Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper: Biography in Details

Who is Jake Tapper?

New York-born Jake Tapper is an Emmy award-winning American Journalist, cartoonist, and author.

He is best known for his work on CNN and the ABC networks. He is also commonly known for his book ‘The Outpost: Untold Story of American Valor’.

Jake Tapper: early life, childhood, and education

Born as Jacob Paul Tapper in New York City and raised in the Queen Village neighborhood of Philadelphia. He is the son of a Theodore S., a professor of pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College.

Mother Helen Anne Tapper, a retired psychiatric nurse at Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has a brother, Aaron J. Hahn Tapper.

Jake Tapper is of mixed(Ashkenazi Jewish, Ulster-Scots/Northern Irish, Scottish, English, German, French) ethnicity and has an American nationality.

Tapper studied at Akiba Hebrew Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania, and attended Dartmouth College from where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with a B.A. in history modified by visual studies. He has also joined the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television.

How tall is Jake Tapper?

He has a height of 5 feet and 7 inches. He weighs 68 kg and has brown hair and eyes. His shoe size is not available.

Jake Tapper: Career, Salary, and Net Worth 2024

Jake Tapper began his full-time journalism career for Washington City Paper as a Senior Writer in 1998.

Before that, he had served as a Campaign Press Secretary for Democratic congressional candidate Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky and later served as her congressional press secretary.

For his work at Washington City Paper, Jake Tapper has won a Society of Professional Journalists award. He was the Washington Correspondent for Salon.com and he started hosting the CNN news talk show ‘Take Five’ in 2001. In 2003, he joined ABC News covering a wide range of topics including Hurricane Katrina.

The day after the 2008 presidential election he was named Senior White House Correspondent on November 5. As a senior White House Correspondent, he has interviewed Obama several times.  On December 20, 2012, it was announced that he would join CNN anchoring and serve as the network’s chief Washington correspondent.

In January 2013, he began hosting his program ‘The Lead with Jake Tapper’ which won three National Headliner Awards for its reporting in 2013. In June 2015, he became the host of CNN’s Sunday political show ‘State of the Union with Jake Tapper’.

Besides television personality, Jake Tapper is also a writer who has also been a columnist for Talk Magazine and has written for numerous publications.

Jake Tapper has also written books like ‘The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor’ and ‘Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency.

Likewise, he has also contributed cartoons to the American Spectator magazine, Los Angeles Times, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. His drawings were even auctioned online to raise money for the Homes for Our Troops Foundation.

Moreover, his success in his career path has paid him well financially. His net worth varies depending on the source so for now, we can say that his net worth is growing significantly.

Jake Tapper: rumors and controversy

Jake Tapper suffered a controversy for his analysis in the press conference with Donald Trump.

Is Jake Tapper active on social media?

Nearly 1.99 million people follow him on Twitter. There are 36.2k fans on Instagram and Facebook has 130.3k likes of Jake Tapper.

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