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Date of Birth: 1980, June 6
Years: 40 years old
Nation of birth: United States of America
Height: 6 feet
Name Pete Hegseth
birth name Peter Brian Hegseth
nick’s name ‘Pete’
Dad brian hegeseth
Mother Penelope Hegseth
Nationality American
Place of birth / city Minneapolis, Minnesota
ethnicity White
Profession Journalist
Working for Fox News Channel
Net worth $2 million
Famous for vets for freedom
Married Yes
Married to Meredith Schwarz and Samantha Hegseth
Kids 3
Divorce Meredith Schwarz (2009 Split)
Education Princeton University
Brothers 1

Pete Hegseth is one of the most recognized television personalities in journalism. He is also a former executive director of the Vets for Freedom . From 2011 to 2012, he served as a senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul. He currently works as a contributor to FOX News Channel.

Early life and education of Pete Hegseth

Pete Hegseth was born as Peter Brian Hegseth on June 6, 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the birth sign of Gemini.

He was raised along with brother Philip Hegseth in Forest Lake, Minnesota. He is the son of Penelope Hegseth and Brian Hegseth . Hegseth attended Forest Lake Area High School in Forest Lake, Minnesota.

He later graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in 2003. While in college, he was editor of a conservative Princeton Tory student-run publication.

Later in 2013, Hegseth completed his Masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

He is of American nationality and white ethnicity.

Career in the field of journalism

Pete Hegseth is the author of a highly acclaimed book ‘In The Arena’. He is also a contributor to Fox News Channel and National Review Online.

Pete Hegseth is a regular correspondent and guest co-host on the Fox network’s morning show Fox and Friends . He has also appeared on Outnumbered , Happening Now , The Kelly File and America’s Newsroom .

Hegseth served as an infantry platoon leader at Guantanamo Bay in 2004. He later worked in Baghdad and Samara as an infantry platoon leader.

The media personality has earned an Army Commendation Medal, a Bronze Star Medal, a Combat Infantryman Badge, and a second Army Commendation Medal.

Just over a year after the divorce, Hegseth married Samantha Hegseth in June 2010. He has three children by his second wife. .

Pete Hegseth Gunner ‘s first child was born before their marriage while their second child Bonnie was born in 2012. The couple welcomed their third child in September 2015.

According to some reports, the two divorced in 2017, but the official confirmation regarding the separation is still under review.

Pete Hegseth Body Measurements

  • Pete Hegseth’s height: He is 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in).
  • Weight: 77 kilograms
  • Hair Color: Black
  • Eye color: brown
  • American nationality
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Age: 38 years
  • Birth name: Peter Brian Hegseth
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