Cari Champion came to life on July 5th, 1975 in Pasadena, California. She is a TV host and an anchor by profession. She is known to be one of the most successful and highly paid hosts in the TV industry. Cari was born to the parents Marian Champion and Dylan Champion. Dylan had his own business and most away from home because of his business engagements. She was mostly taken care of by her mother Mariah. She has 3 siblings, 2 brothers who are younger than her and a sister who is elder than her. Cari is 5 feet, 7 inches in height and is known for her attractive personality with a slim body. She is known to be very down to earth, very humble and warm by nature. She has got huge number of followers on her social networking accounts like Twitter and Facebook primarily because of her work and attractive looks. She did her high school from Wahington DC and was known to be a very intelligent student due to which she got a scholarship at CNN as well. She later on graduated in English as majors and Mass communications as minors from University of California in Los Angeles. She participated and performed in many events and functions at school and university level and won many of them. Cari is not married as of now, however she is rumored to have a boyfriend but the news could not be verified as she refuses to be in a relationship. As per her Wiki Profile, Cari was particularly moved by the discrimination against Afro Americans and wanted to do something for them and hence she decided to be a journalist at a relatively young age so that she can speak for the community and give them the voice they need.
According to her Biography, Cari started her career in 2002 with the channel ‘Orange County’ working as a reporter and later on worked in many news channels like WPTV-TV in Florida and WGCL-TV, Atlanta. While working at WGCL-TV she was removed from the job because of some profaned words she spoke on air. However she appealed against the decision saying that she thought she was off air when she spoke those words. She was reinstated later on to the job but she left the job within a span of 3 months to pursue other opportunities. While reporting she developed her interest towards Tennis and started sports reporting gradually. Later on in 2012, she was picked up by ESPN for their show ‘First Take’ and she was promoted further in 2015 to be the anchor of their major show ‘Sportscenter’.
Cari Champion is one of the highest paid anchors and hosts of the Television industry. At the mere age of 40, she taken home an annual salary of $ 1 Million and has a total net worth of around $ 2 million which is unheard of for the TV anchors. Cari’s net worth is on the rising trend because of her involvement and popularity at ESPN.
Birth Date: | 1 Jun, 1975 |
Age: | 44 yrs |
Occupations: | Television presenter Journalist |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Pasadena |
Education: | University of California, Los Angeles |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | American television host |
Net Worth 2021: | 4 million |