Raj Mathai Biography
Raj Mathai is a television journalist from the United States. He is the primary news anchor for the San Francisco Bay Area’s NBC-owned KNTV. Mathai anchors the newscasts at 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m. for NBC Bay Area KNTV and hosts the series The Interview.
Raj Mathai Age
Raj was born on March 28, 1971, in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is 52 years old as of March 2023.
Raj Mathai Education
Mathai went to Los Altos High School and San Diego State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science in 1993.
Raj Mathai Family
Mathai was born in the Indian state of Kerala. He resided in Mumbai until the age of seven, when he relocated to Palo Alto, California. His father, TJ Mathew, operated periodicals in India in the 1970s, and his uncle, T. J. S. George, created Asiaweek, are both journalists and authors.
Raj Mathai Career
Mathai anchors the newscasts at 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m. for NBC Bay Area KNTV and hosts the series The Interview. The series casts Mathai alongside public figures such as Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and General Colin Powell. Mathai conducted exclusive interviews with John McAfee on his life and legal issues in 2013. Mathai Field headlines KNTV’s breaking news and major event coverage, which includes the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami, the 2019 Gilroy mass shooting, Donald Trump’s 2017 Inauguration, the 2017 Las Vegas atrocity, and the 2016 San Bernardino massacres. He was the anchor of KNTV’s coverage of the Asiana Airlines tragedy at San Francisco International Airport in 2013. He remained on the air for seven hours straight and was the first journalist to interview a crash victim.
Mathai also serves as a moderator for the Commonwealth Club of California and as a guest speaker at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Mathai is a three-time Olympic torch bearer who has covered events in Tokyo, London, Vancouver, Turin, Athens, and Salt Lake City. Mathai worked as a sportscaster for NBC Bay Area from 1998 to 2010. He personally recovered a Pat Burrell home run ball while working as a sportscaster. Pat was unimpressed. When he started at KYMA-DT in 1995, he became the first Indian sportscaster for a network station in the United States. He was employed by NBC stations KNSD in San Diego, KYMA-DT in Yuma, Arizona, and KSEE in Fresno, California.
He carried the Olympic flame in 1996, 2002, and 2008. With Jerry Rice, Nnamdi Asomugha, Jeff Garcia, and Ken Norton Jr., Mathai co-hosted Sports Sunday. From 2008 to 2012, he was a member of the NBC broadcast team for the San Francisco Giants, alongside Jon Miller and Mike Krukow. Mathai worked as a public relations assistant for the San Diego Chargers before becoming a broadcaster. He was also a member of the National Football League’s Super Bowl staff in 1993 and 1994. Mathai is on the Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony and the Asian Pacific Fund.
Raj Mathai Awards
Mathai has a 12-time Emmy Award for his coverage of the London Olympics, including regional Emmys for “Best On-Camera Talent” in 2016 and 2015, “Breaking News” in 2016 and 2013, Dwight Clark Documentary in 2018, and “Outstanding Cultural Program” in 2012. In addition, he received regional Emmys for sports coverage in 2011, 2002, and 1998.
Raj Mathai Net Worth
Mathai has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.