Ivan Watson Biography
Ivan Watson is an American Journalist renowned for working at CNN as Hong Kong based Senior International Correspondent. In 1990’s Watson was working at CNN as Moscow based producer but he eventually left for NPR where he served for 8 years and left in 2009 to rejoin CNN.
Ivan Watson Fun Facts
- He can eloquently speak Russian and French
- He is impassioned by environmental issues
- He has spent his 12 years of career in Istanbul, Turkey reporting for NPR and CNN.
- He is an Award winning Journalist
- His wedding took place during the Pandemic in Hong Kong.
- His wife grew up in Beirut in a civil war which resulted to Loss of her father
Ivan Watson Age
As of 2023, Watson is 47 years old as he was born on 25 November 1975. He is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America and his zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Ivan Watson Height
Watson is approximated to be 5 feet 7 inches tall (1.7m)
Ivan Watson Education
He received his Bachelor’s degree in international relations from Brown University in 1997.
Ivan Watson Family: Parents and Siblings
Watson has remained secretive about his family members and has managed to keep them out of spotlight however, he is believed to have a younger sister and a brother.
Ivan Watson Wife and Children
The personality married his lovely wife Rana Watson on May 2020. Even if there was pandemic, nothing would have stopped the lovebirds to tie knots. Watson had proposed to Rana on December 2019. They had a little civil ceremony which was streamed through Instagram as people could not attend physically. The event took place in Hong Kong. Ivan and Rana are parents to a daughter whose name is unavailable currently.
Ivan Watson Net Worth
Watson’s salary is in the range of $20,000 to $100,000 annually and his Net worth is around $5million as of 2024.
Career
Watson began his career soon after graduating in the late 1990’s where he was working for CNN, as a producer based in Moscow, Russia. During that time he covered the Russian war in Chechnya and the rise of Vladimir Putin to becoming the president.
From CNN, Watson Joined NPR in 2000 and he reported from West Africa for one year and later in 2001, he was covering Afghanistan and was based in Istanbul, Turkey and spent 5 years there. At NPR, Watson spent 8 years, and left for CNN.
He went back to CNN in 2009 and since then he has been working as a correspondent. At first, he was based at Istanbul, Turkey but later in 2014, he was relocated to Hong Kong.
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