Matt Lauer Salary

Lauer revealed that he had extended his contract with NBC News through 2017 during the program on April 5, 2012. The contract reportedly earned Lauer $25 million a year.

Matt Lauer Net Worth

Matt Lauer’s net worth is estimated to be $80 million. This includes his property, funds, and earnings, His job career is his main source of income. Matt has amassed a large wealth from numerous sources of income, yet he likes to live a humble lifestyle.

Matt Lauer Bio

Matt Lauer is an American former television news personality, best known for his work with NBC News. His first major national exposure came while working as the news anchor for The Today Show from 1994 to 1997, following his work as a local news personality for WNBC in New York City. From 1997 until 2017, he co-hosted the NBC Today show after switching from the news desk to the host’s chair. He also frequently contributed to Dateline NBC, an evening news magazine.

Matt Lauer Age

As of 2023, Matt is Lauer is 65 years old. He was born in New York City on December 30, 1957.

Matt Lauer Parents

Matt is the son of Marilyn Lauer, a boutique owner, and Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company executive. Lauer’s father was of Romanian Jewish ancestry, as seen on the Today Show’s Finding Our Roots.

Matt Lauer Education Background

At the age of 39, in 1997, Lauer graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree after attending the school’s Scripps College of Communication, School of Media Arts and Sciences. After being hired as a producer of WOWK-noon TV’s newscast in Huntington, West Virginia, he previously left the same college in the spring of 1979 to start his television career.

Matt Lauer Career Background

Lauer joined NBC in 1992 when he became co-anchor of the early weekday news show Today in New York on the network’s New York flagship station WNBC. After a year, he also took over Sue Simmons‘ position as co-anchor of Live at Five, eventually assuming the position permanently and giving up the morning shift by 1994. Maurice DuBois took over his spot on Today in New York after him. Up until 1996, Lauer continued to host Live at Five.

With NBC News, Lauer would soon have a lot of possibilities thanks to his appearances on camera. From 1992 through 1993, Lauer occasionally filled in for Margaret Larson as the newsreader on The Today Show. This “audition” period allowed him to join The Today Show full-time in January 1994 as a news anchor, while still co-anchoring Today in New York and Live at Five.

Matt Lauer Sexual Misconduct

After a female NBC employee who shall remain nameless claimed that Lauer had sexually harassed her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and that the harassment continued after they returned to New York, NBC News announced on November 29, 2017, that Lauer’s employment had been terminated. 

NBC News chairman Andrew Lack delivered a memo to his workers that included the following: “We received a thorough allegation on Monday night about Matt Lauer’s inappropriate workplace behavior from a coworker. Although there has never been a complaint about his behavior in the more than 20 years he has been at NBC News, there are some indications that this may not have been a one-off occurrence.” A network executive said Lauer would not receive any form of monetary settlement because he was fired “for cause”. His contract had been scheduled to run through the end of 2018.