Lesley Stahl Net Worth
Lesley Stahl has a net worth of $20 Million
Lesley Stahl Wiki Biography
Lesley Rene Stahl was born on 16 December 1941, in Lynn, Massachusetts USA. Her parents are Dorothy J., an unproduced screenwriter, and Louis E. Stahl, a food company executive, of part-Jewish descent. She is a television journalist, best known as a correspondent for the CBS TV news magazine program “60 Minutes”.
As of mid-2017, Stahl has accumulated a fortune of over $20 million. Her broadcasting career, which began in the early 1960s, has been her main source of wealth.
Lesley Stahl Net Worth $20 million
Growing up in an upper-class family in Swampscott, Massachusetts, Stahl attended Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and graduated cum laude in 1963. She majored in history and later continued her studies in zoology at Columbia University.
Stahl’s career in broadcasting began with a role as a researcher on John Lindsay’s speech-writing staff. She then worked as a researcher on an election team at NBC, before becoming a producer and on-air reporter in the news department of the Boston television station WHDH-TV. Her position there led to a job at CBS in 1972, where she moved to Washington.
Stahl became a national reporter covering the Watergate affair, and later became the White House correspondent during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. This significantly increased her popularity and her wealth. She also covered the Reagan and Bush administrations in CBS’ “Evening News” during the 1980s, and served as a moderator of the network’s political interview show called “Face the Nation”.
In 1991, Stahl became a correspondent of CBS TV’S popular news magazine program “60 Minutes”. Since then, she has interviewed numerous presidents and other important figures. Her work on the show has significantly improved her wealth, with her annual salary reaching $1.8 million. It has also earned her several Emmy Awards.
Stahl has also been involved in various other projects besides her work on television. She made appearances in TV series and documentaries, authored books, and co-founded a women’s website related to politics, culture, and gossip, among other endeavors, all of which have contributed to her net worth.
In her personal life, Stahl has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, and she has been married to Aaron Lathan since 1977, with whom she has a son.
