Profile
American Television Journalist
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Kristen Welker has a net worth of $6 million. Welker earns a salary of $2.9 million per annum through her hosting, interviews and podcasts, including Meet the Press from NBC.
Investments
For the past two years, Welker has cut down her spending and started investing in stock markets and real estate assets. Today she owns $80k worth of Amazon stock, $1500k in Apple and $110k in Tesla.
Ethnicity: Kristen Welker’s father is a White American and her mother is an African-American.
House
Since getting promoted by NBC, Kristian Welker’s net worth and earnings have more than tripled. Couple of months ago, she moved into her new 4-bedroom luxury villa in Washington DC.
Welker got a great deal on this house. While the market price of the property is $1.2 million, Kristen Welker paid just under $660k to take possession, thanks to generous help by a Democrat donor.
Kristen Welker Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Annual Income | $3.5 Million |
| Salary | $2.9 Million |
| Book Royalties | $100,000 |
| Bank Balance | $85,000 |
Quick Facts
- Kristen Welker was born on July 1, 1976, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- She is a graduate of Harvard University with a degree in American history.
- Welker joined NBC News in 2010.
- She became the White House correspondent for NBC News in 2011.
- Welker co-anchors “Weekend Today” alongside Peter Alexander.
- She moderated the final 2020 presidential debate.
- Kristen Welker is of mixed ethnicity, with an African-American father and a white mother.
- She worked at WLNE-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, early in her career.
- Welker was awarded an Emmy for her work in 2015.
- She married John Hughes in March 2017.
- Welker previously worked at KRCR-TV in Redding, California.
- She has covered the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations.
- Kristen Welker is known for her incisive questioning and calm demeanor.
- She began her journalism career in the late 1990s when her net worth was very low.
- Welker is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.