Asha Blake Net Worth, Age And Biography

Asha Blake Net Worth $2.5 million

Asha Blake is a celebrated American journalist who is well known for her five Emmy Award winnings. She started the professional phase of her life by working for NBC and ABC network newscasts and then moved to establish herself in the daytime and entertainment-based talk shows.

Asha also anchors local news at news stations KTLA and KNBC. It has been a long journey for her and she makes sure to give her all to her career which has now become successful, just like she had always dreamed of.

Below, you’ll learn about Asha Blake’s works and accomplishments, and also discover details of her finances, personal life, and many more.

Asha Blake’s Biography

Asha was born in Guyana, South America on August 20, 1961. She is the fourth child out of six children of an education consultant and a teacher.

Unfortunately, at this present time, her parent’s and siblings’ identities are not yet known in the media. Blake was raised in Toronto and in Minnesota as well.

The American journalist attended the University of Minnesota Journalism School from which she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Before that, however, she attended Centennial High School for her secondary education.

Asha Blake’s Career

After she graduated from the University, Asha started her career by making an appearance on TV as the presenter of a local music show in the St Paul area in Minneapolis. Her first big job took her to Mexico where she began to work as a radio anchor with her own music program.

In her career so far, she has served as a solo presenter for national network news programs, anchored syndicated daytime programs, and also co-hosted national talk shows for NBC and ABC.

After spending twenty years successfully working as a television journalist, Asha Blake served as a medical reporter, conducted several live interviews, and also worked in high court cases.

Asha Blake not only co-anchored the program ‘Later Today’ on NBC national news but also handed shows like ‘Worlds News this Morning’, ‘Worlds News Now’, and ‘Good Morning America Sunday’ on ABC.

Blake has also hosted nationally syndicated shows: ‘Life Moments’ and ‘Smart Gardening’ on PBS. She has also been involved with charity organizations, for instance, supporting Race For A Cure, serving as a celebrity ambassador for UNICEF, and working closely with the organization known as Meals on Wheels.

The journalist has also created a website aimed at providing free planning guide to facilitate the organization of pertinent personal information in case of an emergency.

In 2010, Asha Blake opened her own Powerhouse Media Company called “Goldenheart Media” in Los Angeles. It specifically offers premium services such as entertainment program development, branding, media relations, and corporate communications.

Asha’s network hosting positions put her at the forefront of breaking news events and disasters including the death of Princess Diana, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, the Columbine High School Shootings, and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

She has interviewed world leaders including Al Gore and Bill Clinton, Reverend Jesse Jackson and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and business leaders like Ross Perot.

She has also conducted celebrity interviews with big players like Claire Forlani and Denzel Washington. Asha has conducted tons of live interviews, covered many high-profile court cases, and even served as a medical reporter in the earliest days of her career.

Awards & Achievements

Asha is well known for her five Emmy Award winnings. She won such awards for producing, writing, and on-camera reporting. She also produced three television specials that won her team 12 Emmy Award nominations in news.

She has been featured in multiple magazines and newspapers including the likes of InStyle Magazine, Time, Emmy Magazine, Core Business, USA Weekend, Ladies’ Home Journal, and many other reputed media outlets.

Personal Life & Family

Blake has been married to Mark Dusbabek since 1994. The couple has been living together in harmony since they entered into matrimony and there has never been an instance that suggested unrest or problems in their marriage. They are the parents of one child, a daughter named Sasha Rose.

Asha Blake Net Worth

According to our reliable sources, this hard-working and intelligent journalist has a net worth of $2.5 million. This has come from her career as a journalist although a few other ventures including her media company has also contributed to her fortune.

Blake is a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist. Her United States-based career has spanned anchoring NBC and ABC network newscasts, and entertainment-based shows, as well as local news anchoring at news stations KTLA and KNBC.

Having worked at two of the Big 3 Television Networks, she joins the class of pioneering journalist Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters. She is currently the L.A.-based hard news reporter for the syndicated TV news magazine program America Now.

Asha co-hosted the NBC news program “Later Today” and the ABC shows “Good Morning America Sunday”, “World News Now,” and “World News This Morning,” in addition to anchoring ABC’s “World News Tonight” along with Peter Jennings.