Who Is Carley Shimkus? Everything To Know About Her

With an ever-present smile glued to her beautiful face, Carley Shimkus is an American news anchor and reporter who is widely admired for her reporting skills and smooth carriage. Over the years, she has held TV viewers spellbound with her aura and many excited fans have often claimed that she has the most alluring voice and the most beautiful face on TV.

Shimkus now works with one of the most prestigious and highly ranked TV channels in the USA, but how did she get there? We have gathered some details about the life of this woman fo your reading pleasure. Find out below.

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Carley Shimkus’ Early Years

Carley Shimkus was born on the 7th day of November in the year 1986. The news anchor was born in Long Valley, a community in Morris County, New Jersey, USA. It was also here that she grew up with her family.

Shimkus was born to a father identified as Edward Shimkus and a mother whose name has been revealed to be Zulma Shimkus. Her father works as a chemist and her mother was a flight attendant.

She has multi-ethnic roots

Carley Shimkus is clearly an American woman but she also has Puerto Rican and Lithuanian roots. This is because her mother is originally from Puerto Rico and her father is from Lithuania. Our sources have revealed that Shimkus has an older sister identified as Margot Shimkus. The sisters are quite fond of each other at the moment.

Details about where she had her elementary education are quite scarce, however, we know that Carley Shimkus attended West Morris Central High School in Chester, New Jersey. After she graduated from there, she proceeded to attend Quinnipiac University from where she graduated with a B.A. in broadcast journalism.

Her Journey Through The World Of Journalism

While in the university, she interned at Fox News in Washington D.C. during her senior year. She made a good impression at the news channel such that after she graduated, she returned and began working at the prestigious TV channel as a news producer in 2009.

Carley Shimkus hit the ground running and within a few years, she was promoted to the position of associate producer with the FOX Business Network in 2012. With FOX Business Network, Carley worked for Imus in the Morning, a radio show. A while later, she moved to the on-air side of the business.

The journalist now serves as headlines reporter for Fox & Friends and Fox & Friends First. She also serves as a co-host on Fox Nation with Rob Schmitt.

Is Carley Shimkus A Married Woman?

Carley Shimkus is a happily married woman at the moment. She is married to a man called Peter Buchignani. According to our sources, Shimkus and Buchignani first met on her 23rd birthday and remained just friends at first. However, after some time, they took their friendship to another level and started dating in 2013.

Two years later in 2015, Shimkus who was working as an associate producer at Imus in the Morning at the time, announced that she was engaged to Buchignani live on the radio show. Eventually, Shimkus and Buchignani tied the knot as husband and wife on August 8, 2015.

Shimkus and her husband are very fond of each other and her social media pages are filled with photos of them together.

Does She Have Any Children?

At the moment, there are records to show that Carley Shimkus and her husband have any children together. The husband and wife are however very committed to their individual careers and are actually based in different cities to focus on their work. This means that they actually maintain a long-distance relationship.

Shimkus’ job with Fox News is based in New York City while her husband, Buchignani, on the other hand, spends most of his time in Chicago where he works.

How Rich Is Carley Shimkus?

Apparently, Carley Shimkus has made quite some money so far as a journalist. Having spent more than a decade at Fox News, it is expected that she has raked in good money for her work over the years.

At the moment, her net worth has been revealed to be about $1 million by different sources and it is expected that this figure will rise with time.