Brian Williams

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brian Williams
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	May 5, 1959(1959-05-05)
Age	65
Birthplace	Ridgewood
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Taurus

Brian Williams Biography

Brian Williams is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on May 5, 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States. NBC Nightly News anchor who replaced Tom Brokaw in 2004. After embellishing a story regarding his coverage of the Iraq War in 2015, he was suspended from Nightly News for six months. He also presented on Rock Center and Dateline NBC.

When he was suspended from NBC Nightly News, Lester Holt took over as news anchor.

Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American journalist at NBC News, currently serving as the chief anchor for the network’s cable news channel MSNBC and as host of the network’s nightly wrap-up program, The 11th Hour with Brian Williams.

Williams first worked in broadcasting in 1981 at KOAM-TV in Pittsburg, Kansas. The following year he covered news in the Washington, D.C., area at then- independent station WTTG, then worked in Philadelphia for WCAU, then owned and operated by CBS. Beginning in 1987 he broadcast in New York City at WCBS.

He got married to Jane Stoddard Williams on June 7, 1986 and they had a daughter, Allison, and a son, Douglas.

Brian Williams Net Worth

Brian Williams is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Williams 's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked as a volunteer fireman and a busboy throughout high school.

He has been dubbed the Walter Cronkite of the 21st century.

Born on May 5, 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Williams was raised in a “boisterous” Catholic home, of largely Irish descent. He is the son of Dorothy May (née Pampel) and Gordon Lewis Williams, who was an executive vice president of the National Retail Merchants Association, in New York. His mother was an amateur stage actress. Williams is the youngest of four siblings.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Brian Williams Dating?

According to our records, Brian Williams married to Jane Stoddard Williams. As of December 1, 2023, Brian Williams’s is not dating anyone.

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Williams also collaborated on the Encyclopedia of world history from Backpack Books published in 2003.

Facts & Trivia

Brian Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Brian Williams celebrates birthday on May 5 of every year.

In his original on-air reporting of the incident on March 26, 2003, for Dateline NBC, Williams had said only that “the Chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky … by an RPG” and made an emergency landing. But in introducing the piece, NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw described Williams as having “got [him]self into … a close call in the skies over Iraq”, and the story was headlined, “Target Iraq: Helicopter NBC’s Brian Williams Was Riding In Comes Under Fire”.

Why did Brian Williams resign from MSNBC?

MSNBC President Rashida Jones said in a note to staff last month that Williams would leave at the end of the year to “spend time with his family.” She added that Williams broke “countless” major stories and attracted top journalists to his programs.

What ever happened to Brian Williams?

Williams, who hosted the popular “11th Hour” program on MSNBC during the Trump-era, has largely rehabilitated his image. Now, he is in demand. And after departing NBC when his contract expired late last year, he’s a free agent for the first time in decades.

Why is Brian Williams leaving The 11th Hour?

MSNBC President Rashida Jones announced the news in November that Williams would be ending his run as host of The 11th Hour at the end of the year to “spend time with his family.” “NBC is a part of me and always will be,” he said in a statement of his own at the time.

Is Brian Williams going to CBS?

“With all of our recent hires, Bob Costa joining, and today’s streaming launch, it’s no surprise people are wondering who’s coming to CBS News next,” an unnamed CBS executive told CNN. “But Brian Williams is not going to be doing the Evening News. End of story.”

What did Brian Williams say on his last show?

“They’ve decided to burn it all down with us inside. That should scare you to no end as much as it scares an aging volunteer fireman,” he added. Signing off MSNBC for the final time, Brian Williams says “ my biggest worry is for my country ” while bemoaning “the darkness” that has engulfed the nation.