Jim Sciutto Biography

Jim Sciutto (James Ernest Sciutto) an American news anchor and former government official. He has been the chief national security correspondent for CNN as of September 2013.

He provides analysis on a variety of topics concerning United States national security, including foreign policy, the military, terrorism, as well as the intelligence community. From 2011 to 2013, Jim served as chief of staff to U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

He previously worked as a senior foreign correspondent for ABC News, based in London. Jim is the author of Against Us: The New Face of America’s Enemies in the Muslim World among other books.

Jim Sciutto Age

Jim was born on March 10, 1970, in the United States.

Jim Sciutto Career

Jim starts his career in television as the moderator and the producer of the PBS program The Student Press, a weekly public affairs talk show aimed at college students. Jim was the Hong Kong correspondent for Asia Business News and covered the return of Hong Kong to China in the year 1997. Jim also covered stories in China, Mongolia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, and South Korea.

Jim joined ABC News in the year 1998, working in Chicago before moving to Washington, D.C. to cover the Pentagon. In 2006, he was named Senior Foreign Correspondent, ABC’s lead reporter on foreign stories. Jim has traveled to and covered stories in 50 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, including more than a dozen assignments each in Iraq, Afghanistan, as well as Iran.

Jim was the only American journalist to embed with U.S. Special Forces during the Iraq invasion, to report from inside Myanmar during the government crackdown in the fall of 2007, as well as to file from inside Zimbabwe during the election crisis in April 2008.

Jim was an appointee of the Obama administration, serving as chief of staff as well as senior advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke.

Jim Sciutto Salary

Jim earns an estimated annual salary of around $50,000- $80,000.

Jim Sciutto Net Worth

Jim has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

Jim Sciutto Height and Weight

Jim stands tall at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and has an average body weight.

Jim Sciutto Education

Jim enrolled an finished his high school education at ‘Regis High School’ in New York City. He earned his University degree majoring the Chinese history from the Yale University.

Jim Sciutto Family

Jim was born to Elizabeth Sciutto along with her husband Ernest Sciutto, his father died back in 2007 and was a US Navy veteran.

Jim Sciutto Wife

Jim is married to Gloria Riviera a former ABC News Correspondent and are proud parents of three children: Tristan, Caden, and Sinclair. Both of their latter children were home-delivered. The pair got married in 2006 after meeting 3 years earlier while both of them were on assignment in Baghdad.