Cyril Vanier Biography
Cyril Vanier is an American journalist working anchor for CNN International based in the network’s London bureau. He joined the station in September 2016.
How old is Cyril Vanier? – Age
Cyril is 38 years old as of 2021. He was born in the year 1983 in the United States of America.
Cyril Vanier Family
Cyril is the son of Christopher Ralph Vanier. Christopher Ralph Vanier, the 1959 Leeward Islands Scholarship winner, is Vanier’s father. His father is a published author. He wrote the book Caribbean Chemistry-Tales from St. Kitts, which chronicles his childhood in St. Kitts in the 1940s and 1950s.
Cyril Vanier Wife
Vanier is in a relationship with Linda Vanier at the moment.
Cyril Vanier Net Worth
Cyril has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
Cyril Vanier Education
Vanier holds a master’s degree in journalism and political science from the Institute of Political Science in Paris, as well as a bachelor’s degree in law and business from the University of Warwick in England.
Cyril Vanier Career
For CNN International and CNN/US, Vanier has anchored a number of major breaking news events, including the Russia investigation, airstrikes in Syria, the terror attack in Trèbes, France, multiple missile tests in North Korea, and Fidel Castro’s death.
Vanier has also covered many stories on the ground, including Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, President Emmanuel Macron’s election and President Trump’s visit for Bastille Day in Paris, the Queen’s speech in London, the Oxfam prostitution scandal in Haiti, and Macron’s state visit to the White House in Washington, D.C.
Vanier spent ten years at France 24 as an executive producer, anchor, and international correspondent before joining CNN. He covered major international stories there, from terror attacks in Europe and Africa to Middle Eastern conflicts. Vanier also wrote and hosted The News, The F24 Interview, and The Debate, three of France 24’s most popular shows.
Vanier also covered the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns and elections in the United States, the 2012 French presidential election, the Arab uprisings in 2011, the Afghan War, and Radovan Karadzic’s war crimes trial at The Hague.
In 2011, Vanier was nominated for several awards for his coverage of the Libyan uprising, including the Albert Londres Award, the Bayeux War Correspondents Award, and the FIGRA Award. Vanier worked as a producer for CNN’s Paris-based correspondent Jim Bittermann and wrote and voiced stories for Reuters’ weekly TV show Africa Journal before joining France 24 in 2006.