Naga Munchetty was born on 25 February 1975, in South London, England, of Indian descent, and is a journalist and television presenter, best known for being a part of several BBC shows such as “BBC Breakfast” and “BBC World News”. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Naga Munchetty? As of early-2018, sources estimate a net worth that is at $12 million, mostly earned through a successful career in journalism now spanning over 20 years. She’s also worked for several news publications, and has appeared in other entertainment shows as well. As she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.
Naga Munchetty Net Worth $12 million
Naga began her journalistic career as a part of the London Evening Standard on which she worked as a part of the City Pages. Around this time, she also worked for The Observer, where she was assigned as a part of the Business Section, both of which helped lay the basis of her net worth Soon she would expand her work to television, with one of her first jobs was as a reporter for Reuters Financial Television. She also started working for other networks, as both a reporter and business producer for Channel 4 News. She was also a presenter on Bloomberg Television, and a senior producer for CNBC Europe, certainly adding to her net worth.
In 2008, Munchetty became a part of the newly revamped show “Working Lunch”, which focused on personal finance, business and consumer news, remaining on the show until its eventual cancellation in 2010. Around this time, she also hosted “Money Box” as a part of BBC Radio 4, a weekly program also focusing on personal finance, and concurrently she also reported financial stories for BBC News. After “Working Lunch” was cancelled, she then started working as a part of BBC World News, presenting early morning bulletins, and she also became a regular presenter on the show “Breakfast”.
Naga also started her own company called Naga Munchetty Limited, on which she serves as a director. Her net worth rose further thanks to these endeavors. During the same year, she also co-hosted “The Spending Review – The South Today Debate”.
Naga’s next projects would be “Paranormal Investigation: Live” which was aired on Halloween. She also narrated the documentary entitled “Fear and Faith in Paris”, which focused on the anti-Semitic attacks in the city. In 2013, she became a contestant on the TV quiz show “Celebrity Mastermind”, and would win the competition. Three years later, she then became a presenter on “Sunday Morning Live” replacing Sian Williams, where she stayed there for a year, and then took part in the TV competition “Strictly Come Dancing” in which she was paired with Pasha Kovalev, being eliminated during the fourth week. A few of her recent projects include being a co-presenter of “Britain’s Classroom Heroes”, and she also had a role in an episode of “Class Dismissed”.
For her personal life, it is known that Munchetty married James Haggar in 2007. She plays classical piano and the trumpet, and plays golf when time allows – she won the Hertfordshire de Paula Cup held at Bishop’s Stortford Golf Club. She also knows how to make cocktails!
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