Lester Holt Net Worth 2024, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Lester Holt is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on March 8, 1959 in Marin, California, United States. He is a journalist and news anchor who is well-known for his work at NBC. He was the co-anchor of Weekend Today from 2003 to 2015. In 2011, he was appointed Dateline NBC anchor and, in 2015, he became the first African American host of NBC Nightly News.

He was co-anchor with He co-anchored with David Bloom on the news show Weekend Today. for Weekend Today.

Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. On June 18, 2015, Holt was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the demotion of Brian Williams, making him the first African-American to solo anchor a weekday network nightly newscast. Holt is also known for his moderation of the first Presidential debate of 2016, and was praised for his role in fact-checking false statements.

He graduated from Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova in 1977 and majored in government at California State University, Sacramento, though he never graduated. In 2012, Holt told American Profile news magazine: “My first on-air job was actually as a disc jockey at a Country and Western station. The only time I could land a full-time gig was if I was willing to report the news.” Holt would keep the job with the radio station through his college years.

With his wife Carol, he has two children. One of them became a Chicago morning news anchor.

Name Lester Holt
First Name Lester
Last Name Holt
Occupation Journalist
Birthday March 8
Birth Year 1959
Place of Birth Marin
Home Town California
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Pisces
Full/Birth Name
Parents June Holt, Lester Holt Sr.
Siblings Not Available
Spouse Carol Hagen
Children(s) Stefan Holt, Cameron Holt

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Holt has made cameo appearances in the 1993 film The Fugitive, its 1998 sequel, U.S. Marshals; and Primal Fear (1996); as well as on television shows, including playing himself in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the episode “Red, White, or Blue” of the series Due South, “Fate” of Early Edition and “A New Hope” of Warehouse 13. He also appeared on the episode “Cleveland” of the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He also did a voice-over in the episode “Sandwich Day,” announcing that Jack Donaghy would be a new cabinet member in the Bush administration. Holt announced the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show for the USA Network, and was featured in Making Music magazine. He also hosted the 2008 Sci-Fi Channel documentary Mystery of the Crystal Skulls.

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