Quick Facts Laura Ingraham

  • NameLaura Ingraham
  • Father James Frederick Ingraham III
  • ProfessionHost
  • Net Worth$45 million
  • EducationGlastonbury high School, Dartmouth College, University of Virginia School of Law
  • MotherAnne Caroline

Laura Ingraham, an American radio talk show host was born on June 19, 1963. She is also the best-selling author and a conservative political commentator. she is the host of the talk show “The Laura Ingraham Show”. She is one of the popular radio hosts in the United States. Her show is broadcasted all over the United States.

EARLY YEARS & CAREER

Laura spent her childhood in Glastonbury, Connecticut. she was born in a middle-class family. Her father’s name is James Frederick Ingraham III and her mother is Anne Caroline. She completed her graduation from Glastonbury high School in 1981. In 1985, she completed her Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and from University of Virginia School of Law in 1991, she earned a Juris Doctor. While she was undergraduate in Dartmouth, she became a staff member of the independent conservative newspaper called “The Dartmouth Review”. Later in her senior year, she became newspaper’s editor-in-chief. She was the first female editor of that newspaper.

She used to write controversial articles, due to which she was sued for $2.4million by the Dartmouth music professor Bill cole. Since she didn’t have that much money to pay for the suit, the college paid for her. Later in 1985, the suit was settled. She wrote the article which was against the homosexuality. Later in 1997, Ingraham wrote an essay stating that she had changed her opinion on homosexuality. her view was changed after witnessing the fidelity, dignity, and courage of her gay brother Curtis. Curtis and his companion were coped with AIDS.

She had worked in the Ronald Reagan administration for the Domestic Policy Advisor as a speechwriter in 1980. After the completion of her study in law school in 1991, Ingraham worked as a law clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York for the Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr. After that, she worked in many law offices.

Later she worked in two stints as a cable television host. In 1990, she got the opportunity to become a commentator for CBS and she hosted the MSNBC program called “Watch It!”. In April 2001, she launched her own program “The Laura Ingraham Show” which was aired on 306 stations and also on XM Satellite Radio. Later sin 2004, she moved to Talk Radio Network.In 2008, her dream came true, when she was given a three-week trial run by the Fox News Channel for a new show “Just In”. Now she is the official guest host of “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News Channel.

She is a very popular host and is loved from the listeners of the program. she is very hard working person. That is the reason she respected very much by her coworkers. She was rated No. 5 radio show in America, by Talkers Magazine in 2012.

PERSONAL LIFE

Talking about her personal life and marriage, she had a boyfriend Dinesh D’Souza. the couple got engaged and were planning for their marriage. But unfortunately, they split up after a few months of their engagement. Later she started dating Robert Torricelli. Their relationship also didn’t last long. She was seen together with James V. Reyes in 2005. They were having a good time with each other and were planning for engagement. but their engagement was canceled because she had to go through surgery of her breast cancer. According to the source, it has been revealed that she has a net worth of $45 million.

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