Birth Name: | Ginger Renee Zuidgeest |
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Birth Place: | Orange, California |
Birth Sign: | Capricorn |
Father: | Robert Zuidgeest |
Mother: | Dawn Zuidgeest- Craft |
Spouse: | Ben Aaron |
Height: | 170 cm |
Weight: | 123 lbs |
Ethnicity: | White |
Eye Color: | Black |
Hair Color: | Grey |
Date of Birth: | 13/01/1981 |
Age: | 43 years old |
Nationality: | American |
Net Worth: | $3 million |
Qualification: | Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology and majored in mathematics and Spanish |
Ginger Zee born as Ginger Renee Colonomos is former TV host of popular show Good Morning America weekend. And meteorologist who reports on nation’s weather on a show, Good Morning America. Also, she is a host of ABC News Food Forecast, an original digital series of ABC.
Recently on February 9, 2018, Ginger became a mother of second Child Miles. Currently, she is on leave.
She earns adequate amount of money from her meteorologist job. Ginger Zee’s net worth is approximately $3 million.
Born in 13th of January 1981 in Orange, California, Zee is a daughter of Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft and Robert Zuidgeest. Her father was a lover of the show Gillian’s Island. So, he named her Ginger as it was a character from the show.
When she was just a year old, the family moved to Michigan. Zee completed schooling from Rockford High School located in Michigan. And Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology and both mathematics and Spanish from Valparaiso University. She also served as adjunct professor from 2008-2011 at the University.
She was keen on being a meteorologist since she was eight after she was mesmerized when she saw a waterspout on Lake Michigan.
Zinger is passionate about weather forecasting. Neither a hurricane nor a storm stops to pursue her passion. She has traveled Nepal, where she went for para-hawking and Iceland, where she has flown a drone into the fissure of a volcano. Additionally, she has hiked largest cave in the world situated in Vietnam.
Year | Achievement |
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2003-2005 | Worked at WEYI NBC 25 in Michigan |
2006-2011 | Meteorologist at NBC station WMAQ- Channel 5 |
2013 | Covered extreme weather conditions ranging from the Boston Blizard to record- breaking heat in Death Valley |
2013 | Became Chief Meteorologist for Good Morning America |
2016 | Covered Hurricane Matthew and its path along the east coast |
2016 | announced as a Celebrity competitor on the 22nd season of ABC's Dancing with Stars |
Ginger and Ben got married on June 7, 2014, on Saturday. The duo exchanged the vows in Ginger’s home state of Michigan. Additionally, their marriage ceremony was a beachfront wedding.
The wedding was planned by Francesco Bilotto, and they exchanged the wedding ring and vows in front of fifty-five guests.
The couple is a parent of two sons, Adrian and Miles. Adrian was born on December 19, 2015. And recently on February 9, 2018, she gave birth to baby boy, Miles Macklin.
Earlier, Ginger announced her pregnancy in front of ABC’s colleagues. While she was pretending as she is forecasting weather report.
Ginger and Ben introduced their newborn baby to Good Morning America Colleagues via Video call. She was sitting next to her husband alongside her eldest son Adrian.
Ginger Zee is a chief Meteorologist at ABC News Channel. Ginger Zee’s net worth is approximately $3 million. Meanwhile, a meteorologist in New York gets an annual salary of $85,360. Whereas, Ginger earns $500 thousand annually as Chief Meteorologist.
Also, she is an author of a book Natural Disaster: I Cover them. I am One. In this book, she unveils her lifelong battle with depression and journey of her professional success. According to Amazon, it costs $17.70 for the hardcover.
While Ginger’s husband, Ben Aaron’s net worth is approximately $8 million. Aaron is a co-host of the Show, Pickler & Ben alongside, Kellie Pickler. Aaron also co-hosts the show Crazy Talks with Tanisha Thomas.
The show Pickler & Ben also has a YouTube Channel of the same name. This YouTube Channel makes estimated monthly earnings of $177-$2.8k and estimated Yearly earnings of $2.1k- $34k.
The couple lives in New York City apartment which is close to ABC studio. It has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
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Originally published on 5/21/2017 and updated on 2/23/2018.