Matt Gutman AKA Matthew A. Gutman is an American journalist, television personality and a news reporter. He is most noted for appearing in the ABC wildlife program Sea Rescue as a host which airs on weekly basis. In addition to Sea Rescue, he is recognized for appearing on other various ABC News programs including Good Morning America and Nightline. According to Gutman’s biography, he was born on December 5, 1977, which makes her age be 41 years old as of 2018. He is active on the industry since the rise of 2000’s era and it’s about two decades about his contribution to the industry. Let’s explore in detail about television journalist Gutman’s wiki below:
Early Life and Education
The American host was born as Matthew A. Gutman in 1977 and his place of birth is in Westfield, New Jersey, the United States. Therefore he is American by nationality and as far as Matt’s ethnicity is concerned, he belongs to the North American white ethnicity background. He was born to the parents named Paul J. Gutman (father) and Sharon Gutman (mother). He spent his childhood days in Westfield, New Jersey where he grew up with his elder sister named Rachel Gutman.
Regarding his education, Matt went to Newark Academy during which he was named as the scholar-athlete football player. He was interested in sports from his early age but was unable to continue his athletic career after switching his interest to journalism. In 2000, he completed his graduation by receiving a bachelor’s degree by attending Williams College.
Career and Professional Life
Matt is a professional journalist, reporter and a television host. He pursued his journalism career just after completing his graduation in 2000. Initially, he started his career by working as a Jerusalem-based broadcast journalist. In 2008, he joined ABC News and has appeared into many of the news programs while he was stationed at Miami, Florida.
Matt has been serving the 30-minute show Sea Rescue since 2014. The program is aired by ABC Network. He grabbed the opportunity to host the show after weather anchor Sam Champion quit his job in the show. For the investigation and depth reporting of the 17-year-old African American Trayvon Benjamin Martin’s shoot case, the ABC News was able to be honored with the National Association of Black Journalists award.
Mat is also widely recognized for appearing in the popular the TV program ABC News Nightline as a correspondent from 2013 to 2014. He was also seen in Investigation Discovery’s TV program 20/20 on ID for four years until 2016. Besides that, matt is considered for contributing at various programs including ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, Good Morning America and Weekend Edition.
Talking about his reporter career, he is known for reporting 2008 Presidential election in the United States. He has also worked as a reporter for 2008 Olympics held in China and also for the 2010 Haiti’s earthquake whose epicenter was near the town of Léogâne causing 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
Personal Life
Is Matt Gutman a gay? This was the rumor that creates confusion as the news came that his writings were based on homosexuality issues and gay culture. However, the rumor is not true as Matt’s sexual orientation is straight. In fact, he is a married person. Matt tries his best to keep his personal; details secret and therefore rarely talks and updates his personal profile. Some of the wiki sites have mentioned that Matt Gutman’s wife name is Daphna. The couple dated for a long time and finally got married on 18 May 2007. We can explore some of the pictures of the couple on their social networking accounts. From their love life, the duo is blessed with two children including a son and a daughter named Ben and Libby Gutman. The couple shared a picture where they seem to be celebrating their tenth year anniversary in 2017. The sweet and complete family of four currently lives in Miami, Florida.
Body Measurements
Talking about Matt’s body measurements, no information regarding his height, weight and other statistics has been disclosed. Looking at him, we can assume that Matt height is above 5 feet and 7 inches. It seems like Gutman has made some weight loss but no confirm news regarding this has been revealed. He is a fitness lover and describes himself as better in running than walking.
Salary and Net worth
Matt has already spent more than a decade of his working time in the journalism industry which has made him garner a good amount of fortune. As per some online source, the average salary for ABC reporter is about 87,150 USD. Matt definitely receives more than an average remuneration analyzing his stardom, performance and popularity. This made us estimate that Matt’s net worth is above a million dollars.
Wiki and Facts
Wikipedia and some other popular celebrity websites have presented Matt’s biography. He is also an active social media user where Gutman’s Twitter profile is reachable @mattgutmanABC and his Instagram profile @mattgutmanabc. He has amassed more than 47k and 32k followers on his Twitter and Instagram profile respectively.