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What is Poppy Harlow’s Net Worth?
Poppy Harlow, the American journalist, has a net worth of $8 million. She is best known for hosting “CNN This Morning” and has previously worked for CBS MarketWatch and NY1 News. Harlow joined the Forbes.com Video Network in 2007 before becoming a CNN correspondent in 2012. She has also worked as an anchor and reporter for CNN, HLN, and CNN International.
Early Life and Education
Poppy Harlow was born on May 2, 1982 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended The Blake School and graduated in 2001. Harlow then went on to attend Columbia University where she graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies.
Harlow’s father, James Lee Harlow, worked as an attorney and passed away when she was 15 years old. She was given the name Katharine Julia Harlow at birth but earned the nickname “Poppy” as a child, which stuck throughout her life.
Poppy Harlow’s Career Highlights
Harlow interned at CBS while in college and continued working for CBS MarketWatch after graduating. She then worked for CBS Newspath as an assistant producer and later became an anchor and reporter for NY1 News Local Edition. In 2007, she joined Forbes.com Video Network to cover fashion, entertainment, and business. The following year, she joined CNN as the anchor for CNNMoney.com and won multiple awards for her work.
However, in 2013, Harlow faced controversy when she seemed to express sympathy for two high school football players convicted of rape. A petition requesting that CNN apologize for this behavior was signed by over 250,000 people within two days of Harlow’s report.
In 2015, Harlow passed out briefly while live on the air, but both she and her unborn daughter were reported to be well after being examined at a hospital. She continued her work and, in 2017, became the co-anchor of “CNN Newsroom” with Jim Sciutto. In 2022, she was announced as one of the co-anchors of the new CNN morning show, “CNN This Morning,” alongside Don Lemon and Kaitlan Collins.
Personal Life and Education
Poppy Harlow is married to Sinisa Babcic and they have two children together. She gave birth to a daughter in April 2016 and a son in February 2018. Harlow returned to school later in life and completed a Master of Studies of Law program at Yale Law School in 2022. That same year, she was awarded a John Jay Award from Columbia College, her alma mater.
