| Net Worth | $16 Million |
| Ex-Husband | James Rubin |
Christiane Amanpour Bio
Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour is a notable British-Iranian journalist and television host. She is CNN‘s Chief International Anchor and the host of CNN’s The Amanpour Hour on Saturdays in addition to the network’s nightly interview show Amanpour. In addition, she hosts the PBS program Amanpour & Company.
Christiane Amanpour Husband
From 1998 until 2018, Amanpour was married to James Rubin, a former US Assistant Secretary of State in the Clinton White House. In 2000, Darius John Rubin, their son, was born. In 2013, the family moved to London to live permanently after living in New York City. The couple declared their divorce in July of 2018.
General Nader Jahanbani, who oversaw the Imperial Iranian Air Force for 20 years prior to his execution in 1979 by Islamic revolutionaries, is Amanpour’s niece by marriage.
Christiane Amanpour Net Worth 2024
Amanpour has an estimated net worth of $16 Million. Her versatility across all of the industries she has worked in has contributed to her wealth accumulation. It is projected that as her career progresses, her net worth will rise.
| Year | Net Worth |
| 2023 | $15.5 Million |
| 2024 | $16 Million |
| 2025 | $16.4 Million |
| 2026 | $16.8 Million |
Christiane Amanpour Salary Today
Amanpour as the diligent professional that she is, she receives a decent salary from her current position. Her pay is commensurate with her experience, commitment and the significant contributions she makes to her position in the company. Her annual salary is $5 Million.
Christiane Amanpour Age
Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour was born on 12 January 1958 in London, England.
Christiane Amanpour Height, Weight & Body Measurement
Amanpour stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs around 65 kilograms. Her body measurement is 36-25-39 inches. She has black hair and black eyes.
Christiane Amanpour Parents
Amanpour is the daughter of Mohammad Taghi Amanpour (Iranian) and Anne Patricia Hill (British). She was raised in Tehran until she was eleven years old, having been baptized at the Church of Saint Benedict in Ealing. Her mother was Roman Catholic, and her father was a Shia Muslim. Following the Iran Revolution in 1979, her father, an airline executive for Iran Air, lost both his career and his riches.
Not long after the start of the Islamic Revolution, Christiane and her family returned to England. She insists that the Iran-Iraq War was the reason they were returning to England rather than being compelled to flee the nation. In the end, the family decided to stay in England because they were having trouble going back to Iran.
Christiane Amanpour Education
At the age of eleven, her parents sent her to an English boarding school after she had finished the most of her primary schooling in Iran. She went to the all-girls preparatory school Convent of the Holy Cross in Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire, before enrolling in the Roman Catholic New Hall School in Chelmsford, Essex, at the age of 16.
She relocated to the United States to attend the University of Rhode Island to pursue a journalism degree after leaving New Hall. She was employed there as a news reporter for WBRU-FM in Providence, Rhode Island. She was also an electronic graphics designer for Providence’s WJAR, an NBC affiliate.
She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1983 from the institution summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. In recognition of her journalism, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire’s Commander badge (No. 3) on October 23, 2007.
Christiane Amanpour Career
Before being deployed to Eastern Europe to witness the fall of European communism, she was given a major assignment to cover the Iran-Iraq War. In 1989 she was assigned to work in Frankfurt, Germany, where she covered the upheavals taking place at the time in Eastern Europe. As Amanpour continued to advance, CNN’s New York bureau hired him as a correspondent in 1990. Her coverage of the Persian Gulf War garnered her a great deal of attention, and it is widely acknowledged that her reporting raised the bar for CNN’s news coverage. Amanpour gained notoriety for her bravery during the Gulf and Bosnian wars, earning her She then gave reports from major conflict zones, including the Bosnian War.
She worked for “60 Minutes” from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s, covering many international crises, including the Bosnian War, the Persian Gulf War, and others.
In addition to hosting her own daily CNN interview program, “Amanpour,” from 2009 to 2010, she worked as CNN’s chief international correspondent from 1992 to 2010. She reported on major events ranging from the US during Hurricane Katrina to other crisis zones worldwide, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Rwanda, and many more. She has also been invited for interviews with important world leaders. Amanpour was the first foreign journalist to interview British Prime Minister Tony Blair following the events of 9/11.
From 1996 to 2005, she contributed five in-depth overseas segments for “60 Minutes” founder Don Hewitt as a special contributor; in 1998, she was recognized with a Peabody Award for her efforts. Because Jeff Fager, Hewitt’s replacement, did not value her reporting, her contract was terminated.
