Dan Simon Biography
Dan Simon is a CNN correspondent in San Francisco. Since joining the network in 2005, he has covered a wide range of stories for the network, including Hurricane Katrina, the historic 2008 Presidential election, Steve Jobs’ death, the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, Asiana Flight 214 (crash in San Francisco), and the global Ebola epidemic.
How old is Dan Simon? – Age
He was born in San Fransisco, California in the United States.
Dan Simon Height
He is stands 5 feet 8 inches(1.77 m).
Dan Simon Net Worth
Simon has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Dan Simon Education
Simon holds a Bachelor of Arts in American history from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dan Simon Career
He has also provided in-depth coverage for the network on a variety of important issues, including a series of stories for Anderson Cooper 360 on the so-called Lost Boys, young men abandoned by their families in Utah and Arizona for not adhering to the strict tenets of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He has also filed numerous reports on same-sex marriage and the landmark Prop. 8 case in California.
Simon also provides technical coverage for the network due to his proximity to Silicon Valley. He covered Uber when the San Francisco company was just getting started with a couple of drivers. He’s spoken with industry titans like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Simon worked as a Los Angeles-based correspondent and producer for Warner Brothers’ Celebrity Justice before joining CNN. His coverage of high-profile court cases involving Michael Jackson, Robert Blake, and Kobe Bryant landed him on CNN, FOX News, NBC’s The Today Show, and the nationally syndicated Dr. Phil. Simon also worked as a reporter for KSAZ in Phoenix, where he won seven local Emmys and a first-place Associated Press award for his investigative reporting. Simon previously worked as a reporter for WWL-TV in New Orleans, as well as KMTV-TV and KPTM-TV in Omaha, Nebraska.