Steve Kroft

Steve Kroft: Biography in Details

Who is Steve Kroft?

Steve Kroft is a journalist and works for a longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes.

Steve Kroft had won three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy awards, one of which was an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement. And he belongs to American society.

Steve Kroft: Education, Childhood, Family

Steve Kroft was born on 22nd August 1945 in Kokomo, Indiana. The only child of father Fred Kroft and mother Margaret Kroft. His birth name was Stephen F. Kroft.

While moving toward his education, he attended Syracuse University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1967.  After the completion of his graduation, he had drafted into the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War, and won several Army journalism awards for his work.

In 1971, he received an honorable discharge from the army. And then he had his broadcast journalism career as a reporter for WSYR-TV.

In 1974 he had returned to academics and got enrolled at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Likewise, in 1975 he had gained his master’s degree.

When he had moved to Florida, he had worked for two stations owned by the Washington Post Company.

Similarly, he had moved to WPLG-TV in Miami, where his work came to the attention of CBS News in 1977.

Steve Kroft: Professional Career, Salary, Net Worth

While moving towards his career, he had started in 1980 as a reporter. He had worked in its Northeast bureau, based out of New York City.

Then next year, he had named correspondent and the network soon moved him to its Southwest Bureau in Dallas until 1983. Then he landed a job as a foreign correspondent at the CBS London bureau in 1984.

Through this work, he got the opportunity to travel to Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Then he was brought back by CBS News to the United States to become a principal correspondent on a news magazine show called West 57th in 1986.

Subsequently, he had become the first American journalist to be given extensive access and his story won an Emmy in 1990.

In the year 1997, he interviewed a prominent actor  Clint Eastwood about how many children he had.

Likewise, in 2009 he interviewed U.S. President Barack Obama and the prominent actor  Hillary Clinton. Steve Kroft has worked hard in his career and has earned over $16 million as net worth.

There is no information about his salary. As per 2023’s data, he has an estimated net worth of $30 million.

Achievements and Awards

In his career, he has been honored by many of the awards.

He had won several Army journalism awards for his work, a Bronze Star for Meritorious Achievement, the report for the CBS Evening News on the assassination of Indira Gandhi won him an Emmy, won his first Peabody Award in 1992, and the Cuban government’s quarantine policy for people infected with AIDS won Emmy awards in 1994.

Is Steve Kroft involved in any rumors and controversies?

The popular journalist Steve Kroft had suffered from rumors as well as controversy. His recent activities publicized his nasty affair in 60 minutes which turned into rumors and controversy.

Body Measurements

Steve Kroft hasn’t mentioned his body measurement. Except he had mentioned his hair color which is brown-black and his eyes are blue in color.

Is Steve Kroft active on social media?

He has over 1.7k followers on Facebook and 557 followers on Twitter. He is equally involved in these sites regularly.