Kayla Tausche is an American personality and a journalist by profession. From 2011 to 2023, she worked for CNBC, and later, she joined CNN as a senior White House correspondent based in Washington, DC. Her complete name is Kayla McCall Tausche.
Kayla Tausche Net Worth
When Kayla Tausche joined CNBC, she began working and reporting for their banking department and later started covering election nights in the USA in 2020. She urges youngsters to create a network to become the best journalists in the industry. Surely, she is getting the best salary per her work and reporting style.
Many sources claim that Kayla Tausche has a fortune worth $3.5 million. Also, an anchor working for CNN earns an average of $700K to $800K annually.
Net Worth: | $3.5 Million |
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Real Name: | Kayla Tausche |
Birth Date: | July 17, 1986 |
Age (as of 2024): | 38 Years |
Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
Height: | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Husband: | Jeffrey Jacob Izant |
Early Life
Kayla Tausche was born on 17th July 1986, making her 38 years old as of 2024. She was raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended Greater Atlanta Christian School in 2004. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a degree in business journalism and international politics in 2008.
She had a research for an international newspaper covering the news of the handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule. She analysed the newspaper and submitted her research. Eventually, she was honoured for the same. Kayla Tausche was also a member of the cheerleading team while studying at the University of North Carolina.
Career
Kayla began working for the Associated Press in their Brussels bureau while studying in college. After completing her college degree, she began working for Bloomberg L.P. and covering consumer and retail news. Kayla Tausche then joined Mergermarket and started working for their DealReporter unit, where she would work as a frequent guest on channels like “CNBC” and “CNBC World” discussing mergers and acquisitions. She has also written many news-based articles for CNBC.
At DealReporter, Kayla became a reporter for the channels and was promoted to assistant editor, handling a team of 10 journalists. While a reporter, she would interview celebrities and big-naming personalities, including senior investment bankers, corporate lenders and C-level executives. When she became assistant editor, she would report to European clients. She worked at DealReporter for two years and six months. From January 2011 to January 2021 (12 years and six months), she worked for CNBC.
There, she was hired as a correspondent based in the Greater New York Area, getting promoted to co-anchor, then anchor and Washington Correspondent, and finally spending the last two years as anchor and White House Correspondent. As a white house correspondent, Kayla would probably report on Joe Biden’s administration and the related news coverage. Since July 2023, she has worked for CNN as a Senior White House Correspondent based in Washington, DC.
Personal Life
Kayla has been married since April 2015. She is married to Jeffrey Jacob Izant, and they both walked down the aisle on 11th April 2015. Her husband, Izant, works in the law industry. Kayla spares time for her family and runs marathons. Tausche is also an active member of the University of North Carolina alum board in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Chapel Hill School.
Kayla and Jacob Izant have given birth to three daughters. The daughters are named Margaret McCall Izant [also nicknamed Maisie, born on 8th November 2023], Catherine Clancy Izant [also nicknamed CeCe and is six years old as of 2024], and Grace Lincoln Izant [who is three years old as of 2024].
Social Media
Kayla Tausche is available on LinkedIn, with 500+ connections and 5,914 followers. She is verified on Instagram with the handle name – kaylatausche. She has 14.4K followers, 2,196 following members, and 1,158 posts. She has uploaded every kind of post on Instagram, including videos of her studio while reporting for the news, with family, including her husband and three children and marriage pictures on their anniversary.
She doesn’t stay highly active on Facebook; her last post was in November 2013. She goes by the handle name on Twitter -Kayla Tausche [@kaylatausche], which she joined in April 2009. There, she has 103.8K followers and 5,362 following members.