Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos was born on the 16th March, 1958 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a Mexican journalist and writer. He works as a presenter transmitting Noticiero Univision in the USA and 16 Latin American countries. It is one of the most important Spanish speaking journalists in the American media industry. Jorge Ramos has been inducted into the list of “The World’s Most Influential People” by Time magazine. He is also the winner of eight Emmy Awards as well as the Maria Moors Cabot Prize.
How much is the net worth of Jorge Ramos? Reportedly, his wealth stands at $12 million whereas his annual salary equals $3 million.
Jorge Ramos Net Worth $12 Million
To give some background facts, from 1977 to 1981 he studied communications at the Universidad Iberoamericana. Subsequently, he specialized in television and journalism at the University of California, in Los Angeles. Later, Jorge earned a Master’s degree in international relations at the University of Miami. Ramos began his career as a journalist working in the XEW and XEX radio stations in Mexico City. Later, he worked as an editor for the news program “Antena cinco” in Televisa channel, and as a reporter for the “60 Minutes” programme. When the largest chain of television in Mexico, Televisa, censured his first report, he decided to migrate north.
Ramos arrived in Los Angeles on the 2nd October, 1983, and started working for Univision in 1985. Since the 3rd November, 1986 Jorge Ramos has been the anchorman of daily evening television news program “Noticiero Univision”, becoming known as the foremost Spanish-language newscaster in the USA. There is no doubt that over the given period of time, Jorge Ramos added sums to the total size of his net worth.
Throughout his career as a news anchor he has also covered five wars: the civil war in El Salvador, the Gulf War, the Kosovo war, the Afghanistan war and the Iraq war. He has interviewed many politicians, including such as Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and many others. He has interviewed prominent writers such as Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz, Mario Vargas Llosa, Isabel Allende and others.
Another significant source of Jorge Ramos net worth is writing. He is the author of twelve books among which are “The Latino Wave: How Hispanics Are Transforming Politics in America”, “The Other Face of America: Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future”, “Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History”, “A Country For all: An Immigrant Manifesto”, “El regalo del tiempo: Cartas a mis hijos” and other books.
Finally, in the personal life of the journalist and author, Ramos has been married twice. The daughter of Carlos Alberto Montaner, the exiled Cuban author, Gina Montaner was his first wife. Together they have a daughter named Paola Ramos. Recently, Jorge revealed that she is working on the 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. The second wife of Jorge Ramos was Lisa Bolivar, who he married in 1992, and they have a son, but divorced in 2005. Currently, Ramos is dating the actress and host Chiquinquirá Delgado. He resides in Coconut Grove, Miami.
