Willie Geist Biography

Willie Geist is an American television personality and humorist who is best known for being the host of ‘Sunday Today with Willie Geist’ and co-host of MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’. He is also a correspondent for NBC News and NBC Sports, hosting and contributing to NBC’s Olympic coverage.

Geist was on air for seven consecutive hours on NBC covering the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting on the morning of June 12, 2016. He voiced Sum in Kung Fu Panda 3 alongside Al Roker as Dim, their characters are twin panda brothers who are related to Po.

Willie Geist Age

Willie was born on 3rd May 1975 in Evanston, Illinois, U.S. He is 49 years old.

Willie Geist Height

Geist stands at a height of 1.93 m.

Willie Geist Family

His parents are Bill Geist (father) and Jody Geist (mother). His mother Jody is a social worker while his father Bill is a two-time Emmy award-winning American journalist, author, and columnist. He is a correspondent on CBS News Sunday Morning.

His younger sister is Libby Geist, a producer, together with her team they were awarded the 2008 George Foster Peabody Award for Black Magic (2008), a documentary about basketball programs at historically black colleges and universities. In 2010 they were again awarded the 2010 George Foster Peabody Award for 30 (2009), a documentary about the founding and the anniversary of the ESPN network.

Willie Geist Grandfather

His great grandfather, Herbie Lewis, was a captain of the Detroit Red Wings, he led the team to two consecutive Stanley Cup wins, in 1936 and 1937, and was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

@KB22551 My great grandfather, Herbie Lewis. Captained Wings to 2 Cups in the ’30s. Hall of Famer. Great guy.

— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) September 19, 2014

That’s my great grandfather Herbie Lewis. Wings captain in ’30s. 2 Cups. Hall of Fame. Camel cigs pitchman. Badass. https://t.co/aYy5ASr8Qp

— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) July 3, 2016

Willie Geist Wife

Geist is married to Christina Sharkey Geist since 2003. The two were classmates in the sixth grade at Ridgewood’s George Washington Middle School. He has two children a son George William Geist born in 2009 and Lucie Joy Geist born in 2007.

Willie Geist Salary

Geist’s annual salary is $5 million.

Willie Geist’s Net Worth

Geist has an estimated net worth of $14 million dollars which he has earned through his successful career as a television personality and humorist.

Willie Geist Education

Geist attended Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey where he captained the football team and played small forward for the basketball team. He later joined Vanderbilt University where he graduated cum laude in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and French.

Willie Geist Career

Willie started his career on CNN as an editor and producer for CNN Sports illustrated and later a field producer and reporter for CNN sports where he covered the Super Bowl, the NCAA Final Four, and The Masters. He was a writer and producer for I, Max in 2004, a short-lived sports commentary show hosted by Max Kellerman on Fox Sports Net. In April 2005 he joined MSNBC as a senior producer of The Situation with Tucker Carlson.

In late April 2007, he began co-hosting MSNBC’s 6–9 a.m. morning time slot almost immediately after Don Imus was fired. In September 2007 he became a permanent co-host of Morning Joe, along with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

He began hosting his own 30-minute program ‘Way Too Early with Willie Geist’ in late July 2009. which aired at 5:30 a.m. on MSNBC, the show aired until November 2012. In 2010 he began substituting for Matt Lauer as host and newsreader of the ‘Today Show’ becoming the official co-host in November 2012. In 2016 he became the solo host of the new ‘Sunday Today’ that launched in April.

Willie Geist Morning Joe | Nbc

Geist is a co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe and a regular host and contributor to Today, as well as to NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt and Meet the Press. He also contributes to the NBC Sports Group, where he hosted coverage of several Olympic Game

Willie Geist Today Show

Willie began substituting Matt Lauer as host and newsreader of the ‘Today Show’ in 2010, becoming the official co-host in November 2012. In April 2016 when the new ‘Sunday Today’ was launched, he became the solo host of the show.

Willie Geist Podcast

Willie hosts Sunday Sitdown, in the podcast, Willie sits down with some of the biggest names in news and pop culture, from actors and musicians to presidents and CEOs, about the stories behind their success. This podcast features the full, unedited versions of those conversations for an even deeper look at the names in the headlines.

Willie Geist Books

• 2014: Good Talk, Dad; co-authored with his father Bill Geist
• 2011: Loaded! Become a Millionaire Overnight and Lose 20 Pounds in 2 Weeks or Your Money Back!
• 2010: American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories of Our New National Treasures.