Jeff Fager

In 1982, from San Francisco, California, station KPIX-TV he began his career in broadcast news in Boston and joined CBS News, where he was a broadcast producer. From 1996 to 1998, Fager was the Executive Producer of the CBS Evening News. Similarly, he was senior and field producer positions for that and other CBS News programs, including 60 Minutes.

In 1988, Jeff Fager left the Evening News to become the first executive producer of 60 Minutes II. Fager assumed the position of Executive Producer of 60 Minutes in June 2004. In February 2011, it was declared that Fager would lead the news division of CBS as Chairman of CBS News, a newly created position.

Jeff Fager said he would “restore CBS News to where it should be, where it needs to be”, using the original reporting and storytelling of 60 Minutes as a benchmark for its other news programs after stepping in as Chairman of CBS News.

Furthermore, Jeff Fager stepped down as chairman but continued in his executive producer role of 60 Minutes until his 2018 departure from CBS News on January 1, 2015. Moreover, David Rhodes persisted to serve as President of the CBS News Division.

Jeff Fager: Awards, Nominations

In 2007, he was awarded by  Gerald Loeb Award for Television Enterprise business journalism for “The Mother of All Heists”. He was awarded by Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News Association in 2012.

Similarly, He was awarded by Gerald Loeb Award for Personal Finance business journalism for “60 Minutes: 40 Million Mistakes” in 2014.

Jeff Fager: Net Worth, Salary, Income

Fager has an approximated net worth of $4 Million. Having a well-paid amount of net worth, he also makes an efficient amount of fortune from his other works as a producer.

Is Jeff Fager involved in any rumors and controversies?

There is controversy that nineteen current and former CBS employees told The New Yorker that Fager allowed harassment in the news division in 2018.

Six former employees also told the magazine that while inebriated at company parties, he touched employees in ways that made them uncomfortable.