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Charles Peete Rose, Jr. well known as Charlie Rose is an American journalist and a talk show host. His net worth has been estimated to be $23 million, which has been earned by hosting a talk show called “Charlie Rose”. This was an interview show that was produced by PBS. It was aired from 1991 to 1993.

Rose together with Lara Logan has hosted the classic “Person to Person” show on CBS. This was a news program where celebrities were interviewed at their homes – it was aired from 1953 to 1961. In 2012, Charlie co-hosted CBS This Morning. Charlie was a part of CBS since 1984 and continued working for it till 1990.

Rose was born on 5th January 1942 in Henderson, North Carolina. Rose is the only child of his parents, Margaret and Charles Peete Rose, Sr. They were tobacco farmers and owned a local store as well in the neighbourhood. Since Rose used to live above the store, he started helping out in the family business – he was only seven then. As a child, Rose was a curious kid. He used to land up in trouble all the time because of this. Charlie attended the Duke University hoping to gain a degree. But unfortunately, Senator B. Everett Jordan a Democrat got Charlie interested in politics. He was however able to get his bachelor’s degree in History in 1964.

Rose won an Emmy Award in 1987 for hosting a show called The Nightwatch with Charles Manson. In 1998, he appeared in the film Primary Colors, an episode of The Simpsons in 2001, and in the 2008 film Elegy. In 2011, Charlie appeared in “The Ides of March”, a George Clooney directed movie.

After twelve years of marriage Rose and Mary divorced in 1980. He is a man of considerable wealth. He owns an apartment that overlooks the Central Park of NYC, a farm in North Carolina that is 575 acres, an apartment in DC, one in Paris, and a beach house in Bellport, New York.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2011

Salary

Salary from This Morning on CBS

$8,000,000