Lester Holt Biography
Lester Holt is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. On June. He has spent 19 years with CBS. He later joined NBC News in 2000 and still working there.
Lester Holt Education
Holt graduated in 2009 from Pepperdine University
Lester Holt Career
In 1981, he began his career as a reporter for WCBS-TV in New York City. He joined KNXT in Los Angeles as a reporter and weekend anchor in 1982, and he returned to WCBS-TV the following year as a reporter and weekend anchor. Holt moved to WBBM-TV in Chicago in 1986 and has been the evening news anchor for 14 years.
Holt joined MSNBC in the year 2000. In 2003, he began working full-time at NBC News as a replacement anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today. Holt joined Weekend Today as a full-time co-anchor after the death of previous co-anchor David Bloom. Until late 2005, he also hosted a two-hour daily newscast on MSNBC.
Holt began working for MSNBC in the year 2000. He started working full-time at NBC News in 2003 as a replacement anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today. Holt became a full-time co-anchor of Weekend Today after the death of previous co-anchor David Bloom. He also hosted a two-hour daily newscast on MSNBC until late 2005.
Lester Holt Salary
Lester earns a salary of 5 Million dollars.
Lester Holt Net worth
Lester has an estimated net worth of 50 Million as a career as a journalist
Lester Holt Age
Lester is currently 63 years old as of 2022. He was born on 8 March 1959 in Hamilton Air Force Base, California, U.S.
Lester Holt Height
He stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches tall
Lester Holt Family
Holt was born to Lester Holt Sr and June Holt. His father is of African-American ethnicity, while his mother is of Jamaican, Indian, English, and Scottish ancestry.
Lester Holt Wife
Lester is married to Carol Hagen. The couple is blessed with two sons Stefan and Cameron.
Lester Holt Award
- 1990 he got a Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award
- 2012 A Honorary Doctorate from Pepperdine University
- 2015 Honorary Doctorate from California State University
- 2015 Inducted into the California Hall of Fame
- 2016 Alan B. DuMont Broadcaster of the Year from Montclair State University
- 2016: NABJ Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists
- 2019: Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
- 2020: Honorary Doctorate from Rutgers University
How old is Lester Holt?
Lester was born on 8 March 1959 in Hamilton Air Force Base, California, U.S. He is currently 62 years old.
How much is Lester Holt Net worth?
Lester has an estimated net worth of 50 Million as a career as a journalist