T. J. Holmes Net Worth

T. J. Holmes net worth is
$3 Million

T. J. Holmes Wiki Biography

Loutelious “T.J.” Holmes, Jr. was born on the 19th August 1977 in West Memphis, Arkansas USA, and is a journalist and television personality, best known as an anchor and correspondent for CNN where he spent several years hosting “Saturday & Sunday Morning”. Holmes’ career started in 1999.

Have you ever wondered how rich T.J. Holmes is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Holmes’ net worth is as high as $3 million, earned through his successful career in journalism. In addition to being a broadcast journalist, Holmes has also served as a host on television, which has also improved his wealth.

T.J. Holmes Net Worth $3 Million

T.J. was born the younger of two children; his parents gave him the nickname “T. Jr.” when he was a child, but Holmes began using the name T.J. when he started his professional television career in the 2000s. Holmes went to the West Memphis High School before studying at the University of Arkansas, from where he graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism.

While at college, Holmes applied for a job at KSNF Channel 16 in Joplin, Missouri, and the employers were impressed after he personally drove from Arkansas to deliver his resume, so they gave him a job immediately. Holmes stayed there for almost a year and served as a producer, assignment reporter, and weekend anchor, establishing his net worth.

In 2000, Holmes joined the CBS affiliate KTHV in Little Rock, Arkansas to work as a general assignment reporter before being promoted to weekend anchor in 2001. Two years later, Homes moved to San Francisco to work as anchor of the 5 pm evening news at KNTV, the NBC O&O station. While at KNTV Holmes covered numerous events, including the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, the election of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in California, and the double murder trial of Scott Peterson.

In October 2006, Holmes joined CNN as a news anchor and correspondent. He served as a co-anchor of the “Saturday & Sunday Morning’ with Betty Nguyen until 2010 when Betty left for CBS, so Holmes became the solo anchor of the newscast. He stayed at CNN until Christmas Day in 2011, which only increased his net worth. During his five-year tenure he covered such stories as the Deep water Horizon oil spill in New Orleans in 2010, devastating tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri in 2011, and the shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech. Holmes also broadcast the historic Pope Benedict XIV visit to the United States in 2008, and covered the stories of the survivors of the US Airways Flight 1549 crash in 2009. He anchored news stories of Saddam Hussein’s execution in 2006, the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India in 2008, and the terrorist attacks at Glasgow Airport in 2007.

After leaving CNN, Holmes worked at BET Network and hosted the original series “Don’t Sleep” from 2012 to 2013; however, they cancelled the show in March 2013, and Holmes left the network to re-join CNN, and covered the George Zimmerman trial. In September 2014, Holmes joined the ABC News Team on a temporary basis as a co-host of the World News Now. In the following December, he became the permanent co-host of WNN, which certainly increased his net worth.

Regarding his personal life, T.J. Holmes was married to Amy Ferson, with whom he had two children, but they divorced in 2007. In 2010 he married Atlanta-area attorney, Marilee Fiebig. Holmes is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists called the 100 Black Men of Atlanta.

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