Gayle King Net Worth

How much is Gayle King worth?

$20 Million

Gayle King is an magazine editor and has a net worth of $20 million. Gayle King has earned her net worth as a news anchor, talk show host and editor of O, The Oprah Magazine, as well as correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America. She has recently become host of The Gayle King Show. She was born in Chevy Chase, Maryland U.S.

Gayle King has earned her net worth as a talk show host on tv, and a newsanchor for WFSB, in Hartford, Connecticut and WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. She has also been a co-host on NBC's, Cover to Cover, along with Robin Wagner. She previously had her own television show, The Gayle King Show, on OWN. But, the program didn't do so well in the ratings department, and was canceled. Although they have decided to give it one more try, and the new version of The Gayle King Show, with host Gayle King, aired the first of this year. King had a very important part in creating and planning Oprah's Legends Weekend. King also worked on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America, as a correspondent, and has co-hosted Oprah and Friends on XM Satellite Radio. Gayle King is known as Oprah's BFF, and have been close for many years. Because of their close friendship, rumors started that they were more than best friends. But Oprah and Gayle King have put those rumors to rest.

Gayle King Net Worth

Gayle King was born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in 1954, and is the oldest of four daughters. She spent most of her childhood in Turkey, because her father was stationed there. While there, she attended an American school. She attended the University of Maryland College Park, after the family had moved back home. While in college, she worked at a television station, WTOP-TV, which gave her that first taste of media work. She graduated with a double degree in sociology and psychology, in 1976, and right afterwards, got a job as a production assistant at WJZ-TV. That's where she first met Oprah Winfrey and their friendship began. She then moved to Kansas City, Missouri and began her career with WDAF-TV.

In 1982, King married William G. Bumpus, an attorney and Assistant Attorney General. They were married for thirteen years, but the marriage ended in divorce. Gayle is the mother of two children, daughter, Kirby, and son, William. Oprah Winfrey is the children's Godmother and when William was born, she set up a nanny fund to help with the expense of having a nanny.

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Prior to launching Celebrity Net Worth, Brian spent seven years as the Managing Editor of one of the largest entertainment portals on the internet. Before that, Brian attended Georgetown University where he double majored in finance and marketing. A native of Northern California, Brian currently resides in Los Angeles. Follow him on Google+.

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