Gayle King Wikipedia, Age, Boyfriend, Children, Mother, Sister, Net Worth, Bio

Gayle King is a well-known American television personality and journalist. She is currently working for CBS News, where she co-hosts their main morning show, CBS Mornings, and previously co-hosted CBS This Morning. Besides her television career, she is also an editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine. In recognition of her influence and contributions, Time magazine included her in their list of the “100 Most Influential People of 2019.”

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Gayle King Wikipedia/Bio

Gayle King was born on December 28, 1954, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States and her age is 69 years old as of 2023. She is of African-American descent and holds American citizenship. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. ¹

Gayle King Education

She attended the University of Maryland, College Park, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. King started her media career in 1976 as a production assistant at WJZ-TV in Baltimore. In 1978, she moved to Kansas City, Missouri, to work as a weekend anchor for WDAF-TV. Three years later, in 1981, she relocated to Hartford, Connecticut, to work as a news anchor for WFSB.

Gayle King Parents & Family

King is the eldest of four siblings, with three younger sisters. Her parents are Scott King, who is an electronic engineer, and Peggy King, who is a homemaker. During her childhood, she lived in Ankara, Turkey, where her father worked, before returning to the U.S.

Gayle King’s Boyfriend & Husband

When King started her media career in 1976, she met and became friends with Oprah Winfrey and she has no boyfriend. She was married to Bill Bumpus, an attorney and an assistant attorney general in Connecticut in 1982 and then got divorced from him in 1993 and they both have two children together, a son named William Bumpus Jr. and a daughter named Kirby Lynette. ²

Gayle King’s Career Journey

Gayle is a co-host of “CBS Mornings” and an accomplished journalist who interviews top newsmakers and delivers original reporting for CBS News. She is also the editor-at-large of Oprah Daily, hosts a weekly radio show on SiriusXM called “Gayle King in the House,” and co-anchors “King Charles” with Charles Barkley on CNN.

King has reported significant events like the Texas border during the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, Newtown after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and from Cleveland and Philadelphia during the 2016 Republican and Democratic Conventions.

She also co-anchored CBS News’ coverage of the Paris terrorist attacks, the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage, and the Pulse nightclub shooting.

She has anchored many prime-time specials, including “The Gayle King Grammy Special,” “BET News and Facebook Present: COVID-19: Black America’s Fight,” and “John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero.” King has also hosted “The Gayle King Show” on OWN and worked for 18 years as a news anchor at WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut. ³

While working at WFSB, Gayle explored other career opportunities. In 1986, she became a special correspondent for “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” In 1991, she co-hosted the NBC daytime talk show “Cover to Cover” with Robin Wagner. In 1997, she was given her syndicated talk show, “The Gayle King Show,” but it was canceled after one season due to low ratings.

In 1999, King joined “O, The Oprah Magazine” as an editor. In 2006, she moved “The Gayle King Show” to XM Satellite Radio. The show returned to TV in 2011 on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Later that year, CBS offered her a spot on the morning show “CBS This Morning” with Charlie Rose, which started in 2012. That same year, she made a guest appearance on “30 Rock.”

King was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2018 and named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2019. In 2020, she started hosting a weekly call-in radio show called “Gayle King in the House” on SiriusXM. In 2022, she renewed her contract with CBS to continue co-hosting the morning show, now called “CBS Mornings.” ⁴

Gayle King’s Net Worth

Gayle’s net worth is around 70 million dollars as she has been working in the Journalism field since 1986. She has more than 1 million followers on her Instagram handle.