Emily Gimmel Biography
Emily Gimmel is an American journalist, entrepreneur, businesswoman, and TV personality. Gimmel began his internship at WDRB-TV when he was 15 years old. At seventeen, she began reporting on teen issues for WAVE-TV. Simultaneously, she began conducting a daily radio show for 98.9 Kiss FM. In her final year of high school, she became the state’s first CNN Student News Bureau credentialed reporter.
Age
Emily was born on 17 May 1984 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. She id 40 years old as of May 2024.
Education
She first learned about television broadcasting at her high school, Sacred Heart Academy. Emily attended the University of Kentucky, majoring in broadcast journalism.
Family
Robert Gimmel, Emily Gimmel’s great-grandfather, founded Atlas Machine and Supply, Inc. in 1907 as a business that sold and repaired industrial machinery. The multimillion-dollar business, which now employs over 200 people across seven sites, is currently led by her father Rich.
Career
She was hired as the daily morning features reporter for WKYT-TV, the CBS station in Lexington, Kentucky, two weeks prior to the start of her first Freshman class. In addition, she worked as a weekend pit reporter for The Speed Channel, hosted a weekly radio program on HOT 102.5 in Lexington, and presented the music program Louisville Live. Emily relocated to Indianapolis to work as an entertainment reporter for ABC station WRTV Channel 6 after graduating from college and working at WKYT. Her assignments included interviews with celebrities, coverage of the Indianapolis 500, the Indianapolis Colts, and pieces about Hoosier state lifestyles. She also wrote for The Indianapolis Star and the Big Ten Network.
Along with her brother Richie, Emily is the fourth generation to carry on her family’s business, Atlas Machine and Supply, Inc. She established Graceship, an online retailer of women’s laptop bags, in Louisville in 2011. The three styles of the eco-friendly bags—London, New York City, and Chicago—reflect the respective styles of the cities after which they are named. An up to 15.4″ laptop or tablet can fit inside each bag. Gimmel in Southern Belles: Louisville with her ensemble. She traveled to Las Vegas in 2008 to cover the World Series of Poker and create video content for PokerNews, a global gambling network. Following the series, Emily was named host, editor, and producer of Greenspun Media Group’s next multimedia internet TV program, 702.tv.
On the television documentary Southern Belles: Louisville, which aired from May 21 to July 29, 2009, Gimmel was the youngest cast member. She filed a complaint in 2011 alleging that pictures she saw on Is Anyone Up? weren’t of her. She became a member of the board of directors of Seven Counties Services, a mental health center located in Kentucky, in June 2014.
Awards
- 2006: Named one of Lexington’s most eligible bachelorettes.
- 2009: Named one of the “Top 30 Under 30” most influential young professionals in Las Vegas award list.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 7 million dollars.