Phil LeBeau Biography
Phil LeBeau is an American journalist working at CNBC auto and airline industry as a reporter, based in the network’s Chicago bureau. He is also the editor of CNBC.com’s Behind the Wheel section.
How old is Phil LeBeau? – Age
He has not revealed his date of birth to the public.
Phil LeBeau Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
How tall is Phil LeBeau? – Height
Phil stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Phil LeBeau Career
“Dreamliner: Inside the World’s Most Anticipated Airplane,” “Ford: Rebuilding an American Icon,” “Saving General Motors,” and “Failure to Recall: Investigating GM,” which won a 2014 Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Award, are among the one-hour documentaries LeBeau has reported for the network.
Prior to joining CNBC, LeBeau worked as a media relations specialist for Van Kampen Funds in Oak Brook Terrace, Ill., where he was instrumental in launching a campaign to educate the public and the press about the company’s mutual fund and investment practices. LeBeau held a Series 6 license while at Van Kampen.
He previously worked as a general assignment reporter for the CBS affiliate in Denver, KCNC-TV, and the ABC affiliate in Wichita, Kan. WCCO-TV in Minneapolis hired LeBeau as a field producer, where he wrote, produced, and researched consumer stories. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and broadcasting from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism.
The NBC-affiliated television station WDIV-TV (virtual channel 4) is licensed to Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. The station is the flagship broadcast property of Graham Holdings Company’s Graham Media Group, based in Chicago. On West Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, WDIV-TV maintains studio facilities. As a result, it is the only major television station in the market with offices and studios located within the city limits of Detroit, with the rest of the market’s television stations based in Southfield.
The station is available on cable in standard definition on Comcast Xfinity’s Detroit city system, channel 9 on Xfinity’s South Oakland County system, channel 4 in other suburbs and outlying areas and on AT&T U-verse, and channel 5 on Cogeco’s Windsor system, and in high definition on Xfinity channel 232, Cogeco channel 714, and U-verse channel 1004.