Bob Woodruff Net Worth

Bob Woodruff is a very famous American journalist. He is the specialist in television and puts his view on television stars and different series of TV. In December 2006 he succeeded Peter Jennings as the co-anchor of ABC News’s weekday news broadcast, World News Tonight. Due to his works in journalism, Bob received several awards including Radio and Television Association’s David Bloom Award for Excellence in Enterprise, in the year 2007 he won Peabody Award, Civilian Service Award in the year 2007, and American Legion National Commander Public Relations Award in the year 2013.

Bob Woodruff Net Worth

Quick Information

  • Date of Birth Aug 18, 1961
  • Age 63 Years, 1 Months
  • Nationality American
  • Profession Journalist
  • Marital Status Married
  • Wife/Spouse Lee Woodruff (m. 1988)
  • Divorced Not Yet
  • Gay/Lesbian No
  • Net Worth Not Disclosed
  • Ethnicity White
  • Children/Kids Macklin (Mack)Robert Woodruff (Son), Nora Woodruff, Claire Woodruff, Cathryn Woodruff (Daughter)
  • Height N/A
  • Education University of Michigan Law School (1987), Colgate University (1983), Cranbrook Schools, University of Michigan
  • Parents Robert Norman Woodruff Jr. (Father), Frances Ann Dawson (Mother)

Bob Woodruff is a very famous American journalist. He is the specialist in television and puts his view on television stars and different series of TV. In December 2006 he succeeded Peter Jennings as the co-anchor of ABC News’s weekday news broadcast, World News Tonight.

Due to his works in journalism, Bob received several awards including Radio and Television Association’s David Bloom Award for Excellence in Enterprise, in the year 2007 he won Peabody Award, Civilian Service Award in the year 2007, and American Legion National Commander Public Relations Award in the year 2013.

Bob Woodruff Married, Wife, Children

American TV journalist Bob Woodruff is excelling a long-time married life. He and his wife Lee McConaughy tied the wedding knot in September 1988, and during his 26th anniversary in September 2014, Bob uploaded a clip wishing Lee their 26th anniversary hanging around with his couple of friends.

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His wife Lee is a contributing editor to CBS This Morning and has written several articles on family and parenting for Family Fun, Ladies' Home Journal, and Redbook. Along with Bob, she is a founder of the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and the couple works assisting wounded service members and their families.

Together, the couple has four children Nora Woodruff, Macklin Robert Woodruff, Claire Woodruff, and Cathryn Woodruff. Bob and his wife welcomed their first child Macklin in 1991 and their second child Cathryn joined her elder brother in 1994. The couple's children Claire and Nora were born as twins in 2000.

Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee McConaughy are proud parents of their four children (Photo: Instagram)

The Woodruff family is residing peacefully in Westchester County, New York.

Bob Woodruff Net Worth And Salary

Bob, age 57, garners the net worth from his career as an American journalist. As per Paysa, ABC News Correspondent earns the average salary of $106,562 per year, and their annual payroll ranges between $93,429 to $117,963. Since 1996, Bobby is working at ABC and today, he is one of ABC News' top correspondents who has anchored World News Tonight.

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After his graduation from the law school, he worked at Sherman & Sterling as a bankruptcy associate. Later in the year 1989, he went to Beijing to teach law. During the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, he was hired by the CBS News as an on-screen interpreter. After that, he left his law career and became a full-time correspondence.

He is very famous for his above work. During the roadside bomb in Iraq, he was badly wounded. This incident was in January 2006, and it was chaos. For 36 days continuously he was kept in the medically induced coma to assist for his recovery. During his recovery, he was replaced by Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer.

Short Bio And Wiki

He was born on August 18, 1961, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States. His real name is Robert Warren Woodruff. He is the son of Frances Ann and Robert Norman Woodruff Jr. They were both real estate agents. He completed his school graduation in the year 1979 from Cranbrook Kings wood school. It is a private school.

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He completed his bachelor degree from Colgate University in the year 1983. He was a lacrosse player. Also in the year 1987, he earned J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He is an alumnus of 'Theta Chi Fraternity,' as per wiki.