Kirsten Powers Biography
Kirsten Powers is an author, columnist, and political analyst from the United States. She is currently writing for USA Today and is an on-air political analyst at CNN, where she frequently appears with Jake Tapper on Anderson Cooper 360°, CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, and The Lead. Her “bright-eyed, sharp-tongued, [and] gamely combative,” the Washington Post called her. The New Republic noted on Fox News that Powers “kept her own in every debate” and cited columnist Erik Wemple, who called her “a ferocious spokesperson for her views.”
Kirsten Powers Age
She was born as Kirsten Anne Powers on December 14, 1967, in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Currently, she is 55 years old in 2023
Kirsten Powers Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet and 8 inches or 1.73 m.
Kirsten Powers Family | Brother
When she was 3 years old, Powers and her family moved to Fairbanks, Alaska. Her parents, who are of Irish-American origins, were archaeologists. She attributes her interest in politics and dialogue with being “expected to state and defend my views every night at dinner on the issues of the day.”
More details concerning her parents and siblings are not well known to the public. They will be updated as soon as they are available.
Kirsten Powers Husband | Marty Makary
Powers got married to Marty Makary, who is a Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, in January 2010.
Kirsten Divorce
The couple filed for divorce in 2013. Both have, however, been reluctant to disclose their divorce or other personal life information.
Kirsten Powers Engagement | Robert Draper
On November 16, 2016, she announced her engagement to Draper, who is an American journalist and author of Do Not Ask What Good We Do, most recently: Inside the U.S. Representatives’ Home. He is a GQ reporter and a contributor to The Journal of the New York Times. Previously, he worked for monthly Texas.
Who is Kirsten Powers married to now?
After her divorce from Makary, she is currently married to Draper, who is an American journalist and author.
Kirsten Powers Children
It is not known if Powers has any children at the moment.
Kirsten Powers Education
She was educated at Monroe Catholic High School in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1986. She then joined the University of Maryland and thereafter attended Georgetown University Law Center.
Kirsten Powers Career
She is a writer for USA Today and a senior political analyst for CNN, where she frequently appears with Don Lemon on Anderson Cooper 360, CNN Tonight, and Jake Tapper’s The Lead. Her “bright-eyed, sharp-tongued, [and] gamely combative” and “a ferocious champion for her points of view,” the Washington Post called her.
She was a writer for the Daily Beast, American Prospect Online, and the New York Post until USA Today. In a sea of resistance at Fox News, where she previously worked as a political analyst, The Columbia Journalism Review lauded her as “an articulate liberal journalist.”
Kirsten Powers How to Do You | Podcast
Before her career in journalism, she was a political appointee in the Clinton Administration and worked in Progressive New York politics. She also served as Vice President of Foreign Affairs for America Online, Inc. where she oversaw the public releases of AOL companies in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Australia.
We are overloaded with all the advice that promises to remedy whatever ails us with one-size-fits. But what if it doesn’t destroy you? What if everything you need is to learn how to do it? Journalist, she sits down with fellow life travelers in this podcast series who have found prosperity, wholeness, and healing by listening and living authentically to their inner wisdom. Through all of this, Kirsten reveals the observations she made in her own struggle to become herself, including overcoming life trauma and crippling chronic disease.
Kirsten Powers Salary
The average salary of this author and columnist is $950,000. However, according to some sources, CNN reportedly pays her around $950,000 per year.
Kirsten Powers Net worth
As an author, columnist, and political analyst has a net worth of about $20 million dollars.