Brian Williams Biography
Brian Williams is a well-known media personality who rose to fame as a news anchor and managing editor for NBC News. In February 2015, Williams was suspended by NBC News for six months for “misrepresenting events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003.” Four months later, the network removed him from NBC Nightly News permanently and reassigned him as the breaking news anchor for MSNBC. In September 2016, Williams became the host of MSNBC’s political news show, The 11th Hour. Williams announced in November 2021 that he would be leaving MSNBC and NBC News after his contract expired the following month when he hosted his final episode of The 11th Hour.
Brian Williams Age
William is 65 years old as of 2024. He was born on May 5, 1959, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States.
Brian Williams Height
He stands at a height of 1.85 m.
Brian Williams Nationality
He is American by nationality.
Brian Williams Education
Williams attended Mater Dei High School, a Roman Catholic high school in the New Monmouth section of Middletown. During his time there, he served as a volunteer firefighter at the Middletown Township Fire Department for three years and also worked as the editorial editor for the school newspaper. He sustained a nose injury during a football game. After graduating from high school, he went to Brookdale Community College before transferring to the Catholic University of America and then George Washington University. However, he did not complete his degree and instead interned at the White House Press office during President Jimmy Carter’s administration. He later expressed regret about not finishing his college education.
Brian Williams Parents
Brian is the son of Dorothy May (née Pampel) and Gordon Lewis Williams. He is the youngest of four siblings and was raised in a lively Catholic household with predominantly Irish roots. His father, Gordon Lewis Williams, held the position of executive vice president at the National Retail Merchants Association in New York. He spent nine years in Elmira, New York before relocating to Middletown Township, New Jersey during his junior high school years.
Brian Williams Wife/Partner
Brian is married to Jane Gillan Stoddard, who is the host and executive producer of the weekly radio show Bloomberg EDU. They got married on June 7, 1986, at the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, Connecticut. Jane Stoddard Williams is the daughter of Hudson Gillan Stoddard and Patricia Stoddard. She started her journalism career at Panorama as a freelance producer and also attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science.
The couple has two children: Allison, an actress, and Doug, the late-night anchor of Geico SportsNite on SportsNet New York. Allison appeared in the HBO comedy Girls and the film Get Out. In 2021, she had a son named Arlo with her fiancé, Alexander Dreymon.
Brian and Jane live in New Canaan and own a beach house in Bay Head, New Jersey, as well as a pied-Ã -terre in Midtown Manhattan.
Brian Williams NBC News
On December 2, 2004, Williams became the anchor of NBC Nightly News, succeeding Tom Brokaw. He received widespread praise for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina, particularly for expressing his anger and frustration over the government’s slow response to help the victims.
In February 2015, Williams was suspended for six months from the broadcast for misrepresenting and lying about his experience in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. At that time, his salary was $10 million a year, under a five-year contract signed in December 2014.
In September 2015, Williams returned to the air as MSNBC’s chief anchor. Some of the news events he covered for MSNBC include Pope Francis’s trip to the United States, the 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting, and terrorist attacks in Paris, San Bernardino, Brussels, and Nice. In January 2016, Williams also took on the role of chief elections anchor for MSNBC, debuting in the new role during coverage of the 2016 Iowa caucuses.
As part of his role as chief anchor, Williams hosted The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, a nightly news and politics wrap-up show. Alongside co-anchors Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid, and lead analyst Nicolle Wallace, Williams led the network’s coverage of the 2020 United States presidential election.
On the November 9, 2021, episode of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, Williams announced that he would be leaving NBC News and MSNBC when his contract expired the following month. This came after five years of hosting the show and 28 years with the company. His final episode as host was on December 9, 2021.
Brian Williams Salary
He receives an average annual income of $6 million.
Brian Williams Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $50 million as of May 2024.
