Christiane Amanpour Net Worth

Christiane Amanpour happens to be a famous American award-winning television anchor and journalist who enjoys a net worth  of $12.5 million as of 2016 . Amanpour hails from an Iranian and British ancestry . Her father was an Iranian and her mother was a Britisher . Let’s delve into further interesting details about her life .

Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958 in London, England.  Her multi-nationalities  is something which you shall find amusing . She is a Persian by her father’s side while a born Britisher . As if it was not sufficing , she holds another nationality . Any guesses ?  She is also a Naturalized American Citizen .  She is currently living in New york with her husband and a son . She  is married to James Rubin, a former Assistant Secretary of State and spokesman for the US State Department .  Presently , James is  an informal adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama.

Amanpour  has enjoyed an illustrious career in journalism .  As of now  she is  an anchor of ABC News’s This Week. She earned a BA in journalism from the University of Rhode Island . She began her career in journalism back in 1981 as a  reporter, anchor, and producer for WBRU-radio in Providence. In 1983 she joined CNN where She became an assistant on the international assignment desk.  Later on , She became CNN’s chief international correspondent.

Amanpour earned her name by her reporting of the foreign affairs in the most war-ravaged hot spots of  the world .Now she is part and parcel of CNN . Her name is glued to  the program she hosts at ABC .