Personal Life
An American TV journalist David Gregory is also the former moderator of the NBC News’Sunday morning talk show known as Meet the Press. He is the native of Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He came into this world on 24th August of the year 1970 which has now made him reach at the age of 45.
Although he is known by the name David Gregory, as a child, he was named as David Michael Gregory. He is the son of Don Gregory and Carolyn Surtees. His father was a film and theatrical producer whereas his mother was an account manager. She was born to Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. He was raised up as Jewish and he is practicing Jew today.
Professional Life
At the beginning of his career, David started as a summer reporter for the KGUN-TV in Tucson, Arizona when he was 18 years old. He also used to work for NBC’s local West Coast affiliate KCRA-TV located in Sacramento, California. In addition to that, he had also been the substitute co-anchor at the Weekend Today for Lester Holt from 2003 till 2014. From 2005 till 2014, he filled in for Matt Lauer on Today. Additionally, he had also anchored for News Chat, Newsfront and Crosstalk NBC.
David became the moderator of Meet The Press beginning with 14th December 2008 episode when he was introduced by the interim moderator Tom Brokaw. During his tenure there, the rating of the show fell to the lowest in 21 years and it regularly placed 3rd among Sunday morning news shows. It was reported by the Washington Post that the NBC hired a psychological consultant to assess Mr. Gregory. Later, NBC announced on 14th August 2014 that David would leave the network with his hosting duties assumed by Chuck Todd.
Net Worth and Salary
David is married to his wife named Beth Wilkinson who is a former Federal Prosecutor as well as a former Fannie Mae Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. The pair first met with each other while David was covering Oklahoma City bombing as reporter and Beth was serving as the prosecutor on that case. Later, the couple exchanged their vows in June of 2000 and since then, they are together and are living their happy married life.
In addition to that, he was also named as School of International Service’s alumnus of The Year in 2005 and he also sits on Dean’s Advisory Council. His work has made him earn the estimated net worth of $12 million.
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Social Media
David went to get his education from the American University from where he got graduated in 1992. While his tenure there, he also used to work for the campus TV station ATV- American University Television. He also got enrolled at the School of International Service and from there, he received a degree in International Studies. He also has three children with Beth whom they have named as Max, and twins Ava and Jed. He is sometimes misunderstood as David Gregory, the author. Besides that, for more info regarding his bio and other activities, he can be followed on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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