Korina Sanchez was born on the 5th October 1964, in Hong Kong, and is a journalist and television personality, one of the icons of ABS-CBN. Karina is also a columnist for the newspapers The Philippine Star, Tagalog and Philipino Star Ngayon. Sanchez is a multiple winner of Asian TV Awards as well as PMPC Star Awards. She has been active in the entertainment industry since 1986.
How much is the net worth of Korina Sanchez? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her net worth is as much as $5 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Mass media is the major source of Sanchez’s net worth.
Korina Sanchez Net Worth $5 Million
To begin with, the girl was educated at St. Theresa’s College. Then Sanchez earned a Bachelor’s degree majoring in Communication Arts at Maryknoll College, as well as Master’s degree in Journalism at Ateneo de Manila.
Sanchez began her professional career being 18 years old at MBS Channel 4, a state television controlled by then President Ferdinand Marcos. She soon became an anchor, reporter and substitute for permanent news anchors, and after the fall of Marcos and the restoration of press freedom under his successor Corazon Aquino, Sanchez went to work at ABS-CBN. Initially, she was focused as a reporter on the spot, and later she became involved in other types of functions. She was executive producer and presenter of programs including “Magandang Umaga Po” with co-host Noli de Castro, “Bayan Ko Sagot Ko”, “Hoy Gising!”, “Bali Tang K” and many others. Together with Kris Aquino, they presented the entertainment program “Morning Girls”, but around that time she also began presenting radio programs, such as the socio-political program “Aksyon Ngayon” on DZMM – a radio station of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation – co-hosting with Ted Failon; later, the program was renamed to “Tambalang Failon at Sanchez”. When Failon was elected in 2001 as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, she presented the program called “Korina sa Umaga”, three years later changing the title to “Tambalang Failon at Sanchez” after the return of Failon as co-host., winning many awards and honours.
In 2001, Sanchez became the first female anchor of the main program aired on ABS-CBN, “TV Patrol”. In 2004, she was appointed to anchor “Chief Correspondence” on ABS-CBN, and has continued anchoring the aforementioned program up to this day. To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the total size of Korina Sanchez net worth, and to her popularity.
In addition, Sanchez was also active as a columnist for The Manila Times, Jarius Bondocs Isyu and Balita sa Hapon, adding further to her net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of Korina Sanchez, she had a long relationship of more than ten years with Benigno Aquino III, the son of President Corazon Aquino. Since 2004, she has been in a relationship with Senator Mar Roxas, and they married in the autumn of 2009.
