David Rhodes

David Rhodes: Biography in Details

Who is David Rhodes?

American David Rhodes is the former president of CBS News. David Rhodes is renowned as the youngest news president in American Television history.

He is named as the top 35th most powerful media personality. Currently, he is a Senior Advisor for Boston Consulting Group. 

David Rhodes: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

David Rhodes was born in December 1973 in New York City, New York. He is of British-Greek ethnicity.

His father, James Rhodes is originally from Texas. Also, he happens to be a member of The Episcopal Church.

Whereas her mother, Jane Rhodes is from New York City. She came from Jewish ethnicity.

David Rhodes has a younger brother, Ben Rhodes who is a former Deputy National Security advisor. Also, he is a writer and commentator by profession.

Education

Talking about his educational background, he completed his High School education at Collegiate School in his hometown. Later he joined Rice University.

In 1996, David Rhodes graduated from the University with Honors in Arts majoring in economics.

David Rhodes: Professional life, Career

After graduating from the University, David Rhodes joined Fox News as the production manager. Moving on, he became the Vice President of the news.

Some of the major accomplishment for the channel includes managing the presidential campaign in 2000 and the entire news report at the beginning of 2006.

In November 2008, he left the company and joined Bloomberg LP as the Head.

For the channel, David Rhodes rebranded the company’s consumer face. In February 2011, he left the company.

After that, he joined the CBS network as the president and became the youngest president in America’s TV News history.

As the president of the networks promoted Real News Strategy for the channel.

David Rhodes worked on the best-in-class live-streaming and video-on-demand service. Also, he expanded the Washington public affairs program.

In February 2019, he took down as the president of the network. Later, he became the senior advisor of the CBS Corporation.

In September 2019, he withdrew as an advisor of the channel.

In January 2020, he joined the Boston Consulting Group as Senior Advisor. In the same year, he got associated with the studio of the Los Angeles Times and the Broadcasting section of News UK. 

Apart from all that, he is active as the chairman of the Advisory Board Digital World at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Also, David Rhodes happens to be the Trustee of the Rice University Board.

Achievements & Honors

• Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
• Top 10 of Fortune Magazine’s 40 Under 40.
• 2018- First Amendment Service Award by Radio Television Digital News Foundation.

David Rhodes: Net Worth, Salary

As of 2023, he has an estimated net worth of $2 million. As a senior advisor, his earnings are in the range of $68k to $156k.

His earnings as the president of CBS were in the range of $69k to $371k.

David Rhodes: Controversy & Rumors

As of now, David Rhodes has managed his dignity as a media personality.

To date, he has not been in any sort of controversy or scandal that created headlines in the media. Also, there are no rumors related to him.

However, he was in the headlines when he took down from the CBS network as the president.

At the time, David Rhodes was replaced by the executive producer, Susan Zirinsky as the president.

Zirinsky happens to be the first woman to head the CBS News Division.

Body Measurements: Height & Weight

David Rhodes has brown eyes with black hair.

He is 6ft. 0 inches tall and weighs 80 kg. However, details on his body stats are no available.

Social Media

David Rhodes is active on Twitter with the handle, @davidgrayrhodes with over 14k followers and more than 1k followers on Instagram. He is not available on Facebook.

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