Claire Shipman Biography
Claire Shipman is a television journalist, novelist, and public speaker from the United States. Previously served as ABC’s Good Morning America’s senior national reporter.
Claire Shipman Age
Claire was born on October 4, 1962, in Washington, D.C. United States of America. She is 60 years old as of October 2023.
Claire Shipman Education
She graduated from Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio, in 1980. She later graduated from Columbia College in 1986 and has a master’s degree from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Claire Shipman Family- Parents
Shipman was born and raised in Washington, D.C., to the late Christie (Armstrong) and Morgan Enlow Shipman, Professor of Law at The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law.
Claire Shipman Married- Husband
Claire is married to Jay Carney, former White House Press Secretary under President Barack Obama. She was married to Steve Hurst, the former CNN Moscow bureau head. She and her second husband, Jay Carney, have two children.
Claire Shipman Career
Shipman is a public speaker, novelist, and journalist. She is the author of three New York Times bestsellers: The Confidence Code, The Confidence Code for Girls, and Womenomics. Katty Kay of the BBC was her co-author on all three. Shipman worked for ABC News for 15 years, covering everything from politics to international events to social issues. Before joining ABC, she worked for NBC News, where she covered the White House and the Clinton administration. Shipman also worked for CNN for a decade, where she covered the White House, and for five years in Moscow, where she documented the fall of the Soviet Union. She has won multiple honors for her reporting, including the Peabody, the DuPont, and the Emmy.
Womenomics, a book written by Shipman and BBC World News America correspondent Katty Kay that explores the redefinition of success for working women based on recent trends in the value of women to the business world, was published on June 2, 2009, by HarperCollins. Claire Shipman was named a Holistic Wealth Trailblazer in March 2022 by the Institute on Holistic Wealth, founded by best-selling author Keisha Blair, as part of the celebration of the publishing of Keisha Blair’s book Holistic Wealth Expanded and Updated. Shipman got a Peabody Award and the “Defender of a Free Russia” medal for her coverage of the 1991 Soviet coup and subsequent disintegration of the Soviet Union.
Claire Shipman’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars.