Shepard Smith NBC, Biography, Age, Wife, Gay, Salary and Worth

Shepard Smith Biography and Wiki

Shepard Smith is an American broadcast journalist currently working as the chief general news anchor and hosts The News with Shepard Smith at NBC and CNBC. He also worked for 23 years at FOX News Channel after joining the station in 1996. He also worked as the chief anchor and managing editor of its breaking news division. He hosted several programs in his career at FOX News, including FOX Report, Studio B, and Shepard Smith Reporting.

Shepard Smith Age and Birthday

Smith was born David Shepard Smith Jr. on January 14, 1964, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on 14th January of every month. He is 56 years old as of 2020.

Shepard Smith Height and Weight

Shepard is a man of average stature, he appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos. He stands at a height of 5’7″ (1.7 m). He also weighs 161 lbs (73 kg).

Shepard Smith Family

Shepard was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi.  He is the son of Dora Ellen Anderson, an English teacher, and David Shepard Smith Sr., a cotton merchant. His parents split when he was in high school and he moved to Florida with his mother.

Shepard Smith Wife

In 1987, Smith married Virginia Donald a University of Mississippi classmate. The couple later divorced in 1993 with no children.

Shepard Smith Partner and Gay

Shepard is in a relationship with Gio Graziano. In May 2017 during the Fox News program, he delivered a 15-minute emotional speech in which he celebrated the life and legacy of Roger Ailes.

During the speech he spoke publicly about his boyfriend where he said that he together with his partner, Gio went to a party at his amazingly beautiful home overlooking West Point, he said, he will man the turret if anybody gets near this place. The pair had not attended a work function the two of them together before. As they arrived, Roger and his son and Beth greeted them on a glorious day. Beth took Shepard’s partner by him and gave him a tour of the estate. They never met. She and Roger treated Gio and Shepard like family. It was a signal to their Fox team and to everyone else that their relationship is a good thing, respect it. Roger had and he did.’

In 2017, during an April 21 speech at Ole Miss’ Meek School of Journalism Smith said that for his college years especially the first two decades of his career, he didn’t hide his sexuality so much as he just controlled clear of the issue entirely. He poured himself into his work because he was unprepared to deal with the consequences.

Smith as a host and while also serving as a news editor for the FOX network earns an average annual salary of $15 million. However, the figures are not the exact amount of salary he earns. We will update his exact salary once available.

Shepard Smith Net Worth

The award-winning journalist, Shepard, has an estimated net worth of $ 25 million which he has earned through his successful career as a journalist.

Shepard Smith Facts and Measurements

Shepard Smith Education

Shepard went to Marshall Academy, a K–12 private school in Holly Springs.  His parents split after high school and he moved to Florida with his mother. Shepard went on to attend the University of Mississippi.  In Mississippi, he majored in journalism but left two credits away from graduation. Shepard frequently returns to the university during college football season and delivered the university’s annual commencement address on May 10, 2008.

After he graduated from the university Shepard signed his first television contract with WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach, Florida, in 1986. He worked as a reporter for WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, reporter and anchor in Miami with WSVN, and as a reporter at WCPX-TV (now WKMG-TV) in Orlando. In Los Angeles, California, he was a correspondent for A Current Affair. He joined the Fox News Channel at its inception in 1996.

Shepard Smith Leaving Fox News

On October 11, 2019, Fox News anchor Shepard a frequent target of President Trump’s attacks, stepped down after clashing with some of the network’s primetime stars.

Shepard stated that recently he asked the company to allow him to leave FOX News and begin a new chapter. After requesting that he stayed, they graciously obliged. Smith said in a statement that the opportunities afforded this guy from small-town Mississippi have been many.

Smith said that it has been an honor and a privilege to report the news each day to their loyal audience in context and with perspective, without fear or favor. He worked with the most talented, dedicated and focused professionals he knew and he is proud to have anchored their work each day he said that he will deeply miss them.

During his Friday afternoon show, Smith announced his decision “to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter,” after increasingly clashing with the network’s prime-time opinion hosts.

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Smith started his first TV contract with WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach, Florida, in 1986. He functioned as a reporter for WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, reporter/anchor in Miami with WSVN, and as a reporter at WCPX-TV (presently WKMG-TV) in Orlando. In Los Angeles, California, he was a journalist for A Current Affair. He joined the Fox News Channel at its origin in 1996.

Smith has been doled out to cover many significant reports during his career. In 1997, he gave an account of the passing and memorial service of Diana, Princess of Wales. In November 2000, he was sent to Florida to cover the presidential polling form tallying contention. In 2001, he made a trip to Terre Haute, Indiana, to be one of the media observers to the execution of Timothy McVeigh. In late August 2005, he spent barely seven days in New Orleans, Louisiana, to give news provides details regarding the occasions and consequences of Hurricane Katrina.

The Fox Report with Shepard Smith was positioned third among U.S. link news projects, and Smith tied for second (alongside Dan Rather and Peter Jennings) as the most believed anchorperson on both systems and link news in a 2003 TV Guide survey. Notwithstanding anchoring Fox News Channel’s lead news program, Smith additionally anchors most prime time news introductions gave by Fox News to the broadcast Fox telecom company.

On November 19, 2007, The New York Times announced that Smith had marked a three-year contract giving him between US$7 million and US$8 million every year. This agreement set him in a similar compensation alliance as Brian Williams of NBC and Charles Gibson of ABC. He recharged his agreement with Fox on October 26, 2010, for an additional three years.

On September 12, 2013, Smith and Fox News reported that, alongside another multi-year restoration of his agreement, his job in Fox News would move. He would turn into the overseeing manager of Fox News’ new breaking news division and the host of Shepard Smith Reporting. Both Studio B and The Fox Report were eliminated, and in October 2013 Shepard Smith Reporting started airing in the 3 p.m. ET scheduled opening.

In November 2017, as Fox News has Smith exposed the supposed Uranium One outrage, irritating watchers who recommended he should work for CNN or MSNBC. Fox News primetime have Sean Hannity, who had days sooner portrayed Uranium One as one of the “greatest outrages in American history,” later called Smith “dumbfounded”, while Smith expressed, “I hear it, that a portion of our sentiment programmings is there carefully to be engaging. I get that. I don’t work there. I wouldn’t work there.” Through 2019, no proof of bad behavior has been found following four years of charges encompassing Uranium One.

Shepard, Fox News anchor sharply criticized the Trump administration following the revelation that President Donald Trump’s lawyers told the special counsel that Trump “dictated” a misleading statement put out by the White House last summer concerning his son, Donald Trump Jr.’s, meeting with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower.

Jay Sekulow, Trump lawyer said repeatedly last July that the president had no involvement in the drafting of the initial statement, which claimed the June 2016 meeting primarily consisted of a discussion about the adoption of Russian children and included no mention of the Kremlin-connected lawyer’s offer to provide dirt on former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Shepard Smith Political Affiliation

Shepard Smith of Fox News explains the changes in the media industry … is getting pre-empted by the most popular political drama in America.

Smith is disengaged by politics.  He said that he gets it that some of their opinion programmings are there strictly to be entertaining. He gets that he doesn’t work there. He wouldn’t work there and he doesn’t want to sit around and yell at each other and talk about their philosophy and his philosophy. Shepard said that it sounds horrible to him.  He cites his values growing up that you don’t talk about your money, you don’t talk about your politics, and you don’t talk about your sex. Right now, everyone wants to talk about those things, and he is not one of them. Not going to do it.

Shepard Smith Political Party

Shepard admitted in the interview that he is an unusual anchor for current day Fox News because he has resisted delving into opinion programming, which has driven ratings on the network’s nightly line up. Smith does not really like American politics, he said and prefers to stick to facts on his show instead of fostering a program that relies heavily on opinionated analysis from the pun.

Frequently Asked Questions Shepard Smith

Who is Shepard Smith?

Shepard is an American broadcast journalist and a former chief anchor and managing editor at of breaking news at Fox News.

How old is Shepard Smith?

Smith was born David Shepard Smith Jr. on January 14, 1964, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States of America. He is 56 years old as of 2020.

How tall is Shepard Smith?

Shepard stands at an approximated height of 1.7m.

Is Shepard Smith married?

Virginia Donald a University of Mississippi classmate in 1987 and later divorced in 1993. Currently, he is in a relationship with his partner Gio Graziano.

How much is Shepard Smith worth?

The award-winning journalist, Shepard, has an estimated net worth of $25 million which he earned through his journalism career.

How much does Shepard Smith make?

Shepard as a host and while serving as a managing editor for the FOX Network earns an average annual salary of $15 million. However, the figures are not the exact amount of salary he earns. We will update his exact salary once available.

What happened to Shepard Smith?

During his Friday afternoon show, Smith announced his decision “to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter,” after increasingly clashing with the network’s prime-time opinion hosts.

Where does Shepard Smith live?

Shepard lives Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States of America.

Is Shepard Smith dead or alive?

Shepard is still alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having related issues.

Where is Shepard Smith now?

Shepard a former chief anchor and managing editor at of breaking news at Fox News.

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