Geoff Bennett Profile

Geoff Bennett is an American anchor, reporter, and editor working at NBC News and MSNBC serving as the Chief Washington Correspondent and Weekend Anchor. He joined NBC News and MSNBC in November 2017.

Geoff Bennett Career

Bennett serves as Chief Washington Correspondent and Weekend Anchor at NBC News. He went to Morehouse College where he attained his BA in English in 2002. While still in college in his senior year, he worked and interned at ABC News and worked hand in hand with Carole Simpson. After some months as an intern at ABC News, he officially started working full-time at the station serving as an off-air production assistant and associate producer. 

Bennett, later on, left ABC News in 2006 and joined AOL Television where he served as an editor and reporter. During his tenure at AOL-TV, he covered the entertainment and television industry and also publicized that his very proud and excited about this role. A year later(2007), he joined NPR in Los Angeles where he served as an editor and digital producer for News & Notes. In 2009, he started working at Weekend Edition in Washington D.C. where he served as an editor. 

In 2013, he started working at NY1 News as well as other Time Warner Cable news channels where he served as a reporter. In addition to that, he also spent some time as a guest host of the Washington Journal on C-SPAN. In 2017, he made a comeback to NPR and started off by serving as an on-air reporter based in Washington, D.C.

While at NBC News and MSNBC, Bennett has managed to enclose several stories including the Trump and Biden administrations. Furthermore, he extensively reported on the migrant family separation policy and the first Trump impeachment inquiry. Bennett was also among the NBC News team when they won 2022 won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. 

Geoff Bennett Age

Bennett was born on April 25, 1980, in the USA. He is therefore 42 years old as of 2022.

Quick Facts About Bennett

Geoff Bennett Height

Bennett stands at an approximate height of 5v feet 9 inches tall.

Geoff Bennett Family

Bennett was raised by his parents in New Jersey by his father, Gary Bennett Sr., and mother, Lynnca. His father used to work as a school administrator while his mother was a kindergarten teacher. Growing up, he was raised alongside his older brother called Gary Bennett Jr.

Geoff Bennett Wife

Bennett is happily married to his beautiful wife, Carolyn Elizabeth Bennett Perry. The couple is also blessed to be parents to their one son and together reside in Washington D.C.

Geoff Bennett Salary

Being one of the top anchors, reporters, and editors for NBC News and MNBC Bennette earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000. 

Geoff Bennett’s Net Worth

Bennett has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an anchor, reporter, and editor.

Geoff Bennett Gay

Bennett is definitely not gay. He is happily married to his wife Carolyn Elizabeth Bennett Perry and together have a son.

Geoff Bennett Nationality|Race|Ethnicity

Bennett was born and raised in the USA by his parents. He is of the African American race and ethnicity.

Geoff Bennett Donald Trump

Bennett made a special report in October 2017 concerning former president, Donald Trump’s support of bipartisan and that he would reinforce the Affordable Care Act.

Geoff Bennett NBC News

Bennett is working at  NBC News where he works alongside other famous  NBC News anchors and reporters including;

1. Andrea Mitchell
2. Garrett Haake
3. Kelly O’Donnell
4. Mike Memoli
5. Marianna Sotomayor
6. Josh Lederman
7. Morgan Radford
8. Somara Theodore