Tom Overlie Biography
Tom Overlie is an eminent American journalist currently working as an anchor at KTTC. In addition, Overlie is also the winner of 6 Emmy Awards for best newscast (Upper Midwest Chapter), has been named Best TV Newscaster for 3 years in a row (Rochester Magazine), and in the Southeast Business Journal’s “One to Watch Under 40”.
Tom Overlie Age
Tom Overlie was born in the United States of America on June 1969. He is 52 years old and celebrates his birthday in June every year.
Tom Overlie Height|Weight
Overlie stands at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 70kgs.
Tom Overlie Education
Currently, He is actively involved in the Rochester community hosting the Eagles Cancer Telethon each January, and he’s been awarded by the University of Minnesota-Rochester, Alzheimer’s Association, Boys, and Girls Club of Rochester, Minnesota Veterans, the American Cancer Society, and other charitable organizations
Tom Overlie Family
His loving parents served in West Africa, Nigeria in the 1960s as teachers. His sisters were born there in mud huts, and him in a fancy hospital in Minneapolis. In the year 1980, His parents then moved back to Africa as publishers of a Lutheran magazine and he spent three years there, from age 11 through 13.
Tom Overlie Partner
He is openly gay, Tom and his boyfriend just recently got engaged to tie the knot. He met him at an event he was volunteering for. Overlie asked him if he was afraid to tell people he was gay and he told him ” I was not afraid to tell people that I was gay because my true friends and family will love and accept me for who I’m”.
Tom Overlie Salary
Tom receives an annual salary of $ 56, 243 per year. This is according to KTTC News anchors’ and reporters’ salaries.
Tom Overlie Net Worth
Overlie has an approximate net worth of $ 1 million – $ 5 million.
Tom Overlie Career
Tom was honored with an Eric Sevareid Award for hard news for sharing a World War II Prisoner of War story in April 2017. Throughout his career, news reports have taken Overlie from the “backyard” to remote villages in the heart of Mexico.
He served as an Anchor, Producer, and Medical Reporter for five years in North Dakota for Meyer Television News KMOT-TV, before joining KTTC. Moreover, Tom also served for three years at KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minnesota.
Tom has a passion for writing books, home renovation (featured in Rochester Magazine, Friends of Mayowood Tour), Rochester Post Bulletin, and extensive travel. Exploring remote corners of the world is his hobby, which has included three years as a student in Jos, Nigeria, West Africa.
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