Gretchen Carlson Net Worth

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Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson is of Swedish descent, and came from Lutheran family as the daughter of Lee, a car dealership owner, and Karen Carlson. She attended Anoka High School in her hometown and matriculated in 1984 before enrolling at Stanford University, and graduating eith a Bachelor in Sociology degree. Gretchen was an excellent violinist during her childhood, and won at numerous local and national competitions. Carlson attended the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colorado for five summers in a row.A talented and apparently beautiful young woman, Gretchen competed in the Miss America pageant, and won the title in her native state of Minnesota in 1988 before became Miss America in 1989, only one of three women from Minnesota to have won the title.Her career as a journalist started in the mid ’90’s when she worked for WRIC-TV in Richmond, Virginia as a political reporter, which only increased her net worth. Gretchen was a correspondent for CBS News from 2000, and then gained recognition as a co-anchor with Russ Mitchell on CBS’ “Early Show” in 2002, increasing further her net worth. Carlson stayed with CBS for years before switching to Fox, where she initially served as a substitute weekend host on “Fox and Friends”. Gretchen soon moved to a regular job on “Fox and Friends”, to co-host the show with Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy, a post she filled from 2006 to 2013 when she left “Fox and Friends” to host a daytime program “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson”, which also added a substantial amount to her net worth.Meantime, Gretchen also appeared in the drama film “Persecuted” (2014), starring James Remar, Bruce Davison, and Dean Stockwell, trying herself as an actress, and also adding funds to her net worth.Gretchen has also published a book – “Getting Real” – in 2015, the sales of which have also added to her net worth.In July 2016, Carlson announced on Twitter that she was no longer with Fox News after filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Fox News through president Roger Ailes. Gretchen stated that she was fired because she onjected to and reported abusive, and pervasive harassment from her colleague Steve Doocy.Regarding her personal life, Gretchen Carlson has been married to sports agent Casey Close since 1997, and the pair has two children. They currently reside in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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• Full Name: Gretchen Carlson
• Net Worth: $6 Million
• Salary: $800,000
• Date Of Birth: June 21, 1966
• Place Of Birth: Anoka, Minnesota, United States
• Height: 1.6 m
• Profession: Commentator
• Education: Anoka High School, Stanford University, University of Oxford
• Nationality: American
• Spouse: Casey Close
• Children: Christian Close, Kaia Close
• Parents: Karen Carlson,Lee Carlson
• Siblings: Kris Carlson Germain
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GretchenCarlson
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/gretchencarlson
• Google+: https://plus.google.com/115906414249000267845
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealgretchencarlson/
• IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977944/
• Nominations: News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
• Movies: The Persecuted
• TV Shows: Fox & Friends, The Real Story, The Early Show, CBS Evening News, Miss America

Quotes

• I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn’t know what it meant; I just Googled it. For all of you out there who don’t know what “ignoramus” is, it’s an ignorant lawyer.

Facts

• Played by Vanessa Bayer on Saturday Night Live (1975).
• Her father, Lee Carlson, celebrated his 80th birthday on April 26, 2014.
• Lives in Connecticut with her husband and their children. [2010]
• She and her friend, Eric Bolling, were both married on the same date, October 4, 1997.
• Recovering from lime disease [August 27, 2013].
• Began her own Fox News Channel talk show, The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson (2013), in Fall, 2013 after she was replaced on Fox and Friends (1998) by Elisabeth Hasselbeck [July 9, 2013].
• First met Patrick McEnroe when they were both attending Stanford University.
• Met future husband, Casey Close, on a blind date.
• Had a Russell terrier as a pet.
• In 1984, was elected as one of the Anoka High School homecoming attendants and was named Miss Teen Minnesota and was first runner-up in the 1984 Miss Teen USA national competition.
• Her parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary [May 20, 2011].
• Received the March of Dimes’ Volunteer Honor Award on September 30, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Her parents’ GM dealership in Anoka, Minnesota, Lee Carlson’s Main Motors, has not been reinstated as of March 11, 2010.
• Favorite TV shows are Hart to Hart (1979), Underdog (1964) and Mad Men (2007).
• Her family’s General Motors auto dealership received a letter notifying it to close by late 2010 [June 2009].
• Her father, Lee Carlson, celebrated his 75th birthday on April 26, 2009.
• Recuperating from shoulder surgery in January, 2009 [February 7, 2009].
• Graduated from Anoka-Hennepin School District 11’s Anoka High School, where she was the 1984 class valedictorian.
• Before coming to Fox News in 2006, she joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2000 and then began working on Saturday Early Show (1997) as a co-anchor in 2002.
• When they were younger, Gretchen and her sister played violin and cello, respectively, for five Christmas services at the church where their grandfather was a minister.
• Her family has a General Motors auto dealership in Anoka, Minnesota. It has been in the Carlson family for 90 years [2009].
• National celebrity spokesperson for the March of Dimes, since 2002.
• Of Swedish descent.
• Her husband, Casey Richard Close, is a sports agent, whose clientèle include Ryan Howard, Derek Jeter and Josh Hamilton. His hometown is Columbus, Ohio.
• One of her babysitters was Rep. Michele Bachmann.
• Favorite pro football team is the Minnesota Vikings.
• Was a middle child in her family.
• Has a son, Christian Close, 6, and a daughter, Kaia Close, (born May 17, 2003) [2009].
• Her sister, Kris Carlson Germain, and brother-in-law, Henry Germain, are adopting a child from Guatemala [November 21, 2007]. They already have two children.
• Mother is Karen Carlson.
• Has an older sister (by three years), Kris Carlson Germain (born on January 17, 1964), and two brothers.
• Miss Minnesota 1988.
• 1990 honors graduate of Stanford University, with a degree in sociology (organizational behavior). Also, studied at Oxford University in England.
• Miss America 1989. First classical violinist to be crowned Miss America. Her platform was to promote the arts.

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