Rudi Bakhtiar Biography
Rudi Bakhtiar is an Iranian-American television producer and journalist. In Washington, D.C., she works as a producer for Reuters. She is best known for her work as an anchor on CNN Headline News Tonight, Anderson Cooper 360, Voice of America, and Reuters News.
Rudi Bakhtiar Age
She was born Rudabeh Bakhtiar on 21 June 1966, in Fresno, California, United States of America. Rudi is 57 years old as of June 2023.
Rudi Bakhtiar Height
Rudi stands at the height of 5 ft 0 in ( Approx 1.52m).
Rudi Bakhtiar Education
She studied biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1990, intending to become a dentist. She was accepted to New York University Dental School, but she had reservations about attending. She also studied architecture at the Harvard School of Design’s Career Discovery Programme.
Rudi Bakhtiar Family
Bakhtiar was born Rudabeh Carleen Bakhtiar, in Fresno, California, to Iranian immigrants of Bakhtiari ancestry. Her father died in 2005 from oropharyngeal cancer. Bakhtiar has two younger siblings: a brother and a sister.
Rudi Bakhtiar Career
Bakhtiar joined CNN in 1996 and held a variety of positions during her nine-year tenure, including anchoring CNN Headline News Tonight on the CNN Headline News network. She has worked as a dedicated correspondent for Anderson Cooper 360 and co-anchored CNN’s Emmy-nominated CNN Newsroom. She has reported from a variety of European, African, and Middle Eastern countries, including Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Iran, Israel, and Palestine. She also hosted CNN’s Headline News coverage of the September 11th attacks. After nearly ten years in cable news, she left to care for her dying father. Bakhtiar joined Fox News Channel as a general correspondent, covering major international news stories such as the summit between Ahmadinejad and al-Maliki.
Bakhtiar changed careers in 2008 to become the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans’ first public relations director, an organisation dedicated to creating an inclusive and representative voice for Iranian Americans in the public and political arena. She created minidocumentaries called “Profiles of Iranian Americans” there, which focused on the lives of successful Iranian Americans. She also created and produced the organization’s signature star-studded community event, “Passing the Torch of Success,” before being fired for her strong stance on Iran’s human rights violations.
Bakhtiar changed careers in 2008 to become the first public relations director for the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, an organisation dedicated to creating an inclusive and representative voice for Iranian Americans in the public and political arena. There, she made minidocumentaries called “Profiles of Iranian Americans” about the lives of successful Iranian Americans. She also created and produced the organization’s signature star-studded community event, “Passing the Torch of Success,” before being fired for speaking out against Iran’s human rights violations.
Rudi Bakhtiar Awards
Bakhtiar was awarded the Iranian American Republican Council Achievement Award in 2002 for outstanding achievements, excellence, and accomplishments in the Iranian American community.[Citation required] From January to August of that year, she was ninth in the top 20 TV news personalities with the most searches on Lycos. Bakhtiar served as master of ceremonies for the Iranian American Technology Council Gala on December 4, 2003, in Washington, D.C. On May 21, 2005, Bakhtiar served as master of ceremonies for Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize lecture at the University of California, Irvine.
Rudi Bakhtiar Net Worth
Rudi has an estimated net worth of 800 thousand dollars.