Alexandra Swe Wagner was born on the 4th December 1977, in Washington, D.C., USA, and is a journalist and liberal political commentator, best known to audiences as a host of “Now with Alex Wagner” (2011-2014), and currently through CBS’ “This Morning Saturday” (2016- ). Wagner’s career started in 2000.
Have you ever wondered how rich Alex Wagner is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Wagner’s net worth is as high as $3 million, an amount earned through her successful career in journalism, but with an annual salary of $600,000 this seems sure to rise. In addition to working on television, Wagner also serves as a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine, which has improved her wealth too.
Alex Wagner Net Worth $3 Million
Alex Wagner is a daughter of Tin Swe Thant – an immigrant from Myanmar – and Carl Wagner, who was a Democratic Party political consultant during Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign. Alex grew up in Washington and went to Woodrow Wilson High School, and then studied at Brown University, from where she graduated in 1999 with a degree in literature and art history.
Soon after, Wagner began her career and established her net worth as the cultural correspondent for the Center for American Progress, and then from 2003 to 2007, she covered music and culture as the editor-in-chief of The Fader magazine. Wagner also worked as executive director of Not on Our Watch Project from 2007 to 2009, a non-profit organization founded by George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle, and then became the White House correspondent for Politics Daily.
From 2011 to 2014, Alex hosted the talk-show called “Now with Alex Wagner”, while from 2011 to 2016, she also appeared in six episodes of a Primetime Emmy Award-nominated “Real Time with Bill Maher”. Between 2012 and 2013, Wagner appeared in 16 episodes of “Real Time with Bill Maher”, while since 2016, she has served as a co-hostess of “CBS This Morning: Saturday”. Also, since April 2016, Alex has been working as a senior editor at The Atlantic, the political magazine which has won more National Magazine Awards than any other monthly publication.
In the meantime, Alex also appeared on numerous TV talk shows, such as Primetime Emmy Award-nominated “Conan” (2012), Primetime Emmy Award-winning “Today” (2012-2013), and “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell” (2013-2013). Most recently, Wagner appeared in “This Week” (2016) and “CBS This Morning” (2016 – ) – all contributed somewhat to her rising net worth.
Regarding her personal life, Alex Wagner married a former White House chef Sam Kass in 2014, and President Obama and his family attended the wedding at the restaurant called Blue Hill at Stone Barns, in New York; her political views are described as progressive. Wagner currently resides in Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York City.
