Geraldo Rivera is a well-known journalist, Attorney as well as a host of the top-rated American talk show. He was born on July 4, 1943, in the Brooklyn area of New York, United States. Currently, the man is 77 years old and has attained massive success in his life. We can say that he is an all-rounder man who has given his level best in any of the professions he decided to enter. This is what makes this personality unique, and it is absolutely an actual thing that he is also a motivation for many youngsters from the different regions of the world.

Early life

Geraldo has always been a polite and kind personality from his childhood times. The father of Geraldo was working as the cab driver while her mother was a restaurant worker. He is having three siblings named Irene, Craig, and Sharon. If we talk about education, he has pursued his graduation from West Babylon High School. Afterward, he attended the University of Arizona for earning a BS degree in business administration. He got his JD from the Brooklyn Law School in 1969. Even the sources revealed that he attended the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University for further education.

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Career beginning 

Geraldo’s career in the legal field commenced in Manhattan. He served for the different organizations, which mainly included Community Action for Legal Services, National Lawyers Guild, and Young Lords. He attained some success in the beginning when his potential of working got the attention of famous new reporter AI Primo. He was only the one who assisted him in getting a fully secured job with ABC. In 1970, he was appointed by Eyewitness News as a reporter for WABC-TV. Geraldo also served as co-host and reporter for Good Morning America for several years, i.e. 1973- 1977.

In the year 1987, he got premiered in a daytime talk show entitled ‘Geraldo’. This talk show gave him a fantastic response as the show continued for almost 11 years until 1998. He then joined season 14 of The Celebrity Apprentice and several other television shows such as Baywatch and Phineas and Ferb.

If we discuss the author profession of Geraldo, his first publication was Willowbrook which was published in 1972 by the Vintage books. He published his own biography entitled Exposing Myself in 1992, which was liked by a wide range of public. The artist won a lot of awards for his performance in different fields. Some of his top-rated awards include Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards and the George Foster Peabody award.

Personal life

If we talk about the personal life of Geraldo, he has married five times in his lifetime till the present time. But Four marriages broke as he got separated from his wives. In 2003, he met his 5th wife named Michelle Levy. He has five children named Cruz. Gabriel, Simone, Solita, and Isabella, and he is currently living a pleased life with all of them.

Net worth

 The net worth of Geraldo Rivera is estimated at $15 million at the present time.