Know About Brian Williams; Dad, Wife, Daughter, Wife, MSNBC, Family

American Journalist Brian Williams works as the chief anchor for the network’s cable news channel MSNBC; He is also the host of the network’s nightly wrap-up program, The 11th Hour with Brian Williams.

Brian Williams Bio & Family

The reporter was born as Brian Douglas Williams on 5 May 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Talking about his family, his dad’s name was Gordon Lewis Williams, who was an executive vice president of the National Retail Merchants Association, in New York. Likewise, his mother, Dorothy May (née Pampel), was an amateur stage actress. His other family includes his three siblings, Richard Williams, David Williams, and Mary Jane Esser.

Brian went to Mater Dei High School, a Roman Catholic high school in the New Monmouth section of Middletown. He went to Brookdale Community College, and then transferred to The Catholic University of America and then George Washington University. Surprisingly, he did not complete his graduation but interned with the administration of President Jimmy Carter.

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Career Details: MSNBC and NBC Details!

The 60-year-old net worth is $40 million. He is able to summon such gigantic earnings from professional news reporting since 1981 and, within six years, joined WCBS-TV in New York City in 1987. Almost nine years later, he got the anchoring job of the program The News with Brian Williams in 1996.

Brian Williams in NBC Nightly News (Picture: Hollywood Life)

From great works at the newsdesk, he got the promotion of a managing editor anchor of the NBC Nightly News in late 2004. Working for Nightly News was never easy for Brian since he had to face six months’ suspension after conflating facts of the 2003 Irad war. Unlike in February 2015, the NBC announced he would join the MSNBC as an anchor for breaking news in mid-august. It would be an onscreen NBC appearance when Lester Holt, would be unavailable.

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Brian’s Wife & Children Details!

The NBC newsperson and his wife Jane Gillan Stoddard are together for more than 34 years. After knowing each other for a while, they went to exchange their wedding vows on 7 June 1986. They currently reside in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Brian Williams with wife Jane Gillan Williams Tribeca at New York screening of “The Fitzgerald Family Christmas” at Tribeca Grand Hotel on 27 November 2012 (Picture: Zimbio)

Together they share a daughter named Allison Williams and son, Douglas Williams. Allison was born on 13 April 1988 in New Canaan, Connecticut. She is into Hollywood showbiz since 2004 and most popular for her role as Marnie Michaels on the 2012 HBO comedy-drama series Girls. She is the former wife of Ricky Van Veen, the co-founder of CollegeHumor. They were dating since 2011 until their matrimony on 19 September 2015 in a private ceremony in Saratoga, Wyoming. Three years later, the decision to split came on 27 June 2019.

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Some Interesting Facts About Brian Williams

• Brian was raised in a “boisterous” Catholic home, of largely Irish descent.
• The TV Personality is the youngest of four siblings.
• While at high school, he was the editorial editor for the school newspaper.
• He still believes in dropping college as his greatest regrets.