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Hoda Kotb Bio, Age, Height, NBC, Husband, Parents, Net Worth, Salary, Education, Children And Siblings

Hoda Kotb is a native Egyptian American broadcast journalist, television presenter as well as author. She is known as the main co-anchor of
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Hoda Kotb Biography

Hoda Kotb is a native Egyptian American broadcast journalist, television presenter as well as author. She is known as the main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today and co-host of its entertainment-focused fourth hour. Previously he was serving as a correspondent for the television news magazine program Dateline NBC.

Hoda Kotb Age/Birthday

How old is Kotb? She is 56 years old having been born on August 9, 1964, in Norman, Oklahoma. She does celebrate her birthday on August 9.

Hoda Kotb Height/Measurements

Hoda is a lady of average stature. She stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches. ( approximately 175.3cm)

Hoda Kotb Education

Hoda is a graduate of Fort Hunt High School. While there, she was elected homecoming queen and appointed to speak at her graduating class’s baccalaureate service.
Moreover, he attended Virginia Tech College where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta women’s sorority, Beta Nu Chapter.
She also graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism in 1986.
While at Virginia Tech, she was the keynote speaker at her graduation ceremony.

Hoda Kotb Parents/Siblings

Hoda was born in Norman, Oklahoma but was raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. Her parents are from Egypt. She lived with her family in Egypt and as well as in Nigeria. Her mother Samaha, served at the Library of Congress. Furthermore, her father Abdel Kader was working as a fossil energy specialist. Her father died in 1986 at the age of 51.
She grew alongside her brother, Adel, and sister, Hala

Hoda  Kids

She together with Joel have adopted two daughters named: Haley Joy Kotb and Hope Catherine Kotb.

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 Kotb Husband

Kotb happened to have married Burzis Kanga, a former University of New Orleans tennis coach in 2005. However, their marriage never worked out and they ended up divorcing in 2008.
After the divorce from her first husband, she went ahead and married Joel Schiffman, New York Financier.
The lovely couple got engaged on November 25, 2017.

Hoda Kotb Weeding

Hoda and her fiance have been patiently waiting to walk down the aisle. This was known after she announced that they are planning to do a wedding.

Hoda Kotb Return

Hoda is back in studio 1A. She happened to have returned to her anchor seat next to co-anchor Savannah Guthrie and the rest of her colleagues who hosts the ”Today ” show.

Hoda Kotb Nationality

She belongs to two-nation: American and Egyptian

Hoda Kotb Books

New York Times bestselling
Ten Years Later
Where They Belong
I Really Need This Today
This Just Speaks to Me
I’ve Loved You Since Forever

Hoda Kotb Award

She won the following Awards: Edward R. Murrow Award
Gracie Award
Peabody Award
Day Time Emmy Award
Hoda Kotb Instagram
Her Instagram address is @hodakotb. She has 1.8 m fans following her. Kotb as well follows back 399 people. In addition, Kotb has uploaded 4793 posts.

Hoda Kotb NBC

Hoda started working officially in NBC News in April 1998. She was serving as a correspondent for Dateline NBC and all NBC News Platforms.
She was the first person to host Today’s First Fourth-hour weekday morning broadcast at 10:00 a.m. However, she was joined by Kathie Lee Gifford as a co-host. Later, Jenna Bush Hager succeeded Gifford because she departed from the show.
She was named co-anchor of Today on February 2, 2015. This was done by Savannah Guthrie due to the fact that Matt Lauer who was presenting that show was fired from NBC News following accusations of sexual misconduct.
Prior to the announcement, Kotb had been interim co-anchor with her colleague Guthrie immediately Lauer was terminated on November 29, 2017.

Hoda Kotb Salary

She  does earn an annual salary of $ 8 million

 Kotb Net Worth

Her net worth is estimated to be $ 30 million

Hoda  Quick Facts

Name: Hoda Kotb
Age:56 Years
Height; 5 feet 9 inches
Date of birth: August 9, 1964
Place of Birth: Norman, Oklahoma
Parents:Abdel Kader, Sahema
Siblings: Adel, Hala
Employer: CNBC
Occupation: Journalist
Children: Haley Joy, Catherine Kotb
Wife: Joel Schiffman
Net Worth: $30 million
Salary: $8 million