Jane Wells Biography
Jane Wells is a CNBC special reporter stationed in Los Angeles, where she covers stories about strange triumphs, amusing business, and other unique assignments. Prior to joining CNBC, Wells worked as a correspondent for Fox News Channel and as a Los Angeles reporter for NBC’s main television station, WNBC in New York.
Jane Wells Age
Wells was born on 31 March 1961, in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. She is 62 years old as of March 2023.
Jane Wells Education
Wells graduated with honors from the University of Southern California with bachelor’s degrees in broadcast journalism and philosophy.
Jane Wells Husband
Jane is happily married to her husband, and the two live on California’s Central Coast.
Jane Wells Career
Wells contributes to radio stations and writes unusual stories for CNBC.com. A 34-year-old Portland lady who got paid to cuddle people and a college student who built a special beer shelf that made him a millionaire were two recent stories. She has been with CNBC for almost 20 years, covering retail, agribusiness, and defense, as well as news about the California economy, West Coast real estate, and Las Vegas trends. Wells joined CNBC’s “Upfront Tonight” as a senior correspondent. Wells worked as a Fox News Channel journalist and as a Los Angeles reporter for NBC’s main television station, WNBC in New York City.
She later joined CNBC in 1996, where she offered exclusive coverage of the O. J. Simpson civil case for Geraldo Rivera’s “Rivera Live” show. She has worked as a reporter for KTTV in Los Angeles, WTVJ in Miami, and KOB in Albuquerque. She has also appeared in various foreign CNN reports. Wells began her career as a news writer for KTLA in Los Angeles. While working for KTTV, she went into the infamous Watts’ Imperial Courts housing project in 1989 to investigate reports of gangs menacing local residents. After being threatened by a gun-toting gang member, she and her cameraman narrowly fled. The experience was broadcast in order to provide others with an understanding of the daily challenges of inhabitants living in inner-city public housing buildings.
Wells once stated that her most exciting assignment was covering Mother Teresa’s death. She recounts visiting a leprosy colony in India after the death of the Roman Catholic nun. Wells is likely most remembered for his cameo appearance in the “Seinfeld” finale, a cultural phenomenon of the late 1990s. She portrays an on-the-scene reporter having a talk with Rivera about the “Seinfeld Four,” a reference to another story about Seinfeld’s end. “There’s no love lost with that group,” Wells says. Jerry Seinfeld and Elaine Benes appear to have a falling out.
Jane Wells Awards
Wells has won multiple awards for her work, including a Peabody Award and a duPont Award for her role in live coverage of the Rodney King trial in 1992. Her investigative reporting garnered her a Los Angeles Emmy Award the same year. She has also won UPI, Press Club, and Emmy Awards for feature reporting, as well as three Florida Emmy Awards for news reporting and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for team reporting.
Jane Wells Net Worth
Jane has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.