Isa Soares Biography
Isa Soares is a renowned American journalist, currently working as an international correspondent and anchor-based in CNN’s London bureau. Soares anchors CNN Newsroom with Isa Soares, which airs weekdays on CNN and CNN International. She also works as a presenter and a roving reporter for CNN Marketplace Europe, covering a range of business-based stories across the continent.
Isa graduated from King’s College London with a Bachelor’s degree in Hispanic and Lusophone studies. She also holds a master’s degree in International Relations and Economics from the University of Bristol.
Prior to joining CNN, Soares reported for CNN Espanol, covering major European business stories from London. She also worked as a senior producer on the primetime business show Quest Means Business. Moreover, she is the lead producer on show content and writing packages for CNN’s top business correspondent, Richard Quest. She also managed the popular The Boss and Millenials segments in her role.
Isa Soares Age
How old is Isa? Soares is 44 years old as of 2023. She was born in 1979 in Lisbon, Portugal, and spent time in Andalucia. However, she has not disclosed her exact date of birth, so it is not clear when she celebrates her birthday.
Isa Soares Husband
Soares is married to her husband, Daniel Quintero. The couple exchanged their vows on June 19, 2013, after dating since May of 2006. The couple is blessed with two beautiful children, namely Tomas and Nicolas.
Isa Soares Family
Soares was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and raised partially in Andalucia. She is a Portuguese-British national and also belongs to Brazilian descent. However, Isa has not disclosed details about her parents and siblings.
Isa Soares Height
Soares stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Isa Soares CNN
Soares has covered the Eurozone debt crisis extensively in her job as a correspondent, filing reports on unemployment in Portugal and Spain, as well as Greece’s IMF bailout. She’s also reported on the economic consequences of the Ukraine conflict, the return of anti-Semitism in France, the spread of Ebola from West Africa, and the Scottish independence referendum in recent years. Moreover, Isa has been a member of the network’s crew reporting from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, for the past two years.
Soares reported for CNN, CNN International, and CNN Espanol from Brazil and Argentina during the 2014 World Cup. She was also a member of the team that covered the Royal Wedding in 2011.
Soares has conducted interviews with leaders in politics and business, including Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, and European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani. She has also met with a number of business leaders, including the CEOs of Avio Group, Pirelli, and Lufthansa, as well as LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault for a rare sit-down.
She has covered the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and on the Colombian border as a correspondent, and her research into President Maduro’s gold mining in Venezuela earned her an Emmy Award. Isa went undercover in Caracas in 2020 to expose the horrible circumstances in Venezuela’s state hospitals during the Covid-19 outbreak, for which she received an Emmy nomination.
Soares used exclusive reporting from the Amazon in 2020 and 2021 to draw attention to the suffering of Brazil’s Yanomami indigenous people. She has reported on Brazil’s evolving political scene under President Jair Bolsonaro and interviewed former President Lula da Silva and So Paulo Mayor Joo Doria in the run-up to the country’s presidential elections in 2022.
Isa Soares Net Worth
Soares has an estimated net worth of between $1 million – $5 million. Her income is mainly from her successful career as a broadcast journalist.
Isa Soares Salary
Soares receives an approximate annual salary of between $52,500 – $110,750 from her current job at CNN International.