| Net Worth | $3 million |
| Wife | Jenny Blanco |
Chris Licht Bio
Christopher Andrew Licht is a notable American journalist and producer. His most well-known roles are executive vice president of special programming at CBS and showrunner and executive producer of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. In addition, he is credited with starting MSNBC’s Morning Joe and CBS This Morning’s revival. He held the position of CNN’s chairman and CEO from May 2022 to June 2023.
Chris Licht Wife
While on assignment at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Chris and Jenny Blanco started dating. In April 2006, they tied the knot at the L’Auberge Del Mar in Del Mar, California.
In 2017, Chris, his spouse Jenny and their two sons resided in Manhattan. After working for a while as an Anderson Cooper producer at CNN, Blanco became the director of talent development and recruitment.
Chris Licht Net Worth 2024
Chris is estimated to have a net worth of $3 million. He has accumulated his net worth with the versatility he has shown in each field he has worked in.
| Year | Net worth |
| 2023 | $2.8 million |
| 2024 | $3 million |
| 2025 | $3.5 million |
| 2026 | $4 million |
Chris Licht Salary Today
Chris has an annual salary of $769 which translates to a monthly salary of $257,862. He is a television newscaster and producer from the United States.
Chris Licht Age
Chris was born in October 1971 in Newtown, Connecticut, U.S. As of 2024 he is 52 years old. He has been celebrating his birthday every year together with his family and friends.
Chris Licht Height, Weight & Body Measurement
Chris stands at an average height of 5 ft 7 in (approximately 1.7m) he has moderate weight.
Chris Licht Parents
Chris was born to his devoted and loving parents in Newtown, Connecticut to Susan Licht his mother and Dr. Peter Licht his father.
Chris Licht Education
In 1993, Chris graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science and broadcast journalism from Syracuse University’s S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Chris Licht Career
Chris started working at KNBC in Los Angeles during the O.J. Simpson trial. Additionally, he worked with regional NBC affiliates in the markets of San Francisco and Los Angeles. After working for MSNBC as an executive producer for Scarborough Country in 2005, he went on to become the show’s founding executive producer of Morning Joe, which he co-founded with presenter Joe Scarborough before its 2007 premiere.
He joined CBS in 2011 and was given the position of vice president of programming at CBS News. From CBS This Morning’s launch in 2012 to his arrival on the Late Show in 2016, Licht served as executive producer.
He was credited with turning CBS This Morning into a surprise hit, which allowed CBS to reclaim its most competitive spot in the morning show competition for almost thirty years. His choice to let Gayle King, Charlie Rose, and Norah O’Donnell, the hosts of the show, talk freely about themselves and current affairs contributed to its success.
The show’s weekly viewership reached its best point since February 19 of that year, one month after he was named executive producer and showrunner of Late Show. In his capacity as executive producer, he focused on managerial matters that host Stephen Colbert had previously handled. He also shortened the opening credits and included a comedic sketch just before them.
On February 26, 2022 he was named CNN President Jeff Zucker’s replacement following his abrupt resignation in February 2022. Licht was an executive producer for CBS This Morning when it won three Emmy Awards, including one for Daytime Emmy and two for News & Documentary Emmys. The show also earned a Peabody Award.
As the executive producer of CBS This Morning, he was nominated for three Emmy Awards in 2015: one for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, one for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, and one for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast.
The following year, he co-executive produced a report on compounding pharmacy fraud for the series that won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, alongside Steve Capus.
