Christi Paul Biography

Christi Paul is a popular American journalist, best known as a weekend anchor for CNN’s New day. Further, she also works as a reporter in Headline News. Previously, she worked for NBC affiliate KTVB and ABC affiliate KNXV as a news reporter and weather forecaster.

As of 2019, Christi Paul has an estimated net worth of $1 million and earns an annual salary of $47,000 from her forecasting job. Despite having a successful career, Christi once became a victim of physical violence by her ex-husband Rob Koebel, which finally led her to divorce him. Currently, Paul is living a happy married life with her second husband Peter Paul and has been blessed with three lovely children.

Further, let’s know about this gorgeous reporter, Christi Paul’s Husband, Ex-husband, Married life, Children, Net Worth, Salary, Physical abuse, divorce, and her book ‘Love Isn’t Supposed to Hurt’!

How rich is Christi Paul as of 2019? Know about her net worth, salary, earnings, and personal properties!

This 50-year old, gorgeous journalist, Christi Paul has an estimated net worth of $1 million and her annual salary is expected to be around $47,000. These calculations are based on more than her two-decade professional career. However, Paul’s personal earnings might be more than that, as her career has been growing exponentially.

According to some financial websites, the average reported salary for an anchor in the United States is about $75,000. Hence, it can be said that Paul has a pretty decent income and has earnings similar to her CNN colleagues Natalie Allen and Becky Anderson.

CAPTION: Beautiful Christi Paul currently works for CNN as Headline News anchor
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It has not been officially revealed, but Christi Paul owns several luxury cars. She often posts the pictures of her family, vacationing on different exotic locations. She not only enjoys the fame inside her journalism career but Christi has an enormous fan following across the country.

In addition, Christi has more than 45k Twitter followers, 13.1k Instagram followers, and has been followed by more than 63k people on her Facebook page.

How is Christi Paul’s married life with second husband Peter Paul? Know about her relationship, past marriage!

As of now, Christi Paul is living a happily married life with a handsome man named Peter Paul, whom she started dating back in early 2002.

At the end of 2001, Paul was in Phoenix, due to some personal work and there she met a chemical engineer from Chicago named Peter. In addition, Peter is her second husband, whom she pretty much admires as a loyal person.

On June 21, 2002, the first day of summer, they married on the beach in Kauai, Hawaii and has been blessed with three lovely daughters. Together, the couple has been married for 16 straight years, with no sign of having a divorce.

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Further, in 2012, Paul published a book Love isn’t supposed to hurt, which reflects more of her personal life events. Here is a piece of the book where Christi wrote, how she felt about her second husband!

“He (Peter) was so respectful and kind but tough, I felt safe with him”, she says. “I could never have imagined a happy ending; I’m nothing special; anyone can have a happy ending”.

Despite having ups and downs in her love life, Christi eventually found the right person and seems happier than ever.

Christi Paul abused by her ex-husband! Know what she wrote in her book, Love isn’t supposed to hurt! 

Who would have thought that an award-winning journalist could be an evil-doer? It’s hard to believe, but Rob Koebel, who was also a co-worker to Christi Paul, physically abused her.

Watch how Christi Paul describes her past abusive relationship written in her published book!

After dating for some months, Christi finally agreed to marry him, however, little did she know that Rob’s anger was just the starting of the downfall of their marriage. Paul described the experience in her 2012 book ‘Love isn’t supposed to hurt’, but never mentioned the abuser’s name.

The rage started early from their honeymoon, and soon it turned into verbal as well as physical attacks. In her book, she wrote about her commitment towards Rob, despite him being an abuser. She said:-

“I couldn’t just walk away because it had gotten hard,” she said.“I never went through anything like that,” Paul told Brooke Baldwin. “I was never hit like that. Mine was more verbal, emotional, a little bit of physical, but nothing … I was never knocked out, nothing like that.”

After about four years of staying in denial and taking the peace, Christi finally divorced Rob, in October 2000. His drinking didn’t stop even after the divorce. Struggling with his drinking habit, Rob eventually lost his job after he was arrested and charged with public urination.

CAPTION: Rob Koebel, former CNN anchor arrested after urinating outside an Apple Store
SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk

After the divorce, Christi approached counseling as well as therapy to help her heal. For the general information, in the United States, each year 10 million men and women are physically abused by an intimate partner.

Christi Paul Professional Career

Christi began her career as a news anchor for CNN affiliate KTVK in Phoenix, Arizona. She used to work as an anchor and a consumer reporter at that time. Soon after that, she started working with ABC affiliate KNXV in Phoenix as a news anchor and weathercaster.

So…fun fact you may not know; I’m so short I had to stand on one of the cameraman’s boxes IN my heels…just to make it to @VictorBlackwell eye level! Happy Anniversary to my awesome anchor husband! 5 years & counting! (& what a baby face he had yes?)! pic.twitter.com/0ssDbbGWId

— Christi Paul (@Christi_Paul) January 12, 2019

Moreover, she also served as an anchor, reporter, and producer for NBC affiliate KTVB in Boise, Idaho. Additionally, Christi began her journalism career as a news anchor, editor, photographer, and reporter at WDTV.

Besides this, Christi was also Miss Mansfield, Miss Greater Cleveland in 1991-1992, as well as third runner-up to 1993 Miss Ohio. In April 2003, she started working as a weekend anchor in CNN.

CAPTION: Christi Paul published a book called Love Isn’t Supposed To Hurt in 2012
SOURCE: HuffingtonPost

On June 6, 2007, this veteran anchor performed the national anthem before the Atlanta Braves vs. Florida Marlins game. A couple of years later on February 24, 2009, she again performed the national anthem at the National Hockey League game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Atlanta Thrashers.

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During her tenure in CNN network, she has covered many sensational stories of all time. For her contribution and overwhelming performance, she has been honored by Idaho Press Club.

As of 2019, she works as a weekday news anchor for HLN and weekend anchor for CNN’s New Day.

Christi Paul notable works, Philanthropist and charity programs

Besides journalism, Christi Paul also takes herself as one of the active philanthropists, she has been engaged in several charitable organization and has been organizing different programs regularly.

Watch CNN Christi Paul dances for charity!

Likewise, she is an ambassador of Liz Claiborne’s ‘Love is not abuse’ campaigns which create awareness to the youths about a healthy relationship. Similarly, she is the founding member of ‘Find Our Children‘ which especially works for the people who are missing.

Christi Paul Early Life, Childhood, Parents

Christi Paul was born on January 1, 1969, in Bellevue, Ohio, USA. Talking about her nationality, she is American and her ethnicity is unknown. She grew up in Bellevue, Ohio.

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Moving towards her education, she joined Bellevue High School. Later, Christi completed her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Toledo

• American weather reporter
• Christi Paul
• CNN Headline News
• CNN's New day! anchor
• Love isn't supposed to hurt
• Philantropist