T. J. Holmes – Net Worth 2024, Biography, Personal Life, Professional Career, and Everything
T.J. Holmes is an American journalist who built a prominent career in the media and gained national prominence. He worked as an anchor and correspondent for CNN between 2006 and 2011. He became the anchor of CNN’s Saturday & Saturday Morning for five years.
Keep reading to learn more about Holmes’s net worth, personal life, professional career, and more.
T. J. Holmes Personal Details |
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| Real Name | Loutelious Holmes, Jr. |
| Profession | Journalist and television personality |
| Date of Birth | August 19, 1977 |
| Age | 47 years |
| Birth Place | West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Parents | Loutelious Holmes Sr., Mary Ann Stevenson |
| Spouse | Amy Ferson (m. 2004; div. 2007); Marilee Fiebig (m. 2010; div. 2023) |
| Partner | Amy Robach (since 2022) |
| Children | 3 |
| Net worth | Estimated $4 million |
| Twitter account | https://x.com/tjholmes?lang=en |
| Instagram account | https://www.instagram.com/officialtjholmes/?hl=en |
Net Worth 2024
As of 2024, Holmes’s net worth is estimated at approximately $4 million. Most of his fortune comes from his successful career in television journalism. He has appeared in various programs on several networks, including CNN, BET, and ABC News.
Early Life
Holmes was born to Loutelious Holmes Sr. and Mary Ann Stevenson in West Memphis, Arkansas, on August 19, 1977. He was the younger of his parents’ two children. His family nicknamed him T.Jr., and when he started his professional career, he used the name “T.J.” and earned a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Arkansas.
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Professional Career
Holmes was hired by KSNF Channel 16 in Joplin, Missouri, while he was studying at the University of Arkansas. He worked as a producer, weekend anchor, and assignment reporter there for around a year. In 2000, he moved back to his home in Arkansas. Later, he became a general assignment reporter at the CBS affiliate KTHV in Little Rock, and within a year, he got promoted to a weekend anchor.
In 2003, Holmes became an evening news anchor at NBC’s O&O station KNTV in the San Francisco Bay Area. While working at that network, he traveled to Athens, Greece, for 2004 Olympics coverage. While at KNTV, Holmes covered various stories that gained nationwide attention.
In 2006, Holmes was appointed by CNN as a news anchor and correspondent. He became the co-anchor of CNN Saturday & Saturday Morning with Betty Nguyen. He anchored the newscast solo from March 2010 after Nguyen left for CBS. At CNN, he became the reporter of many breaking news events.
During the September 11th attacks’s 10th anniversary, Holmes anchored from Ground Zero. In 2008, he covered the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States, as it was the historic first papal visit to the nation. He covered the first stories of people who survived the US Airways Flight 1549 crash landing in the Hudson River in January 2009.
Holmes also became the anchor of news stories such as the 2006 Saddam Hussein execution, the 2008 Mumbai, India terrorist attack, and the 2007 Glasgow Airport terrorist attack. His coverage of the 2008 presidential primary campaigns and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill earned Peabody Awards. In 2011, he left CNN after Christmas Day.
In December 2011, Holmes announced he had signed a deal with BET Networks. The following year, he became the host of the network’s Don’t Sleep, which premiered in October 2012. In March 2023, BET announced that the program had been canceled after Holmes departed the network.
In 2014, Holmes joined ABC News as a freelance/temporary. There, he substituted the programs World News Now and America This Morning. In December 2014, Holmes became the permanent co-anchor of World News Now. He joined GMA3: What You Need to Know in 2020 as a co-anchor.
Personal Life
Holmes married Amy Ferson in 2004, and they divorced in 2007. From his previous relationships, he has two children. In March 2010, he married Marilee Fiebig, an Atlanta-area attorney. After twelve years of marriage, they separated in 2022. The couple shares a daughter, who was born in January 2013.
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