With almost two decade long ties with NBC, the news broadcasting made Lester Holt as the permanent anchor of the show Nightly News on 18 June 2015. To which, he became the first African-American to be a solo anchor of a weekday network nightly newscast.
American journalist and news anchor Lester Holt works for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. It’s been almost over a decade since he has been anchoring the chair of NBC’s most loved TV program.
Lester Holt Bio & Family
The news anchor was born as Lester Don Holt Jr. on 8 March 1959 in San Francisco, California. Talking about his family, he is the youngest of four children of June (DeRozario) and Lester Don Holt, Sr. He went to Cordova High School for his studies to complete his graduation in 1977. Lester then joined California State University, Sacramento, to major in government, but he never graduated.
He stands at the height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.87 m) tall and weighs around 71 kg.
His Net Worth & Career in Nightly News!
The 61-year-old net worth from professional news career since 1981 is around $25 million. He commenced his career in journalism at the Country and Western station. It was around the time at California State University. Then he got the fortune to work with CBS as an international correspondent, for around two decades and a year less.
Following his 19 years stint with CBS, he worked between 1981 to 1982 for WCBS-TV in New York City and shifted to KNXT in Los Angeles as a weekend anchor and reporter. In 1986, he joined WBBM-TV in Chicago and worked for almost 14 years with the station. He allied with MSNBC in 2000 and NBC News in 2003 as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today.
Lester Holt for NBC shows Nightly News (Picture: NBC)
Lester became the full-time anchor of the show after former host David Bloom’s passing. Until December 2005, he anchored a daily newscast on MSNBC, and on 9 May 2007 got recognition as the anchor of NBC Nightly News, a weekend edition show.
What Is His Wife’s & Children’s Name?
Besides a successful broadcasting career, Lester and his wife Carol Hagen relish around 28 years long matrimony. After knowing each other for some time, they exchanged their wedding vows on 8 May 1982.
Lester Holt with wife Carol Hagen at Rescue Dinner hosted by the IRC at New York Hilton Midtown on 1 November 2018, in New York City (Picture: Zimbio)
Together they share two children Stefan Holt and Cameron Holt. Both their sons are following a career pursuit of their dad. Stefan is a former news anchor at WMAQ-TV in Chicago, a station that is owned by NBC. Back in 2016, he joined WNBC and joined his father on the same floor.
Some Interesting Facts About Lester Holt
- Lester’s paternal grandparents were born, raised, and married in Jamaica.
- The TV personality’s maternal grandfather Canute DeRozario was one of 14 children of an Indo-Jamaican father from Calcutta, India, and a White Jamaican mother from England.
- Lester got a job as a DJ at a Country and Western station.
- As a full-time position at the station, he had to report news, and he took up the opportunity.
- The anchor still the station’s job while at college.
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