Amanda Burden is a Principal at Bloomberg Associates who is better known for being the partner of American television journalist, Charles Rose. According to her biography, she was born on January 18, 1944, which makes Amanda Burden age be 74 s of now. In addition to Bloomberg Associates, she has also garnered experience of serving at the New York City Department of City Planning as its director. From 2002 to 2013, she served at the City Planning Commission under the founder of Bloomberg Associates, Michael Bloomberg. Her role for various social-causes with unconditional contributions has made Amanda receive numerous awards and titles from her professional life. Let’s explore in detail about Burden’s wiki below:
Early Life and Education
The Principal of Bloomberg Associates was born as Amanda Jay Mortimer in 1944 in New York City, New York. She was born to the parents named Grafton Mortimer Jr. (1913–1999) and Babe Paley (1915–1978). Her mother was a socialite whereas her father was an heir to the Standard Oil fortune. She is blessed with a brother named Stanley Grafton Mortimer III. Her parents separated early after which her father married to Kathleen Mortimer (1917–2011) and her mother married to William S. Paley. She has five half-siblings named Kate Cushing Paley, Averell Mortimer, William Cushing Paley, David Mortimer and Jay Mortimer. Her stepsiblings are Jeffrey Paley and Hilary Paley Califano.
Talking about her education, she went to the Westover School in Middlebury, Connecticut to complete her graduation. Later, she enrolled at Wellesley College. She completed her graduation in 1976 from Sarah Lawrence College majoring in Environmental Science. She gained her Master’s degree in Urban Planning by attending Columbia University. Her thesis for the degree about solid-waste management made her win awards.
Career and Professional Life
She started her career by joining the architecture firm Gruzen & Partners. She worked for Project for Public Spaces under the mentor William H. Whyte who is better known as an urbanologist. She served as the President for Planning and Design of the Battery Park City Authority from 1983 to 1990. In 1990, she was the part of New York City Planning Commission after being appointed by Andrew Stein who was New York City Council president. Remaining under Mayor Bloomberg, she worked as Commissioner for eleven years. In 2013, she became the Principal at Bloomberg Associates which was founded by mayor Mayor Bloomberg.
Personal Life
Amanda was married to Shirley Carter Burden Jr. who was a multimillionaire descendant. The couple celebrated their engagement in September of 1963. Their wedding ceremony was organized on June 13, 1964. At that time, Amada was studying at Wellesley College whereas her husband Carter Burden was attending Columbia Law School. From their wedding life, the couple welcomed their first child in 1969 named Flobelle Fairbanks Burden. They became parents to their second child giving birth to a son named S. Carter Burden III. Unfortunately, Amanda and her first husband divorced in 1972.
In 1979, Amanda married Steven J. Ross who was better known for being the head of Warner Communications. They divorced in 1981. Steven J. Ross died in 1992 at the age of 65. She was in the relationship with Charlie Rose from 1993 to 2006 for about thirteen years.
Body Measurements
Despite turning 70’s, Amanda has an attractive personality with a tall height. Her body shape makes her look much younger than her actual age.
Salary and Net worth
Former New York City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden has an estimated net worth of 45 million dollars. She has a standard lifestyle from where we can expect that she is making an impressive amount of money from her career. Her former partner Charles Rose has an estimated net worth of 23 million USD.
Wiki and Facts
One can explore Amanda’s wiki from Wikipedia and other several wiki sites. Her Twitter profile is available@amandamburden where Amanda has amassed more than 4k followers. We became unable to explore her Instagram profile.