Kristen Welker Net Worth

Informative Details

Kristen Welker net worth is
$2.5 million

Kristen Welker Wiki Biography

Kristen Welker was born on 1 July 1976 to Harvey and Julie Welker in Philadelphia, USA, and is best known as an American TV journalist, and in particular a White House correspondent. She was born into a family of mixed race, with her father being an African-American who was an engineer; her mother was a real estate agent..

So just how rich is Kristen Welker, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, Welker’s net worth is as high as $2.5 million, although her exact current annual salary isn’t known to sources. Nevertheless, we know that her wealth is accumulated from her career in the previously mentioned field, which began in the late 1990s.

Kristen Welker Net Worth $2.5 million

Growing up in Philadelphia, she attended Germantown Friends School in Germantown, and after that went on to enroll into the Harvard University, graduating in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History, and being one of the most hard-working students there, she graduated with honors. Speaking about Kristen’s professional career, she started off in Broadcast Media in 2001, serving as a KRCR reporter. In the following years, from 2003 until 2005 she worked for KRCR in Redding/Chico, California, and in addition to that for WLNE-ABC6 NEWS based in Providence, Rhode Island. Her skills, charisma and talent helped her progress throughout her career, and she eventually ended up working for the NBC 10, serving as an anchor over the course of the next four years and in addition to that, during the same period of time she was reporting for WCAU-TV. Her net worth rose steadily.

After that, she moved on to work for NBC Universal, Burbank Bureau as a news correspondent, but her most important move was to become a White House Correspondent for the NBC News in 2011.

Being in that position, she was naturally involved in political reporting, and she accompanied the former president of the USA Barack Obama, as he was travelling around the world, and covering the 2012 presidential campaign. As of today, Kristen is still working for NBC News, one of the most prominent news channels worldwide, and also serves as a White House correspondent based in Washington.

When it comes to Welker’s personal life, she has been married to the marketing executive, John Hughes since 4 March 2017 and some of her colleagues such as Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Kelly O’Donnell, and Chris Jansing attended Welker’s wedding ceremony. While working with the former president Barack Obama, Kristen faced a health issue, having several serious sinus infections in 2012, losing her sense of smell for a certain period of time, corrected by surgery. Welker is a huge fan of Philadelphia Phillies and she enjoys watching sports and engaging in them. In 2014, she was ranked as the fourth person on the list of the fifty most beautiful people in politics by The Hill website.


Net Worth$2.5 million
Date Of BirthJuly 1, 1976
Place Of BirthPhiladelphia, USA
ProfessionTelevision journalist
EducationHarvard College
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJohn Hughes
ParentsJulie Welker, Harvey Welker
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/kwelkernbc
IMDBhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm3492763/
MoviesTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen, NBC News Special, NBC News Decision 2010

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
House of Cards2015TV SeriesKristen Welker
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009Reporter

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Meet the Press2016-2017TV SeriesHerself - Panelist
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt2011-2017TV SeriesHerself - White House Correspondent / Herself - NBC News White House Correspondent / Herself - Correspondent
Today2010-2017TV SeriesHerself - White House Correspondent / Herself - Correspondent / Herself - NBC News White House Correspondent / ...
Deadline: White House2017TV SeriesHerself - Reporter / Herself - Correspondent
MTP Daily2017TV SeriesHerself - Correspondent
Morning Joe2016-2017TV SeriesHerself - Reporter
MSNBC Live2012-2017TV SeriesHerself - Correspondent / Herself - Reporter / Herself - Guest
For the Record2017TV SeriesHerself
Hardball with Chris Matthews2012-2016TV SeriesHerself - Correspondent
The Place for Politics 2016: MSNBC Election Night Coverage2016TV SpecialHerself - Correspondent
Weekends with Alex Witt2014-2016TV SeriesHerself - Correspondent
Weekend Today2011-2016TV SeriesHerself - White House Correspondent / Herself - Substitute News Anchor / Herself - Correspondent
Politics Nation with Al Sharpton2014-2015TV SeriesHerself
The Rundown2013-2015TV SeriesHerself - NBC News White House Correspondent
Up with Steve Kornacki2015TV SeriesHerself - Correspondent
NewsNation with Tamron Hall2013-2015TV SeriesHerself - Correspondent / Herself - White House Correspondent / Herself - Guest Hostess
The Reid Report2014-2015TV SeriesHerself - Correspondent
Melissa Harris-Perry2013-2014TV SeriesHerself - Correspondent
The Cycle2013-2014TV SeriesHerself - Guest / Herself
Andrea Mitchell Reports2013TV SeriesHerself - White House Correspondent
Martin Bashir2012-2013TV SeriesHerself
NBC News Decision 20122012TV SpecialHerself - Correspondent
NBC News Decision 20102010TV SpecialHerself - Correspondent

Archive Footage

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2015EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2011EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story - Long FormNBC News Decision 2010 (2010)

Known for movies


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