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Introduction
Ginger Zee is an American television personality. She is the chief meteorologist for ABC News, after having been the network’s weekend meteorologist. Zee said she chose to be a meteorologist because “I saw a waterspout on Lake Michigan when I was eight… I was mesmerized. I really thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen.”
Early life
| Name | Ginger Zee |
| Net Worth | $3 million |
| Salary | $550,000+ |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Age | 41 years |
| Height | 1.68m |
Ginger Colonomos whose birth name is Ginger Renee Zuidgeest was born on January 13, 1981 (age 41 years) in Orange, California, United States. She is the daughter of Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft Hemleb and Robert Zuidgeest. The family moved to Michigan before she was 1 year old. At age 21, Zee was diagnosed with narcolepsy.
Zee was named after “Ginger” from Gilligan’s Island by her Dutch father, due to his love of the show. In her extended family, Zee has a stepfather named Carl Craft, and two half-sisters, Adrianna and Elaina Craft.
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Her paternal grandparents are Adriaan Cornelis “Adrian” or “Arie” Zuidgeest and Hillegonda “Hilda” Zuidgeest (née VanderShoor), who both immigrated to the United States from the Netherlands. Zee’s maternal grandfather is George Joseph Hemleb and her grandmother Paula Adeline Wesner.
In 1999, Ginger Zee graduated from Rockford High School in Rockford, Michigan. After that, Zee went on to Valparaiso University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology as well as a major in both mathematics and Spanish. Her goal at graduation was to be a meteorologist on The Today Show by age 30.
Career
After graduating from college, Ginger Zee worked for v arious media outlets such as WEYI-TV in Flint, Michigan, WYIN-TV in Merrillville, Indiana, WLAV-FM and WOOD-TV both in Grand Rapids, Michigan, WBMA-LD ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama as an intern under chief meteorologist James Spann, and WMAQ in Chicago, Illinois, an NBC owned and operated station.
Ginger Zee was once asked to fill in as a guest meteorologist on the weekend edition of The Today Show while working at WMAQ from 2006-2011 and this fulfilled her high school goal. In addition, Zee is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist.
Zee reached national prominence when she joined Good Morning America Weekend on November 12, 2011. Ginger Zee occasionally appears on other ABC programming such as Nightline and ABC World News Tonight.
On December 2, 2013, ABC News announced that Zee would become Chief Meteorologist for Good Morning America and weather editor for ABC News, succeeding Sam Champion, who took a job with The Weather Channel. In 2015, Ginger Zee competed in an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! against Bellamy Young, who won, and Josh Gad.
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Ginger Zee was announced on March 4, 2016, as a celebrity competitor on the 22nd season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. She was paired with professional dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy. The couple finished in third place behind Paige VanZandt in second and Nyle DiMarco in first.
Husband
Ginger Zee is married to Ben Aaron, they had their wedding on June 7, 2014. Her husband is a WNBC personality. In August 2013, Zee became engaged to WNBC personality Benjamin Aaron Colonomos, known as Ben Aaron. Their first child together, a son, named Adrian Benjamin Colonomos, was born in December 2015 in Petoskey, Michigan. On August 14, 2017, she announced on Good Morning America she was pregnant with her second child. In February 2018, she gave birth to another son, Miles Macklin. As of mid-2022, Ginger Zee and her husband Ben Aaron are still married and they live in Manhattan.
Ginger Zee net worth
How much is Ginger Zee worth? Ginger Zee net worth is estimated at around $3 million. Her main source of income is from her career as a television personality. Ginger Zee’s salary per month with other career earnings is over $500,000 annually. She is one of the richest and most influential television personalities in the United States. Her successful career has earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips.