What is Gayle King’s Net Worth?

Gayle King is a wealthy American journalist, author, and magazine editor. According to Celebrity Net Worth, she has a net worth of $40 Million in 2022. Gayle’s salary at CBS was $5.5 million between 2014 and 2019. This equates to about $30 million in gross earnings over this time span. It was announced in May 2019 that she had signed a new contract worth at least $11 million per year.

Gayle King 's salary at CBS was $5.5 million between 2014 and 2019.
Gayle King is a $40 million-wealthy American journalist, author, and magazine editor.
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The anchor King purchased a $7 million penthouse in Manhattan in 2008, with a 2500 square foot home that features two fireplaces and a wraparound terrace. Later that year, her Greenwich, Connecticut, house was listed for approximately $7.5 million; she purchased the 10,000-square-foot home for $3.6 million in 2000. According to public records, the home is operated by Overground Railroad LLC, a company owned by Winfrey.

Gayle King’s Career

In 1981, Gayle King was employed as a news anchor by WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut, where she stayed for 18 years. Gayle was also a special correspondent for “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” appearing 141 times over the course of the show’s 25-season run. In 1991, King and Robin Wagner co-hosted “Cover to Cover,” an NBC daytime talk show, but it was cancelled after 13 weeks. Gayle has hosted three “The Gayle King Show” shows: a one-season syndicated talk show in 1997, an XM Satellite Radio show in 2006, and an OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) show in 2011.

The third iteration of “The Gayle King Show” aired from January 2011 to November 2011, when King left to co-anchor “CBS This Morning.” Her original co-anchors on “CBS This Morning” were Charlie Rose and Erica Hill, but Hill quit after just six months, and Rose was fired in 2017 due to sexual assault charges.

Following Hill’s departure, Norah O’Donnell took over as co-anchor, and John Dickerson replaced Rose in January 2018; both left in May 2019, and Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil took over as Gayle’s new co-anchors. King has also served as a special correspondent for “Good Morning America” and co-hosted “Oprah and Friends” on XM Satellite Radio.

Gayle drew attention in 2019 for her interview with R. Kelly, in which she maintained her cool while Kelly screamed and ranted. She is also noted for publicly asking CBS in 2018 to be upfront about sexual assault and violence charges against former CEO Leslie Moonves.

Gayle King’s Married Life

Gayle King was previously married William Bumpus, an assistant attorney general in Connecticut, in 1982, but the couple separated 11 years later, in 1993, after Gayle discovered him in bed with one of her acquaintances and filed for divorce. She has always been vocal about the fact that her marriage ended due to adultery, and she has mentioned the events that led to her divorce on several occasions.

Gayle King won the American Women in Radio & Television Gracie Award for Outstanding Radio Talk Show in 2008.
Gayle King has received several awards for her journalism, including three Emmys. Source: Instagram

The artist has two children from her now-ex-husband. Kirby Bumpus is the daughter, and William Bumpus Jr. is the son. She frequently shares posts with and about her children on social media to express how pleased she is with them, even affectionately referring to them as “favorite daughter” and “favorite son.”

Gayle King’s Bio and Wiki

Gayle King was born on December 28, 1954, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA. Her parents are Peggy King, and Scott King. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a major subject in psychology.

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