Bill Weir is known as an American journalist. He is most famous for being the host of CNN's The Wonder List with Bill Weir.
Bill Weir was born on December 19, 1967, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bill was interested in communications since his childhood. His parents kept encouraging him to pursue his dreams. He really impressed his parents in his childhood with his world views, knowledge on various topics, and a hunger to search and communicate new information. Eventually, Bill became a bright and social teen whom everyone loved being around. Bill graduated after majoring in Journalism and Creative Writing from Pepperdine University located in Malibu, California.
Bill is married to his wife, Jackie. The loving couple has a daughter together.
Shortly after graduating from college, Bill Weir fulfilled his life-long dream of getting involved in the media industry. He landed a stint as a general assignment reporter and weekend sportscaster at a station called KAAL in Austin, Texas. Since he had immense interest in sports as well, he was able to land his next gig at WLUK as a sports anchor.
From the period between 1995 to 2004, he worked at various reputed media outlets including WGN, Los Angeles based KABC-TV, USA Network, and Fox Network. Bill rose to prominence after joining ABC news in 2004. For ABC, he covered many big stories as a star reporter and also worked as an anchor for various popular shows. He provided expert coverage on breaking news and global trends such as "the economic rise of India and China", "the economic and political conditions of Africa, the Middle East and the South Pacific", "Hurricane Katrina", "the Afghanistan war", and "the Iraq war",
Bill provided heart touching live reports on events such as 2007's underwater live coverage of Great Barrier Reef, a broadcast from Tibet being the first American to broadcast live from Tibet, New Orleans live coverage after Hurricane Katrina and live Iraq coverage when American troops were speedily leaving the country.
Bill wrote on a Yahoo blog that was focused on invention news called "This Could Be Big". Bill decided to join CNN in 2013 as a Chief Innovation Correspondent. It was the right decision made by CNN management to add Bill, as he was a total package television journalist. Before joining CNN, he had already created, wrote, and hosted television programs for the likes of USA and Fox networks.
Bill found out about a health issue when he covered the medical story of an unconventional doctor. He discovered that he had a minor heart issue. With proper coordination with the doctor, he went through all the tests and also incorporated healthy leaving habits. Ultimately, his health issue was fixed. Being an experienced journalist, he covered the views of doctors who were differing from the unconventional one about the CT scans he went through. His coverage of the incident not only encouraged his audience to incorporate a healthy lifestyle but also raised a question about differentiated medical views and practice among doctors.
| Birth Date: | 19 Dec, 1967 |
| Age: | 52 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Milwaukee |
| Education: | Pepperdine University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American television journalist |
| Twitter Id: | Billweircnn |
| Net Worth 2020: | 3 million |
| Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |
