Charles Gibson Biography
Charles Gibson is a broadcast television anchor, journalist, and podcaster from the United States. From 1987 to 1998, and again from 1999 to 2006, Gibson hosted Good Morning America, and from 2006 to 2009, he was the anchor of World News with Charles Gibson.
Charles Gibson Age
Gibson is 79 years old as of 2022. She was born Charles DeWolf Gibson on 9 March 1943 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Charles Gibson Family
Gibson is the great-nephew of graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson and the son of Georgianna Law and Burdett Gibson. He grew up in Washington, D.C., and went to the Sidwell Friends School, a private college-preparatory school.
Charles Gibson Wife – Children
Arlene Gibson, Gibson’s wife and the former head of school at The Spence School in New York City, New York, retired in 2006. She previously served as the middle school head at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1980s. She has also held positions at other schools in New York City and New Jersey. She serves on the board of trustees at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, where she attended college.
Katherine and Jessica are their daughters. Jessica gave birth to Gibson’s first grandchild on March 14, 2006. Gibson has lived in Summit, New Jersey, with his family.
Charles Gibson Education
Gibson received his A.B. in history from Princeton University in 1965, where he was also the News Director for WPRB-FM, the university radio station, and a member of the Princeton Tower Club. Gibson completed a senior thesis titled “Pre-Famine Ireland’s Land and Capital Problems.” He joined the United States Coast Guard in 1966.
Charles Gibson Salary
Gibson earned a salary of $7 million per year.
Charles Gibson Net Worth
Gibson has an estimated net worth of $50 million.
Charles Gibson Good Morning America
Gibson joined Good Morning America, the most-watched morning program on American television, as a co-anchor on February 23, 1987. In 1990, he served as host and narrator for the Maryland Public Television program Lucky Number, a documentary about compulsive gambling. During the 1992 presidential campaign, Vice President Dan Quayle cited a passage from a Gibson-Ross Perot interview to suggest that Perot had shown disrespect for the US Constitution. On October 8, 2004, he presided over the presidential debate between John Kerry and George W. Bush in St. Louis. He co-hosted the ABC newsmagazine program 20/20 in 1998 and 1999. His show started losing viewers to NBC’s Today program around that time.
Charles Gibson World News with Charles Gibson
After Peter Jennings passed away in 2005, Charles Gibson started filling in as World News Tonight’s primary anchor. He was a top contender to succeed Jennings, but he and ABC News President David Westin could not agree on how long he should remain the anchor. Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas were selected as Jennings’ long-term replacements. The program’s declining ratings were used by some critics as evidence that Vargas might not be able to carry the show on her own. Gibson was appointed the show’s sole anchor in May 2006 after Vargas announced her departure.
On April 16, 2008, Gibson co-moderated the Democratic Party’s presidential debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and George Stephanopoulos came under fire for asking Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama superficial, “gotcha” questions. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, was interviewed by Gibson on September 11, 2008, her first interview following her selection as John McCain’s running mate. Some political commentators criticized the interview, particularly Gibson’s question about the term “Bush Doctrine” because it has so many different meanings. On September 2, 2009, Gibson left ABC News.
Gibson started working for ABC News in 1975, and from 1976 to 1977 he covered the White House, served as a general assignment reporter from 1977 to 1981, and covered the House of Representatives from 1981 to 1987. Gibson served as a correspondent and stand-in anchor for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. She also served as a stand-in anchor for ABC World News Saturday and World News This Morning.
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