Matt Gutman Biography
Matt Gutman is a renowned American reporter currently working as the Chief National Correspondent for ABC News. He further appears on various programs for the network. Previously, Matt was the host of the U.S. weekly TV series Sea Rescue until its final episode in September 2018.
He is also a renowned author, raising to fame after he authored the book, The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand in July 2018. This is a book about the international rescue of the soccer team from a cave in Thailand.
He hosted the ABC Television Network’s Saturday morning show “Sea Rescue” from 2013 to 2018, which received an Emmy in 2016 for the “Outstanding Children’s Series.”
Gutman spent seven years as a Jerusalem-based correspondent, covering every major conflict in the Middle East, before joining ABC News in 2008, where he began at ABC News Radio.
Matt Gutman Age
How old is Matt Gutman? Matt is 45 years old as of December 2022. He was born on December 5, 1977, in Princeton, New Jersey, the United States of America. In addition, he celebrates his birthday on December 5th every year.
Matt Gutman Wife
Gutman is married to Daphna Venyige. The couple wedded in colorful wedding on May 17, 2007, attended by family and close friends. Matt and Venyige have worked for the ABC News network but in different departments but she left in 2007 after they were married.
Together, they are blessed with two children; a daughter named Libby and a son named Ben.
Matt Gutman Education
Gutman attended Newark Academy where he was a veteran scholar-athlete football player. He graduated from Williams College in 2000.
Matt Gutman Career
Matt started his career as a freelance reporter in Argentina in late 2000. He first published an article for the now-defunct English-language Buenos Aires Daily. Gutman then worked for the Jerusalem Post based in Israel from 2001 to 2005 covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Moreover, he worked for USA Today before joining ABC News Radio in 2006. Gutman lived in the Middle East for nearly eight years, covering mainly conflicts such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“World News Tonight with David Muir,” “20/20,” “Good Morning America,” and “Nightline” are among the ABC News shows and platforms for which he reports. He’s reported for ABC from more than 40 countries throughout the world.
Gutman, a multiple-award-winning correspondent, has covered the COVID-19 issue, American street riots following the killing of George Floyd, the immigration crisis, and other international and domestic terror acts.
Gutman has been one of the most often featured correspondents on “20/20” for the past half-decade. Gutman’s tireless research contributed to “20/20” winning an Emmy for its documentary on the 2017 Las Vegas massacre and a Christopher Award for its coverage of the Thai cave rescue.
Matt Gutman Net Worth
Gutman has an estimated net worth of between $1 million – $5 million. His income is mainly from his successful career as a journalist.
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