Bill O’ Reilly was born as William James O'Reilly, Jr. on the 10th of September, 1949 and in 2015, his current age is 66 years old. He was born as the son of an American couple: father William James, Sr. and mother Winifred Angela Drake O'Reilly. He was raised as their only child, in a small apartment in New Jersey, USA and moved to Long Island when he was 2 years old. As a child, he was a good student and a bright scholar, studying at the St. Brigid parochial school. Then he changed schools and got admitted at the Chaminade High School in Minnesota which was a Catholic boy’s school. With his good academic record, he was also a good sports man and played games like baseball and hockey for his school.
Bill O’ Reilly is an American journalist, write, political commentator, TV host and a syndicated columnist, best known as the host of The O'Reilly Factor, broadcasted in the Fox News Channel. Having had already worked in the ABC News as well as CBS News, he is a person who has got a big name as well as reputation. He started his career just after graduating his college, and his initial post was as a reporter in WNEP-TV, Pennsylvania. Then he was hired by WFAA-TV in Dallas as an investigating reporter, who through his work received the Dallas Press Club Award. His success brought him another offer from the KMGH-TV in Denver. He joined there, and after covering the topic of Skyjacking successfully, was rewarded with an Emmy Award.
These early stages filled with success were the golden days of his career as a young man. He also got a lot of opportunities to explore and worked under many TV channels like WFSB in Hartford, KATU in Portland and WHDH-TV, which was located in Boston. In 1980, he was hired by WCBS-TV in New York and he started to run a news show named 7:30 Magazine, every evening. He did a research on the corruption in that state and disclosed the name of some marshals and officers, for which he received his second Emmy Award in 1981, along with a promotion to CBS News. He has had a very successful career, not just in TV but outside of it, through his news, views and books as well. His fan following is at large, and that can be seen in his Twitter account.
Graduating in 1967, he went on to study at the Marist College, in New York which was chosen by his father. Joining the article team, he used to write for his college’s newspaper named “The Circle”, along with a spot of a punter in the National Club Football Association. After his junior year passed by, he attended the Queen Mary College at the University of London, and graduated with a degree in Arts, in 1971. After receiving his broadcast journalism degree from Boston University in 1973, he served for some time as an intern in the local weekly newspapers and magazines. Working successfully as a media personality, he later got into John F. Kennedy School of Government; which was under Harvard University. There, he studied master of public administration, and graduated with a degree in 1996. After that, he began working for Fox News Channel along with a radio show going on simultaneously.
| Net Worth 2021: | 85 million |
