, which airs weekdays at 6pmET. Furthermore, it provides viewers with in-depth reports about the political, international, and breaking news stories of the day.
Wolf Blitzer Age
Blitzer was born on March 22, 1948, in Augsburg, Germany. Currently, he is 74 years old. In addition, he holds American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. His religion is Jewish.
Wolf Blitzer Education
Blitzer received a bachelor of arts degree in history from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master of arts degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.
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Wolf Blitzer Height
Blitzer stands at an approximate height of 5 ft 9 in (1.79 m). Furthermore, he weighs around 70kg.
Wolf Blitzer Family
Blitzer is the son of Cesia Blitzer, a homemaker, and David Blitzer, a home builder. He is originally from Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany near Munich in 1948, during post-World War II Allied occupation. In addition, his parents were Polish Jewish refugees from German-occupied Poland who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Wolf Blitzer Wife
Blitzer is married to Lynn Greenfield since 1973.
Together, they have a daughter, Ilana Michelle Blitzer.
Wolf Blitzer Daughter
Blitzer’s daughter Ilana Michelle Blitzer now serves in New York as the beauty editor of Family Circle. Furthermore, she graduated from Emory. Currently, Michelle is married to Joseph Orrin Gendelman, the president of Bruce Gendelman Insurance Services, a property and casualty insurance agency based in Palm Beach and Milwaukee. Ilana is now 42 years old.
Wolf Blitzer CNN
Blitzer is now working as an anchor of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, which airs weekdays at 6 pm ET. It brings viewers in-depth reports about the political, international, and breaking news stories of the day. While in the 2020 election cycle, he moderated various Democratic presidential town halls, besides CNN’s January debate in Iowa.
Blitzer also anchored special coverage of Election Night in America surrounding the 2020 election. Which lasted for various days until CNN was the first to project Joe Biden as the winner and Blitzer was the one to announce the projection. He has also played a critical role in the network’s expanded coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, often anchoring seven days a week during the peak of the pandemic in 2020.
In 2016, Blitzer worked as a moderator for the CNN Republican Presidential Primary Debates in Las Vegas, Nevada, and in Houston, Texas, and the Democratic Presidential Primary Debate in Brooklyn, New York. Blitzer was pivotal to CNN’s election coverage throughout America’s Choice 2012. Woking as lead anchor on key primary nights, caucus nights, and the Emmy award-winning election night. He also moderated three of CNN’s Republican presidential debates like the first-of-its-kind tea party debate.
During the 2008 presidential election, Blitzer spearheaded CNN’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of the presidential primary debates and campaigns. He also led CNN’s Emmy-winning “America Votes 2006” coverage and “America Votes 2004.” Furthermore, he anchored the network’s coverage during the inaugurations of Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
In addition to politics, Blitzer is also well known for his in-depth reporting on international news. Furthermore, in January 2013, Blitzer moved to Cairo, Egypt to sit down at the presidential palace with President Mohamed Morsy. In December 2010, he was granted rare access to move to North Korea with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. While in the country as the only network journalist, he took viewers inside the communist, totalitarian regime with reports from the rarely seen streets of Pyongyang and Kim II-sung University.
Known for his Middle East expertise, Blitzer reported from Israel in the midst of the war between that country and Hezbollah during the summer of 2006. He also returned to the region with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper in 2012. In 2005, Blitzer was the only American news anchor to cover the Dubai Ports World story on the ground in the United Arab Emirates. Additionally, he also moved to the Middle East in 2005 to report on the second anniversary of the war in Iraq. In 2003, Blitzer reported on the Iraq war from the Persian Gulf region.
Wolf Blitzer Books
Blitzer has authored two books, Between Washington and Jerusalem: A Reporter’s Notebook (Oxford University Press, 1985) and Territory of Lies (Harper and Row, 1989)-cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the most notable books of 1989.
Wolf Blitzer Salary
Blitzer receives an annual salary ranging from $58,544 – $143,769. However, details about the exact amount of salary he earns are currently not available.
Wolf Blitzer’s Net Worth
Blitzer now an anchor of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, which airs weekdays at 6pmET has an estimated net worth of $4 million.