Julia Boorstin Biography
Julia Boorstin is an American journalist working as the senior media and entertainment correspondent for CNBC, based in Los Angeles. She focuses on the intersection of media and technology in her coverage of the media.
Boorstin also contributes to CNBC’s bicoastal tech show “TechCheck,” where he provides reporting, analysis, and interviews on topics such as streaming, social media, and the convergence of media and technology. She began her career at CNBC in May 2006 as a general assignment reporter before moving to Los Angeles in 2007 to cover the media.
How old is Julia Boorstin? – Age
Julia is 41 years old as of December 4, 2020. She was born in 1978, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Julia Boorstin Family
Before Boorstin was born, her mother Sharon Boorstin, who is an author from Seattle, worked as an English teacher, and her father was from Chicago. Her father is a producer and a writer for television documentaries, while her mother is an author.
Julia Boorstin Husband
She is married to William Couper Samuelson, the President of Feature Films at Blumhouse Productions in Santa Monica, California. The couple met at the Sundance Film Festival and married in December 2007 at Il Cielo, a restaurant in Beverly Hills, California.
Julia Boorstin Education
She earned a B.A. in history with honors from Princeton University. She was also a member of The Daily Princetonian’s editorial board.
Julia Boorstin Salary
Boorstin earns an annual salary of $680,000.
Julia Boorstin Career
Boorstin founded and launched the CNBC Disruptor 50 in 2013, an annual list she oversees that highlights private companies that are disrupting the economy and posing a threat to established industries. She also reported for the network on “Stay Tuned…The Future of TV,” a documentary about the future of television. She also helped launch CNBC’s ‘Closing the Gap’ initiative, which focuses on people and companies working to close gender gaps, and she oversees CNBC’s coverage of research on the subject. She is currently working on a book about female founders, which will be published by Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader imprint in Spring 2022.
Since 2000, Boorstin has worked as a business writer and reporter for Fortune magazine. During that time, she was also a contributor to CNN Headline News’ “Street Life,” a live market wrap-up segment. Boorstin was named to The Journalist and Financial Reporting newsletter’s “TJFR 30 under 30” list of the most promising business journalists under 30 years old in 2003, 2004 and 2006. She has also worked for Vice President Al Gore’s domestic policy office and the State Department’s delegation to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
