What is Bryant Gumbel’s net worth and salary?
Bryant Gumbel, a renowned American television journalist and sportscaster, has a net worth of $25 million. The famous personality is best recognized for his stint as the co-host of “Today Show” and “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” for 15 years.
Bryant Gumbel’s HBO Salary
Bryant Gumbel earns $6 million a year at HBO.
Bryant Gumbel’s Early Life
Bryant Gumbel was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 29, 1948. He is the son of city clerk Rhea Alice and Richard Gumbel, who worked as a judge. Gumbel’s older brother Greg Gumbel would eventually also become a famous TV broadcaster.
The family moved to Chicago when he was a child, where Gumbel was raised Catholic and attended and graduated from the De La Salle Institute. Gumbel attended Bates College where he studied Russian history and was the editor of Black Sports Magazine.
Bryant Gumbel’s Career Highlights
Bryant Gumbel began his career as a sportscaster for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles in the mid-70s. He went on to host multiple major league sporting events for NBC and served as a sports correspondent for the Today Show. In 1982, Gumbel became the anchor of Today alongside Jane Pauley, and later, Katie Couric. He helped refocus the show as a morning news program on public affairs during the 1992 presidential campaign, and by December 1995, the program had returned to first place in the ratings. Gumbel’s work on Today earned him several Emmys and a large following of fans. He stepped down from the show in 1997 after a run of 15 years.
After Today, Gumbel hosted Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel on CBS and became co-host of The Early Show in 1999. He was hosting The Early Show on the morning of September 11, 2001, and was the first to announce the attacks to CBS viewers. He left The Early Show and CBS in 2002. Since 1995, he has hosted HBO’s investigative series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, which won a Peabody Award in 2012. Outside of journalism, Gumbel has made appearances in shows and movies such as The Weather Man and Seinfeld.
Marriage, Divorce, and Health
Bryant Gumbel was married to June Baranco, a flight attendant, from 1973 to 2001. The couple had two children, Bradley and Jillian. In 2001, they divorced after a bitter and highly publicized process. While the reason for the divorce is not openly discussed by Bryant, June has publicly claimed infidelity issues.
Bryant got remarried to his longtime friend Hilary Quinlan in August 2002 at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. The two had been engaged since December 2001, four months after the finalization of his divorce from June. The ceremony was attended by only about 25 friends and family members.
In 2002, Gumbel shed 55 pounds in seven months. In 2009, he had surgery to remove a malignant tumor near one of his lungs.
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