Who is Hoda Kotb? Everything You Need to Know

Quick Facts

Age: 60 Years, 60 Year Old Females

Family:

Spouse/Ex-: Burzis Kanga (m. 2005; div. 2008)

father: Abdel Kader Kotb

mother: Sameha Kotb

siblings: Adel (brother), Hala (sister)

Partner: Joel Schiffman (2013-present)

Born Country: United States

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Height: 5'9" (175 cm), 5'9" Females

Notable Alumni: Fort Hunt High School

Ancestry: Egyptian American

U.S. State: Oklahoma

More Facts

education: Virginia Tech, Fort Hunt High School

awards: Peabody Award

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Where did Hoda Kotb grow up?

Hoda Kotb grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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When did Hoda Kotb become a co-host of the Today Show?

Hoda Kotb became a co-host of the Today Show in January 2018.
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What is Hoda Kotb's educational background?

Hoda Kotb graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism.
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Hoda Kotb started her journalism career as a news assistant for CBS News in Cairo, Egypt.
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One of Hoda Kotb's popular books is "I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By."

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Career

Hoda Kotb started her journalism career in 1986 when she was chosen as a news assistant for CBS News. She then served as a general assignment reporter and anchor for WQAD-TV. Then after holding a job at WXVT-TV for a while, she joined WINK-TV Fort Myers, Florida as its weekend anchor and reporter. From 1992 to 1998, Kotb served as a reporter and anchor for WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana. After this, she joined NBC as a national correspondent and has been working with the network till date.

The journalist has also been serving as a correspondent for the network’s show Dateline NBC since 1998. From 2004 to 2008, she hosted a weekly syndicated series called ‘Your Total Health’. Kotb has been a co-host on the fourth hour of NBC’s ‘Today Show’ since 2007.

She appeared in two episodes of ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ in 2014. Two years later, Kotb appeared as a celebrity judge on ‘Brothers Take New Orleans’. In 2017, she played Miss Sweetum in the children’s animated TV series ‘Mickey and the Roadster Racers’. Beginning in March 2017, she has been serving as a third co-anchor of ‘Today’ and occasionally fills in as the co-anchor for Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer.

As an author, Hoda Kotb published her autobiography titled ‘Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee’ in October 2010. On January 15, 2013, she released her book titled ‘Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives’. Then in 2016, the author’s third book came out under the name ‘Where They Belong: The Best Decisions People Almost Never Made’. Kotb released her fourth book titled ‘I've Loved You Since Forever’ in 2018.

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Personal Life

Hoda Kotb was born on August 9, 1964 in Norman, Oklahoma, the United States to Sameha and Abdel Kader Kotb. Her mother works at the Library of Congress while her father was a fossil energy specialist who died in 1986. Kotb has a brother named Adel and a sister named Hala. She studied at Fort Hunt High School and then attended Virginia Tech from where she received her B.A. degree in broadcast journalism in 1986.

Coming to her love life, Kotb married Burzis Kanga, a former tennis coach at the University of New Orleans, in 2005. Their marriage ended in a divorce in the year 2008. In 2015, she disclosed that she was in a relationship with financier Joel Schiffman. In February 2017, she announced that she had adopted a baby girl named Haley Joy Kotb.

Facts About Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb is known for her love of karaoke and has been spotted singing enthusiastically at various events.

She is a big fan of spicy foods and enjoys trying new and exotic dishes whenever she travels.

Hoda is an avid collector of snow globes and has a diverse collection from around the world.

She is a certified scuba diver and enjoys exploring the underwater world whenever she gets the chance.

Hoda Kotb is passionate about giving back to the community and is actively involved in various charitable causes, including advocating for breast cancer awareness.

Hoda Kotb Biography

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