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Emily Maitlis Bio, Age, Height, Education, BBC, Salary, Husband, Net Worth, And Parents

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Emily Maitlis is a native British journalist, documentary filmmaker, and newsreader for the BBC. She is the leading anchor of BBC Two News
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Emily Maitlis Biography

Emily Maitlis is a native British journalist, documentary filmmaker, and newsreader for the BBC. She is the leading anchor of BBC Two News and affairs program Newsnight. Maitlis also covers elections for BBC in the UK, US, and Europe.

Emily Maitlis Age/Birthday

How old is Emily? She is 50 having been born on 6th September 1970 in Canada.

 Maitlis Height/Measurement

She is an average lady. She stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Emily Maitlis Education

She went to King Edward VII School, Sheffield. After graduation, she joined Queen’s College at Cambridge to study English.

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Emily Parents/Siblings

She is born to her both parents. Her father is Maitlis and her mom is Marion Maitlis. Emily’s mother is a psychoanalytical psychotherapist. Her father is a retired chemist and he was the former President of the Dalton Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He was an Assistant Lecturer at the University of London. She has two sisters; Nicky and Sally.

 Maitlis Husband/Children

She is a married lady, She is engaged to Mark Gwynne who is a banker investment and he is working at Polygon Investment Management as Portfolio Manager. Emily said in an interview that asking Mark to marry her was the question she ever asked. They are blessed with two children, Milo and Max.

Emily Maitlis BBC

Emily liked to be a director instead, she went into radio broadcasting. Maitlis was working as a documentary maker in Cambodia and China. Therefore,  working for the NBC network and was based in Hong Kong. She was in Hong Kong for six years with TVB News and NBC Asia as a business reporter. She was creating documentaries and made a presenter covering economics. For Channel 4, she covered the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong with Jon Snow. Moreover, Maitlis moved to Sky News in the UK as a business correspondent and then moved to BBC London News. She served in the BBC News Channel as a regular presenter for a decade.

Mail was with Ben Brown and Jon Sopel. She has presented at BBC Breakfast. From May 2006 until July 2007, she presented at STORYFiX. She was elected as the contributing editor to The Spectator magazine in July 2007. In the US 2012 election, Emily has covered it on the BBC One and BBC News Channel together with David Dimbleby when the prominent US President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were fighting for the presidency of the US. Maitlis is the main presenter of Newsnight on BBC Two, alongside Emma Barnett and Kirsty Wark.

Emily joins the program as a relief presenter but was later assigned to lead anchor when Evan Davis departed in 2018. Emily has interviewed very prominent personnel including Prince Andrew, Duke of York. This interview won the interview of the year in February 2020, which lead Maitlis to be awarded by Television Journalism Awards. She started presenting the BBC Podcast, Americast in 2020. It was focusing on the 2020 election. Americast receives very pretty positive reviews and it has done well on the iTunes charts, where it has become the most listened in the UK.

Emily Maitlis Salary

She earns an average salary of $ 370,000- $ 374,999 which all comes from her journalism career.

Emily Maitlis Net Worth

Emily’s net worth is $ 4.5 million.

Emily Maitlis Quick Facts

  • Name; Emily Maitlis
  • Age;50 years old
  • Height;5 feet 7 inches
  • Occupation; Journalist
  • Parents; Peter Maitlis and Marion Maitlis
  • Siblings; Nicky and Sally
  • Husband; Mark Gwynne
  • Salary;$ 370,000-$374,999
  • Networth;$4.5 million