Ann Curry : Personal Life
She is the native of Guam U.S. She is the daughter of Bob Curry who was a career Navy sailor and wife Hiroe Nagase. She is eldest among the five children of her parents. Her father is from Pueblo, Colorado and of Cherokee, Scottish, German, French and Irish descent whereas her mother is from Japan. She spent the several years of her childhood in Japan where she attended Ernest J. King School on US Fleet Activities Sasebo naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki.
Later, Ann moved to Ashland, Oregon along with her family. There she joined Ashland High School and got graduated from there. She then attended the University of Oregon from where she graduated in the year 1978 with Bachelor of Arts degree journalism
Ann Curry : Professional Life
At the beginning of her broadcasting career, Ann began at KTVL located in Medford, Oregon which was then an NBC affiliate and now a CBS affiliate. She worked there as an intern and she rose to become the first female news reporter of the station.
She then moved to the KGW in Portland which is an affiliate of NBC and began to serve as an anchor and reporter. After working there for four continuous years, Curry moved to the Los Angeles for working at KCBS-TV as their reporter. There, she worked from the year 1984 and remained there till 1990. During her tenure at KCBS-TV, she earned herself two Emmy Awards. After leaving KCBS, she was hired by NBC News.
After that, she began to serve as a news anchor at Today and became the second longest serving news anchor of the show behind Frank Blair. At that time, she also used to work for Today as a substitute. She left the Today in the year 2011. Ann was named a co-anchor of the Dateline NBC in May of 2005 along with Stone Phillips. From 2005 till 2011, she was a primary substitute of the NBC Nightly News.
Ann Curry : Net Worth and Salary
Curry is a married woman. She got married to her loving husband Brian Ross who is a software executive. Ann met with Brian when she was in the college. The couple is proud parents of two children, a daughter named McKenzie and a son named William Walker Ross. Ann and Brian are living their life blissfully so there is no any chance for them to get divorced.
Currently, Ann is residing in New Canaan, Connecticut with her husband and children. Ann is now at the age of 58 but she has still managed to look beautiful and young. She is got a perfect figure that matches her height as well. She has also got a pair of slender legs which she displays while wearing the knee length skirt in her show and wonderful feet. She is very hardworking and dedicated towards her work. She makes a decent salary in her field.Het net worth is estimated $10 Million Dollars.
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Ann Curry : Social Media
Ann is also active in charitable work. She had jumped off Transporter Bridge located in Middlesbrough, England on 17th December 2007 for raising the money for charity. Her jump was shown live at approximately 8 am on The Today Show. In addition to that, she has also earned numerous awards and honors such as National Journalism Award, Pioneer Award, and many more.
She has got involved with various non-profitable organizations like Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Myeloma Research Foundation, Buildon, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Save the Children, Airline Ambassadors International and Americares. Find her social networking accounts linked here. Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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