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Who is Katie Kay?
Katty Kay is a British journalist, author and news anchor for BBC World News. She is best known as the lead presenter for BBC World News America.
Lat, she covered US Election Night with her co-host Andrew Neil.
Katty Kay: early life, childhood, education
Reflecting on her early life, Kathy Kay was born on November 14, 1964 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. Her birth name was Katherine Kay.Her father was a British diplomat and her mother was a journalist. She holds British citizenship and is of English nationality. Kay grew up in Bluebury, Berkshire and spent time in various countries in the Middle East.
Regarding her education, she attended the University of Oxford in Oxford, England where she completed her master's degree. At the university, she studied different languages. She speaks fluent Italian and French.
Katty Kay: Career, Salary, Net Worth
After graduation, she began her career at the Bank of England. She worked there for a short time and quit. She then moved to Zimbabwe where she worked for an aid agency.
In addition, she traveled to London, where she took a job at a BBC World Service radio station. Similarly, she left London as she was transferred to BBC News Tokyo in 1992. She worked at the Tokyo branch for about four years and then began working at the Washington, DC branch in 1996.
