Jenna Wolfe Biography
Jenna Wolfe is an American journalist and personal trainer who presently co-hosts the Fox Sports show First Things First. Wolfe began hosting First Things First alongside Kevin Wildes and Nick Wright for Fox Sports on FSI in September 2017.
She’s been on national television for nearly a decade. Wolfe worked as a correspondent for NBC’s Today from 2007 through 2014. She served as the show’s first-ever fitness and lifestyle reporter while reporting on the weekend’s major stories. Jenna left the weekend Today show on September 12, 2014, for a new job as a lifestyle and fitness correspondent on the weekday Today show and NBC News.
She also worked as a field correspondent for National Geographic’s Yellowstone Live. Jenna worked as a Saturday morning sports anchor for WABC’s Eyewitness News in New York City from 2004 to 2007, where she had a special section called “Jenna’s Beef,” in which she editorialized on a sporting incident that week. Despite this, she worked as an intern for the Madison Square Garden Network, WPHL-TV in Philadelphia as the first female sportscaster, WICZ TV in Binghamton, New York, and WUHF-TV in Rochester, New York.
Wolfe attended SUNY Geneseo from 1992 to 1994 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in French and English from Binghamton University in 1962. Prior to her journalism career, she had appeared as a judge on Food Network’s Iron Chef America.
Jenna Wolfe Age
How old is Jenna Wolfe? Wolfe is 49 years old as of February 2023. She was born on February 26, 1974, in Kingston, Jamaica. In addition, she celebrates her birthday on the 26th of February every year, and her birth sign is Pisces.
Jenna Wolfe Family
Wolfe grew up in Petition-Vile, Haiti, and was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She is the daughter of Bennet Wolfeld, a Jewish father who grew up in Puerto Rico. Her father also had a network of leather companies in Puerto Rico, and he and his wife relocated to Jamaica when his business was predicted to fail. Her mother, Sheila Greenfeld, was also a Jewish woman from New Jersey.
Jenna grew up in a devout household and celebrated her bat mitzvah on the islands. When she was five years old, she relocated from Jamaica to Haiti, and her family immigrated to the United States in 1989. She is fluent in English, French, and Haitian Creole.
Jenna Wolfe Partner
On March 27, 2013, Wolfe came out as a lesbian and announced that she and her partner, Stephanie Gosk, an NBC News correspondent, were expecting their first child. Harper Estelle, their first daughter, was born in August 2013, and Quinn Lily, their second daughter, was born on February 4, 2015.
Jenna Wolfe’s Height
Wolfe stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Jenna Wolfe Net Worth
Wolfe has an estimated net worth of between $1 million and $5 million as of 2023. Her income is mainly attributed to her career as a journalist.
Jenna Wolfe Salary
Wolfe receives an estimated annual salary ranging from $45,500 – $110,500.
Jenna Wolfe Book
In 2015, Wolfe wrote “Thinner in 30”: Small Changes That Add Up to Big Weight Loss in Just 30 Days. She provides the skills and motivation you’ll need to attain your wellness objectives in as little as 30 days by making thirty modest changes that add up to big effects. It’s also feasible without joining a gym, calorie tracking, or enrolling in a fashionable class.
Jenna Career Timeline
- 1996-1998: WICZ-TV
- 1998-1999: WUHF-TV
- 1999-2002: WPHL-TV
- 2002-2004: Madison Square Garden Network
- 2004–2007: WABC-TV weekend morning sports anchor
- 2007–2015: NBC News
- 2007–2014: Today correspondent
- 2007–present: NBC News National correspondent
- 2007–2012: Weekend Today Sunday co-anchor
- 2012: Weekend Today co-anchor
- 2012–September 21, 2014: Weekend Today news anchor
- 2007–2015: Today fill-in anchor
- 2014–2015: Today lifestyle and fitness correspondent
- 2017–present: FS1 – First Things First host