Wolf Blitzer

Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American Journalist, author and a television news anchor. He is popularly known for being a CNN reporter since 1990; he is also serving as the principal anchor at the renowned network. He is an expert in the US politics therefore making him a lead political anchor in CNN. He became famous for reporting on the Persian Gulf War.

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Biography and Early Life

Wolf Isaac Blitzer was born on March 22, 1948 in Augsburg, Germany to David Blitzer a home builder and Cesia Blitzer a homemaker. His family immigrated to United States under the displaced persons acts provision. He was brought up in Buffalo New York.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Wolf Blitzer in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Wolf Blitzer’s age is 73 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 22 March 1948. Though, he is 5′ 10″ in feet and inches and 178 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 154 lbs in Pound and 70 kg in Kilograms.

Education

Wolf went to Kenmore West Senior High School where he graduated. He then enrolled at the State University of New York in Buffalo where he graduated in 1970 with bachelors of Arts in history; he also received Masters of Arts in International relations from John Hopkins University of advanced international studies.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Wolf married his wife Lynn Greenfield in the year 1973. They have been blessed with one daughter whom they named Ilana Blitzer Gendelman. She was born in 1981 and they live together in Bethesda, Maryland.

Is Wolf Blitzer Gay?

Wolf Blitzer may not be considered to be gay for he has been married to Lynn Greenfield from 1973. He married her when he was 25 years old. The two love birds have been together for over 40 years and there are no signs of divorce.

Professional Career

Wolf started his career in the 1970’s at the Reuters news agency in Tel Aviv. Then due to his competence he was hired as the Washington correspondent for an Israeli newspaper in1973. He was covering Developments in the Middle East and American politics until 1990.

Blitzer launched his first book “between Washington and Jerusalem” the book was an outlined his personal achievement as a reporter and also the rapport between the two countries (United States and Israel) his other book is called “Territory of lies”.

Wolf then joined CNN in May 1990 as a military affairs reporter. Then together with his team he covered his first Gulf War in Kuwait. it was internationally recognised to a point of winning  Cable ACE award . He received his breakthrough since then and he started to receive favourable reviews. Then wolf became the white house correspondent in 1992.his coverage of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing earned him an Emmy Award. He was the white house correspondent until 1999.

Then in 1998 he started hosting “Late edition with wolf Blitzer” CNN Sunday morning interview program that was viewed in over 180 countries. Being an anchor his first assignment was in 1999 on the daily news cast “the world today”.  “Wolf Blitzer report” was his own show that he started anchoring in 2000. The show ran for five years. In 2004 Wolf Blitzer was selected by CNN to cover all of U.S presidential elections since August 8, 2005 Blitzer hosted a two hour early evening program on CNN named “the situation room”.

Wolf has also made appearance in “celebrity Jeopardy” when he competed in an episode in September 2009. He completed the Double Jeopardy round with $4,600 but lost the completion to Andy Ritchter the comedian.

Awards

Wolf has won numerous accolades in over two decade’s career of being a journalist. In 2002, he became the winner of the American veteran Awards Ernie Pyle journalism awards for military reporting. In 1999 Blitzer was the winner of the international platform association Lowell Thomas Broadcast Journalism Award.

He was also in the news team that was awarded a “George Foster Peabody Award” for their coverage of hurricane Katrina. He also was awarded with “Alfred I. Dupoint Award” for the coverage of the Southeast Asian Tsunami in the year 1999. Additionally, he was awarded an “Edward R. Murrow Award” which was for the CNN”s coverage of the September 11,2001terrorist attacks.

Wolf received a golden plate award of the American Academy of Achievement which was presented by Rick Atkinson who is an award council member. For his coverage of Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 he won Emmy Award. His coverage of First Gulf war in Kuwait won Cable ACE award.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Wolf Blitzer in 2021

Wolf career has earned him a name and fame over the years not to mention that he has also earned tremendous amounts in his growing career as a journalist. He is estimated to have a salary of $5 million per year. Apart from being a journalist he also is an actor, an author his book being one of the notable books of the year all of which has contributed in his worth. As of 2021, he has an estimated net worth of $25 million.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• He studied Hebrew from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Wolf is a fan of sports his favorite being NBA team Washington Wizards.

Wolf has proven to be upfront in his career; he remains the journalist that will ask questions that no one will dare ask. He has grown exponentially as a journalist setting a pace for the upcoming journalist. He is a bold, brave, charismatic, investigative and informative journalist who is a favorite to many.