Edward James Martin Koppel net worth is $15 Million
Edward James Martin Koppel Wiki Biography
Born Edward James Martin Koppel on the 8th February 1940, in Nelson, Lancashire England, he is a broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor of the news show “Nightline” from 1981 until 2005. Apart from this work, Ted has also contributed to the Discovery Channel, serving as its editor and managing director from 2006 until 2009. His career has been active since the early 1960s.
Have you ever wondered how rich Ted Koppel is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Ted Koppel`s net worth is as high as $15 million, an amount he has acquired through his successful career in television.
Ted Koppel Net Worth $15 Million
Ted is of German ancestry, an only son to parents who escaped from Hitler`s reign to England, when he had grown older, the whole family moved to the USA. After high school, Ted enrolled at Syracuse University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree, and continued his education at Stanford University with a Master of Arts degree in mass communications research and political science.
Ted`s professional career began in the early 1960s, working as a copyboy for the WMCA radio, however, in 1963 he was appointed as a correspondent for the ABC Radio News, and became the youngest ever correspondent in the company. Little by little, his career moved forward, and in 1966 he became the war correspondent for ABC Television. While in that position, Ted covered the Vietnam War, but after two years he returned to the USA, where he commentated on Nixon`s presidential campaign, and then later became Hong Kong bureau chief, followed by US State Department correspondent, building his net worth steadily.
After that he went to China, as a part of President Nixon`s visit to the country, and in the early 1980s became the host of the news show “Nightline”, created by Roone Alredge. He was the host of the program for the next 25 years until 2005, when he decided to leave the ABC network. During that time, Ted`s net worth increased by a large margin. While the host of the show, Ted researched and included numerous topics, such as science, politics, education, economics and many others, all of which helped increase the show`s popularity, and Ted`s net worth, as his salary increased every year.
He left the show in 2005, and since then has held several positions, collaborating with other stations including BBC News, Discovery Channel and CBS.
Ted worked as a reporter for NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams, and also served as correspondent for the Rock Center, until the show was canceled. Furthermore, he worked as an analyst for the BBC World News America, and most recently has been the part of CBS Sunday Morning, as a special contributor, which also added a considerable amount to his net worth.
Regarding his personal life, Ted Koppel has been married to Grace Anne Dorney since 1963, with whom he had four children; his son died in 2010.
Peabody Award, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming – Long Form, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story - Programs, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form, TCA Awa...
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News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming – Long Form, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine, News ...
Movies
Iran, The most Dangerous Nation?
TV Shows
Nightline, Koppel on Discovery, 45/85
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Trademark
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His deep smooth mellow voice.
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Quote
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Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.
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I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]
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"I think we're glazing eyes all across America" [Interrupting a long-winded guest, ABC News Nightline (1980), 13 Feb 1987].
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(Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1980) off the air in 2002:) "There's nothing more invigorating in life than getting shot at and missed" (tho he misquoted Churchill who used the final phrase "shot at without result").
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When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal describes him as "the pre-eminent TV interviewer in America", while The Los Angeles Times refers to him as "the undisputed reigning lion of tough TV interview journalism."
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Release of his book, "Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public". [2000]
His father Erwin owned a tire factory, mother Alice was a singer and pianist.
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Wife, Grace Anne Koppel, is an attorney, who worked full-time while Koppel held fast to his agreement to stay at home as a full-time dad early in their careers.
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He speaks fluent German, Russian and French.
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His parents were Jews living in Germany in the 1930s. They emigrated to England to escape from the Nazis.
Has BS degree from Syracuse University and an MA in mass communications research and political science from Stanford University
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Moved to the US when he was 13
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Cowrote book: In the National Interest
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Anchored The ABC Saturday Night News from 1975-7
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From 1971 to 1980, was ABC News' Chief Diplomatic Correspondent
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He has received honorary degrees from Syracuse University, Colgate University, The University of South Carolina, American University, New England School of Law, Fairfield University, Middlebury College, Georgetown School of Law, Dartmouth College, Knox College, Howard University, Duke University, Saint Louis University, University of Pennsylvania, Tufts University, Johns Hopkins University and Catholic University.
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Member of the Broadcasting Hall of Fame
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Named Broadcaster of the Year in 1987
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Winner of 25 Emmy Awards, five George Foster Peabody Awards, eight duPont-Columbia Awards, nine Overseas Press Club Awards, two George Polk Awards, and two Sigma Delta Chi Awards, the highest honor bestowed for public service by the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Has 3 daughters and 1 son: Deirdre, Andrew, Tara and Andrea Koppel, also a TV news-person, who covers the State Dept for CNN.
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His wife gave him a motorcycle for his 60th birthday.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Koppel on Discovery
2006
TV Series executive producer
ABC News Nightline
1994
TV Series managing editor - 1 episode
The 21st Century: World Without Walls?
1990
TV Movie executive producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Romania: Death of a Dictator
1990
TV Movie documentary
45/85
1985
TV Movie documentary
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
ABC News Nightline in Primetime: Brave New World
1998
TV Series
Editorial Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Frontline
2001
TV Series documentary managing editor - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Frontline
1999
TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
CBS News Sunday Morning
2015-2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
Meet the Press
2005-2015
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Panelist / Himself - Special Correspondent / ...
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Show
2002-2015
TV Series
Himself
CBS This Morning
2015
TV Series
Himself
Herblock: The Black & the White
2013
Documentary
Himself
The O'Reilly Factor
2012
TV Series
Himself
Rock Center with Brian Williams
2011
TV Series
Himself - Special Correspondent
Today
2011
TV Series
Himself
Koppel/Langella: One on One
2011
TV Movie
Himself
The Rachel Maddow Show
2010
TV Series
Himself
U.S. 2010
2010
TV Movie
Himself - Contributing Analyst
Redemption of the Welfare Queen
2009
Documentary
Himself (voice)
US Election Night
2008
TV Movie
Himself
Charlie Rose
1996-2008
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
IFC News: 2008 Uncut
2008
TV Series
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2007-2008
TV Series
Himself
A Tribute to Tim Russert: Newhouse Mirror Awards
2008
Video short
Himself
Larry King Live
1994-2008
TV Series
Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael
2007
TV Series
Himself
BBC World News America
2007
TV Series
Himself - Special Correspondent
The View
2007
TV Series
Himself
That's the Way It Is: Celebrating Cronkite at 90
2007
TV Movie documentary
The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...
2007
TV Series
Himself
Square Off
2006
TV Series
Himself
Koppel on Discovery
2006
TV Series
Himself
The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Late Show with David Letterman
1994-2005
TV Series
Himself
Frontline
2001-2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Primetime
1989-2005
TV Series documentary
Himself - Anchor / Himself - Host, Nightline (segment "American Hostages")
ABC News Nightline
1981-2005
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Host / Anchor / ...
Hardball with Chris Matthews
2005
TV Series
Himself
How's Your News?: On the Campaign Trail
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
2004
TV Series
Himself
Without Fear or Favor: The Best in Broadcast Journalism
2004
TV Special documentary
Himself
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
2004
TV Series
Himself - Reporter
Deadline Iraq: Uncensored Stories of the War
2003
Documentary
Himself - Anchor, ABC
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
TV Series
Himself
Television in America: An Autobiography
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Nightline Up Close
2002
TV Series
Himself - Host
TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
2002
TV Special
Himself
Breaking the News
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Goldrush-Dot-Com
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Host / Narrator
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2001
TV Series
Himself
ESPN SportsCentury
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Oprah Winfrey Show
2000
TV Series
Himself
Crime and Punishment
1998
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Host
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself (voice)
Great Performances
1994
TV Series
Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
1993
TV Special
Himself
Late Night with David Letterman
1985-1993
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1992
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Up Close Primetime
1991
TV Series
Himself - Host
This Reporter
1990
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Memory & Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress
1990
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1990
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Governor's Award
American Masters
1990
TV Series documentary
Himself
The 21st Century: World Without Walls?
1990
TV Movie
Himself - Moderator
Romania: Death of a Dictator
1990
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Host
Good Morning America
1989
TV Series
Himself
The World Is Watching
1988
Documentary
Himself (reports on Arias peace plan)
Liberty Weekend
1986
TV Special documentary
Himself - Host
45/85
1985
TV Movie documentary
Himself
ABC Notebook
1985
TV Series
Himself - Host
ABC News: The Crisis Game
1983
TV Movie documentary
Host
America Held Hostage
1979
TV Series
Host
Dinner at Howard K. Smith's
1970
TV Movie
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Eighties
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - ABC News / Himself - Nightline
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
2015
Documentary
Himself
The Seventies
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - ABC News
The O'Reilly Factor
2012-2013
TV Series
Himself
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Ethos
2011/I
Documentary
Himself - Nightline Host
Reagan
2011
Documentary
Himself - ABC News
30 for 30
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Call It Democracy
2005
Documentary
Himself - ABC News
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Live from Baghdad
2002
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Pink Floyd The Wall Redux
2002
Himself (uncredited)
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Newscaster
Spin
1995
Documentary
Himself
Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy
1992
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Panama Deception
1992
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Dark Days at the White House: The Watergate Scandal and the Resignation of President Richard M. Nixon
1989
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Roger & Me
1989
Documentary
Himself
Koyaanisqatsi
1982
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Lifetime Achievement Award
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2004
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine
ABC News Nightline (1980)
2004
Bronze Wrangler
Western Heritage Awards
Factual Narrative
ABC News Nightline (1980)
1999
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Programs
ABC News Nightline (1980)
1999
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story - Programs
ABC News Nightline (1980)
1987
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story - Programs
ABC News Nightline (1980)
1986
TCA Award
Television Critics Association Awards
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information
ABC News Nightline (1980)
1985
Personal Award
Peabody Awards
1985
TCA Award
Television Critics Association Awards
Outstanding Achievement in News and Information
ABC News Nightline (1980)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine
Primetime Live (1989)
1999
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Informational or Cultural Programming - Programs
ABC News Nightline (1980)
1999
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Instant Coverage of a News Story - Programs
ABC News Nightline (1980)
1987
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Special Classification of Program Achievement
ABC Notebook (1985)
1987
Career Achievement Award
Television Critics Association Awards
Known for movies
America Held Hostage (1979) as Host
ABC News Nightline (1981-2005) as Producer
Koppel/Langella: One on One (2011) as Himself
U.S. 2010 (2010) as Himself - Contributing Analyst