Contessa Brewer Biography and Wiki
Contessa Brewer is an American journalist who currently works for the CNBC Business News. She also covers casinos and gaming as the CNBC news correspondent and as a substitute anchor. Before coming to CNBC, Brewer hosted the MSNBC weekend program Caught on Camera and was also a correspondent for NBC News and an anchor at NBC’s flagship station WNBC.
Contessa Brewer Age and Birthday
Brewer is 49 years old as of 2023. She was born on March 16 1974 in Parsonsfield, Maine, United States of America. She also celebrates her birthday on 16th March every year with both friends and family.
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Contessa Brewer Education
Born and raised in Parsonsfield, Maine, Brewer attended Scope Valley High School in Hiram, Maine where she graduated in 1992. She then went to Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications where she graduated with a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism in 1996 and a Certificate of Contemporary Europe following her political studies in Strasbourg, France.
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Contessa Brewer Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches tall. Her other body measurements include black hair and blue eyes. She looks like a stable woman with a moderate weight and a beautiful figure.
Contessa Brewer Family
Brewer family lives in Parsonsfield, Maine, the United States of America where she was born and brought up. Little is known about her parents or whether she has any siblings. This is because she likes to keep her personal details private. This information will be updated as soon as possible.
Contessa Brewer Husband
Brewer is currently married to her husband Dan Senor and together have twin boys. The couple announced on their social media platforms that they welcomed two new family members in 2013. Their cute boys are eight years old as of 2021.
Contessa Brewer Salary
Brewer earns an annual salary of between $68K to $102K which is the average annual salary of anchors/reporters at CNBC.
Contessa Brewer Net Worth
Brewer has an estimated net worth between $500,000 dollars and $1 Million dollars as of 2021. This is mainly drafted from her well-paying job at CNBC, income, and personal investments. Her exact salary and total earnings are under review and will be updated as soon as they are available.
Contessa Brewer CNBC
Brewer came to MSNBC in September 2003 after spending some time at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she worked as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter. From WTMJ in Milwaukee, Brewer went to KMIR-TV in Palm Springs, California from 1997 to 1999, and KRNV-TV in Reno, Nevada. WTMJ-TV and KMIR tv stations were formerly owned by Journal Communications.
On July 20, 2011, while interviewing She interviewed Representative of Mo Brooks (R-AL) on MSNBC on July 20, 2011, regarding the debt crisis, Brewer asserted: “We were looking at going regressing a depression at that point.” When Brooks said he disagreed, Brewer challenged, “Do you have a degree in economics?” Brooks replied “Yes ma’am, I do. Highest honors. Mo graduated from Duke University in three years with a double major in political science and economics, with the highest honors in economics. He later graduated from the University of Alabama Law School in the year 1998.
After she interviewed Mo Brooks Representative, interview, she went on to comment on her Facebook page that she just learned why lawmakers are told never to ask a question they don’t know the answer to. In March 2012, Brewer started doing fill-in anchor work for WNBC in New York City mostly on weekends, and in 2017, she joined CNBC full-time as a correspondent and fill-in anchor.
Contessa Brewer Critics
Brewer was criticized by conservative blogs in August 2009 for a cover story she did about a man carrying an AR-15 rifle at an Obama appearance in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 17. MSNBC was accused by copyrights, company for editing the original video to conceal the race of the man, who was black, and Brewer commented you have a man of color in the presidency and white people showing up with guns strapped to their waists or to their legs.