Lester Holt Salary, Net Worth, Weight Loss and Ethnicity

He is among the very first ones from black ethnicity to host the news broadcast. Lester Holt is a popular name in the television industry. He is an American journalist and currently anchors the weekend edition of NBC’s ‘Today’ and NBC Nightly News. Additionally, he also anchors the show Dateline NBC. He is famously known for his work on Dateline NBC (1992), Mystery of the Crystal Skulls (2008), and 2012: Startling New Secrets (2009). 

He’s reached 57 years of age and today, he is so popular that his fans want to read all about him. From his career to the stories about his sons, all are interesting to the audiences. This popular one was born March 8, 1959, in Marin County, California.

He is a successful man with a net worth of $12 million. Behind his success is a family who has been his pillars of encouragement and strength. His wife Carol Hagen, most importantly, is someone who has remained with him for a long time. Married with responsibilities, the pair is happy and are blessed with two sons, Stefan and Cameron. Look here to discover more!

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Holt always looks amazingly confident on television. He stands at a height of 6ft. and 2 inches. He is a handsome man and has a great personality. He is admired by many. His black-framed glasses add to his already beautiful face. His shirtless pictures and videos can also be found on Google and YouTube.

Lester loves his work and never fails to give an excellent presentation. Even at this late age, he is always seen energetic at work. This level of determination confirms that he will never disconnect or divorce his job.

Talking about his career and progress he has made, we give you the details here. First let us make it clear that with his hard work, Holt has reached this height of success in his line of work. His works won him the Robert Kennedy Journalism Award in 1990 and Honorary Doctorate from Pepperdine University in 2012.

Holt began his career with CBS in 1981. He worked there for a total of 19 years. Then, after working in some other stations, he crashed at WBBM-TV, Chicago, where he used to work for a whole 14 years. His work was noted by many viewers and critics alike. While he was in Chicago, he covered major news stories from different places around the world including Somalia, Iraq, Haiti, and Northern Ireland.  

In 2005, he got a chance to be a substitute anchor for NBC show Nightly News and Today. After working there for some time, he became a full-time co-anchor for the Weekend Today and weekend edition of Nightly News.

Aside from his primary jobs at these big news networks, he has hosted and anchored several other programs. He hosted The History Channel specials about the 9/11 conspiracy, reported the Summer Olympics 2008, narrated a story on actual crystal skulls on the Sci-Fi Channel and many others. 

Moreover, he has made cameo appearances in movies such as Primal Fear (1996), The Fugitive (1993), and also in television shows such as 30 Rock, Due South, and Early Edition.

Holt is of Jamaican ethnicity from his mother’s side. They live together in Manhattan at present. Apart from his interest in the news and media, he also loves playing guitar.

Holt has gone through the process of drastic weight loss. Holt losing weight was a hot topic on the media as his viewers were shocked by his transformation. Some thought he was so sick and pale that he was going through some disease. Fans went on to his social networking accounts and even posted and shared well-wishes for him.

After his transformation, he looks beautiful and fit. Some fans even have gay crushes on him. His shirtless pictures can be found online.

You will find Holt very active in social media. He is on Twitter (@LesterHoltNBC), Facebook, and Instagram. If you admire him or are a fan of his work, you can follow him on these sites. For even more information on him, you can check out his bio on IMDB and Wikipedia.

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