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Mark Orchard Bio, Family, Profession, Wife, Net Worth, Metrics

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Profession: Journalist
Date of Birth:
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Net value : 5 hundred thousand
Place of birth: London
Height (m): 1,75
Religion: Christianity
Relationship Status: Unknown

Many of us must be familiar with Savane Guthrie who is the main co-anchor of NBC News Today’s morning show. You should know that the veteran journalist is also married. Currently, she is enjoying her married life with her husband Michael Feldman and two children. But did you know she was previously married to BBC presenter Mark Orchard?

Additionally, Guthrie met her first husband, English-born BBC News presenter Mark, while she was covering the trial of Michael Jackson. The ex-couple married in 2005 and separated in 2009. Additionally, he currently works as a senior producer at Full Measure. Let’s keep scrolling to learn more about the reporter.

MARK ORCHARD: BIO, FAMILY, CAREER

The secret reporter hid most of his personal information from the media. However, we come to know that he was born in the year 1971 which makes him around 49 years old as of 2020. Moreover, he grew up as a son of Jenny and John Orchard in London . His mother retired as a computer systems engineer in the London office. And his father had worked as an account management trainer for Europe at the Geneva office of Digital Equipment Corporation. Other than that, he didn’t reveal any information about his siblings or his early years.

After graduating from high school, he graduated from University College London. Upon graduation, he began his career as a television producer and audiovisual journalist. Currently, he works as a senior producer at Full Measure. Early in his career, he interned at Independent Television News in the UK. Previously, he worked with Al Jazeera America’s program ‘America Tonight’ as executive producer.

Later, he officially worked as a reporter and on-air producer for ITN in London. Then Orchard joined the BBC in the mid-1990s as Senior Foreign Affairs Producer. For his works, he had traveled to Europe and Africa, had also flown to the United States to cover the presidential election campaign of 2000. In addition, he traveled as a member of the press corps of the White House during President George W. Bush’s first term

MARK ORCHARD: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

According to The New York Times , the BBC presenter first married Anne Elise Kornblut on September 2, 2001. Their wedding was held at the Ashby Inn in Paris, Virginia by the Reverend William F. Myers, an Episcopal priest. But their relationship did not go well and broke up some time before 2005. That year, Anne moved out and got married to Jon Cohen.

Looking briefly at his first wife, Anne, she graduated from Columbia. Born as the daughter of Jane Kornblut and the late Arthur T. Kornblut in 1973. Her mother later remarried Edward W. Willhaus, engineer at Mitretek Systems. Additionally, she is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and currently serves as the Director of Strategic Communications for Facebook.

After divorcing Ann, he also married journalist Savannah Guthrie in 2005. They started dating after they first met during the Michael Jackson trial. But her marriage also did not last long and decided to end their marriage. In 2009, their divorce was finalized and the reasons for their divorce were not available in the media.

Gutherie later married Democratic political and communications consultant Michael Feldman in March 2014. Together, they welcomed two children. While Mark began to live a low-key life away from the media. We do not know if he is in a relationship or not.

MARK ORCHARD: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Talking about his income, he must be accumulating a good fortune from his career as a journalist. Additionally, Orchard, who is 5ft 9in, did not reveal exact details about his salary or annual income. However, his net worth is to be estimated at around $500,000. In addition, he had traveled to several parts of Europe, Africa and the United States.

He is quite active on different social media platforms with unverified accounts. On Twitter, he goes through the handle @markorchard with 558 followers. Other than that, he is not active on other social media platforms: Instagram and Facebook.

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