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Introduction
Naga Munchetty is a prominent English television presenter, newsreader and journalist. She is a regular presenter on BBC Breakfast. She is also a former presenter of BBC World News and BBC Two’s weekday financial affairs program Working Lunch.
Early life
| Name | Naga Munchetty |
| Net Worth | $2 million |
| Occupation | TV presenter, Newsreader, Journalist |
| Age | 48 years |
| Height | 1.70m |
Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah was born on February 25, 1975 (age 48 years) in Streatham, London, England. Her mother, Muthu, is from Tamil Nadu, India and her father is from Mauritius. In 1971, her parents each moved to the Welsh Valleys to study. Her mother was 18 years old and training to be a dentist and her father, a year older, training to be a nurse. Her parents married in London in 1974, without telling their parents until afterward.
Munchetty has one sister, born in 1976. Her early education was at Graveney School in Tooting. She studied English Literature and Language at the University of Leeds, graduating in 1997. Her first job was as a journalist on the City Pages of the London Evening Standard. She also worked on the Business Section of The Observer.
Career
Naga Munchetty’s television career began as a reporter for Reuters Financial Television, after which she worked as a senior producer for CNBC Europe, a business producer and reporter for Channel 4 News and a presenter on Bloomberg Television.
Munchetty joined Working Lunch after the show was revamped in October 2008 and stayed with the programme until it was canceled in July 2010. Munchetty has hosted Radio 4’s Money Box. She also reports from the City for BBC News, gauging the reaction to breaking financial stories such as the Budget, and the Pre-Budget Report.
She has presented early morning bulletins on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News since August 2010. She is a regular presenter on BBC One’s Breakfast. From January 2021, she became the presenter on the 10 am to 1 pm Radio 5 programme on Mondays to Wednesdays replacing Emma Barnett, who moved to Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. She co-hosted The Spending Review – The South Today Debate on BBC One with Sally Taylor in September 2010.
Naga Munchetty also presented Paranormal Investigation: Live on Living on 30–31 October 2010 to celebrate Hallowe’en. Munchetty narrated the BBC documentary Fear and Faith in Paris looking at anti-Semitic attacks in Paris and their impact on the Jewish community of France. She won Celebrity Mastermind, which was broadcast on 2 January 2013.
In June 2016, she replaced Sian Williams as presenter of Sunday Morning Live on BBC One. In 2017, she was replaced by Emma Barnett and Sean Fletcher. On 26 August 2016, Munchetty presented an episode of Newsnight on BBC Two.
She was a contestant on the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, having been paired with Pasha Kovalev, and being voted out in week four (16 October 2016). She co-presented Britain’s Classroom Heroes with Sean Fletcher in October 2017.
In 2017, Munchetty joined the cast of the CBBC sketch show Class Dismissed playing a fictionalized version of herself as a Media Studies teacher who acts like a newsreader. On Boxing Day 2022, Munchetty appeared on the BBC quiz show The Weakest Link. On 8 December 2023 Munchetty was the host for BBC’s Have I Got News for You.
In September 2019, Munchetty was ruled to have breached the BBC’s guidelines by criticizing US President Donald Trump for perceived racism. That July, while presenting BBC Breakfast with Dan Walker, Munchetty took issue with Trump’s comments telling his opponents to “go back” to the “places from which they came”.
Naga Munchetty said: “Every time I have been told, as a woman of color, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism. Now I’m not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean.”
The BBC was criticized for its decision to uphold complaints over Munchetty’s comments. Several public figures, including Lenny Henry and Adrian Lester, signed an open letter asking the corporation to reconsider its ruling against her.
On 30 September 2019, it was reported in The Guardian that the complaint was also made against her co-host Dan Walker but his comments were not the focus of the BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) investigation. Later that day, the Director-General of the BBC Tony Hall overturned the decision after looking into it personally.
She plays jazz trumpet and classical piano. She plays golf, with a handicap of nine in 2015. In October 2012, she won the Hertfordshire de Paula Cup at Bishop’s Stortford Golf Club. She is now a committee member of Moor Park Golf Club, where she presents the annual Charity Golf Day in June.
Husband
Naga Munchetty is married to James Haggar, they had their wedding in 2004. Her husband is an ITV broadcast consultant. She lives in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. She is also a trustee of the local theatre, Watersmeet, and a governor at St Joan of Arc School. Munchetty was diagnosed with adenomyosis in September 2022 and revealed her diagnosis during her BBC Radio 5 Live program in May 2023.
Naga Munchetty net worth
How much is Naga Munchetty worth? Naga Munchetty net worth is estimated at around $2 million. Her main source of income is from her primary work as a television presenter, newsreader and journalist. Her salary per month and other career earnings are over $205,000 annually. Her remarkable achievements have earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and most influential journalists in the UK. She stands at an appealing height of 1.70m and has a good body weight which suits her personality.
