Ari Melber Biography
Ari Melber is an American Anchor/Correspondent working for MSNBC/ FOX 10 News in Chicago, the United States as the chief legal correspondent and host of The Beat with Ari Melber. He joined the station in April 2015. He previously worked as the NBC Legal Analyst for NBC News before coming to MSNBC.
Ari Melber Age / Birthday
Melber was born on March 31, 1980, in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. He is 43 years old as of 2023 and celebrates his birthday on March 31 every year.
Ari Melber Height / Measurements
Melber is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Ari Melber Partner / Wife
Melber manages to keep information regarding whether he is married or not away from the public. However, he was previously married to Drew Grant who is a pop culture reporter at The New York Observer. The couple divorced in the year 2017.
Ari Melber Kids / Children
Melber manages to keep information regarding whether he has any kids away from the limelight. However, we will update this information about his children once it’s available.
Ari Melber Family / Relatives
Melber was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. He is Jewish, the son of an Israeli immigrant. His grandparents were Holocaust survivors. However, he manages to keep information regarding his parents away from the limelight. Additionally, he shares no information regarding whether he has any siblings or not. We will update this information once it’s available.
Ari Melber Education
Melber is a highly educated and qualified man. After attending and graduating from Garfield High School, in Seattle, Washington with a high school diploma in general studies, he joined the University of Michigan where he graduated and received an AB degree in political science.
Ari Melber Career
Melber is a chief legal correspondent for MSNBC and host of The Beat with Ari Melber. The Beat with Ari Melber is a show that premiered on July 24, 2017, and became the “longest-running” show at “MSNBC’s 6 p.m. hour in network history” in 2021, beating “CNN in total viewers” and performing better against Fox News “than any other show before it.”
The Beat was No. 1 at 6 pm in January 2021 in ratings, averaging 2.6 million viewers a night and topping CNN and Fox News. Later in 2022, The Beat doubled CNN’s ratings. According to Forbes, The Beat’s ratings are “MSNBC’s best rating ever for the time slot”. Afterward, in December 2022, The Beat had higher ratings than every show on MSNBC and CNN, making AdWeek’s list of “most watched cable news” shows, while trailing Fox News. The show has been on the air for over 5 years.
In 2020 The Beat was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Interview. Before joining MSNBC Ari worked as an NBC Legal Analyst for
NBC News on The Today Show and NBC programming since 2017. After graduating from college, Melber moved to Washington, D.C., and worked for Senator Maria Cantwell. Later he then joined Senator John Kerry’s presidential campaign, working the Iowa caucus and as California deputy political director.
When Kerry lost, Ari went on to earn a J.D. degree from Cornell Law School and was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. He interned at New York County Defender Services which is a public defender’s office.
From 2009 to 2013 he worked for First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. He also began writing for news outlets like Politico, The Atlantic, The Nation, and Reuters. Later MSNBC took note and asked him to serve as a guest host.
Melber works with FOX 10 News where he serves alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Craig Melvin
- Chris Hayes
- Byron Day
- Chelsey Sayasane
- Lawrence O’Donnell
- Joe Scarborough
- Brendan Kirby
- Eric Reynolds
- Hal Scheurich
- Jose Diaz-Balart
Ari Melber Salary
Melber receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Ari Melber Net Worth
Through Ari’s career as a chief legal correspondent and host, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Ari Melber Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Melber is active on his social media accounts. He has about 124 K followers on his Facebook Page, about 955.5 K followers on his Twitter account, and around 370 K followers on his Instagram account.