Charlie 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.
Charlie Gibson Age
Gibson is 79 years old as of 2022. He was born on 9 March 1943 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Charlie Gibson Height
Gibson stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.86 meters).
Charlie Gibson Family
Gibson is the son of Georgianna Law and Burdett Gibson. He is the great-nephew of graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson and the son of Georgianna Law and Burdett Gibson.
Charlie Gibson’s Wife – Children
Arlene Gibson, Gibson’s wife, is an educator who retired in 2006 as the head of school at The Spence School in New York City, New York. She has also worked at other schools in New York City and New Jersey, and in the 1980s she was the middle school head at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland. She serves on the board of trustees at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Jessica and Katherine are their two daughters. Jessica gave birth to Gibson’s first grandchild on March 14, 2006. Gibson has lived in Summit, New Jersey, with his family.
Charlie Gibson Education
Gibson grew up in Washington, D.C., and went to the Sidwell Friends School, a private college-preparatory school. 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.
Charlie Gibson Good Morning America
Gibson joined Good Morning America, the most-watched morning show on American television, as a co-anchor on February 23, 1987. During the 1992 presidential campaign, Vice President Dan Quayle used a portion of an interview between Gibson and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot to claim that Perot was disrespectful of the US Constitution. Gibson repeatedly pressed then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton to name his running mate. Gibson co-hosted Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer until June 28, 2006, when he moved to World News Tonight. During the 2004 U.S. presidential election campaign, he moderated the second presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry in St. Louis, Missouri. He worked on the ABC newsmagazine program 20/20 in 1998 and 1999.
Charlie Gibson ABC News
Gibson began his career at ABC News in 1975, serving as White House correspondent from 1976 to 1977, general assignment reporter from 1977 to 1981, and House of Representatives correspondent from 1981 to 1987. Gibson worked as a correspondent and fill-in anchor for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, anchored ABC World News Saturday, and served as a substitute anchor for the late-night hard and soft news shows Nightline and World News This Morning.
Charlie Gibson Salary
Gibson earns an annual salary of $7 million.
Charlie Gibson’s Net Worth
Gibson has an estimated net worth of $50 Million.
Charlie Gibson World News
After Peter Jennings died in 2005, Charles Gibson began filling in as anchor of World News Tonight. He was a front-runner to replace Jennings, but he and ABC News President David Westin couldn’t agree on how long he would anchor. Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff were chosen as permanent replacements for Jennings. Some critics questioned Vargas’ ability to sustain the program on her own, citing declining ratings. Gibson was named the program’s sole anchor in May 2006, after Vargas announced her resignation.
On April 16, 2008, Gibson co-moderated the Democratic Party’s presidential debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and George Stephanopoulos were chastised for asking insignificant, “gotcha”-style questions to US Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Gibson interviewed Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee candidate, on September 11, 2008, her first interview after being named John McCain’s running mate.
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