Margret Brennan Bio, CBS 42, Age, Spouse, Salary/Net Worth

Who is Margret Brennan?

American Journalist and Anchor, Margret Brennan, works with CBS 42 where she serves the station as a substitute anchor and correspondent. She has been working with the CBS team since July 2012.

Margret Brennan Date of Birth / Age

Brennan is 43 years as of 2023 as she was born on March 26, 1980.

Margret Brennan Height

Brennan is 5 feet and 7 inches tall.

Margret Brennan Parents and Siblings

Brennan was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. Her parents are Edward Brennan and Jane Brennan. Her mother is an elementary school art and art history teacher in the Pennsylvania school district.

Margret Brennan Spouse / Husband

In 2015, Brennan married Yado Yakub, a Syrian-American attorney who is acting as counsel for a US Marine Corps judge.

Margret Brennan Kids / Children

During an April 30, 2018 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Brennan announced that she was pregnant with her first child, a boy. He was born on September 11, 2018. On December 23, 2020, she announced via Instagram that she was expecting her second child. Their second child, a boy, was born on April 28, 2021.

Margret Brennan Education

Brennan graduated summa cum laude from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1998. She then attended the University of Virginia, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies in 2002, minor in Arabic. Brennan received an Emmerich Wright scholarship for his master’s thesis and also studied at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, on a Fulbright-Hays scholarship. Margret received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Niagara University in 2015 for his work in international affairs

Margret Brennan Career

Brennan began her business news career in 2002 at CNBC as a producer for noted financial writer Louis Rukeyser. Margret wrote, researched, and booked guests for Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street Weekly Show and prime-time specials.

Brennan then worked as a producer on Street Signs with Ron Insana, coordinating guest bookings and producing interviews with former President George W. Bush and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. On June 24, 2009, Margaret left CNBC to join Bloomberg Television. At Bloomberg, he hosted “In Business with Margaret,” a weekday show broadcast live from the New York Stock Exchange that covered major global financial, economic, and political news impacting the market. During his tenure, he broadcast live from Riyadh, Dubai, Cairo, London, Dublin, Abu Dhabi, and Davos. Margret was hosting live from Tahrir Square when Hosni Mubarak resigned after 30 years in power.
Brennan joined CBS News in July 2012 and has been based in Washington since. She covered the White House during the Obama and Trump administrations for CBS shows and is an alternate anchor on CBS This Morning and CBS Evening News. Margret was also part of the CBS News team that received a 2012-2013 Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Award for coverage of the Newtown tragedy.

CBS 42

Margret works with CBS 42 where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;

How Much Does Margret Brennan Earn?

Brennan earns an annual salary that ranges from $100,000-$500,000.

How Much is Margret Brennan Worth?

As an anchor and correspondent, Brennan has been able to accumulate a net worth of $5 million.