Peter Bergen Biography and Wiki
Peter Bergen is an American journalist, author, and producer who serves as the national security analyst as well as New America’s vice president at CNN. In 1997, he produced and aired the first television interview with Osama bin Laden on CNN.
Bergen is the Vice President of Global Studies and Fellows at New America, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. He is also the Director of New America’s International Security and Future of War Programs. Bergen has been with CNN since 1990, serving as an analyst, correspondent, and producer.
Since 2001, he has served as a fellow, director, and vice president at New America. Between 2003 and 2011, he was a fellow at New York University’s Center on Law and Security. He was also a contributing editor at The New Republic for many years, as well as the editor of the South Asia Channel and South Asia Daily, both online publications of Foreign Policy magazine, from 2009 to 2016.
Bergen has worked for the National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, HBO, Showtime, and CNN Films as a correspondent and producer. He co-produced the National Geographic Channel documentary American War Generals with Tresha Mabile (2014).
Peter Bergen Age
Bergen is 59 years old as of 2021, he was born on December 11, 1962, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Peter Bergen Height and Weight
Bergen stands at an average height and moderate weight. He appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos, relative to His surroundings, are anything to go by.
Peter Bergen Family
Bergen was born to Donald Thomas Bergen and Sarah Elizabeth Begen. However, he has not disclosed any further information on his family or his siblings. He attended Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire. He graduated with a degree in modern history from New College Oxford.
Peter Bergen Wife | Married
Bergen is married to his loving wife, Tresha Mabile. In their marriage, Peter and his wife have been blessed with one child named Pierre Timothy Bergen.
Peter Bergen Salary
Bergen receives an annual salary of $500,000 from his career as a news journalist. He has an estimated net worth of $40 million as of 2022.
Peter Bergen Books
- Holy War
- The Osama bin Laden I Know
- The Longest War
- Manhunt
- United States of Jihad
