Background
Savannah Guthrie is an American broadcast journalist and former attorney, best known as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show. Born in Melbourne, Australia, and raised largely in Tucson, Arizona, she built a career that spans local television news, legal practice and, since 2012, one of the most watched morning-news slots in American television, according to Britannica.
Early Career
Guthrie graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona in 1993 with a degree in journalism and began her television career at NBC affiliate stations before moving to Washington, D.C. station WRC-TV, where she covered the 11 September 2001 attack on the Pentagon and the subsequent anthrax mailings, per Biography.com. While working as a reporter, she simultaneously earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, graduating magna cum laude in 2002 and recording the highest score on that year’s Arizona bar exam.
Career Breakthrough
Guthrie practised law from 2002 to 2003 at the firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, specialising in white-collar criminal defence, before returning to journalism in 2004 as a legal-affairs correspondent for Court TV. Her legal training became a defining feature of her later broadcast career, distinguishing her from the majority of morning-television hosts.
Major Achievements
Guthrie joined NBC News’s Today in 2011 and was named co-anchor in July 2012, a role she still holds. During her tenure, Today has won a Peabody Award and Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Show, and Guthrie herself has been recognised with News Emmys and the Edward R. Murrow Award for her journalism, per reporting on her career.
Public Recognition
As Today’s lead co-anchor for over a decade, Guthrie has interviewed multiple U.S. presidents and major public figures and has anchored NBC News’s election-night coverage, drawing on her legal background as the network’s chief legal analyst for major political stories.
Business Ventures
Guthrie’s income is drawn almost entirely from her NBC broadcasting contract and her publishing work rather than outside business ventures; no company founding or significant outside investment is documented in mainstream reporting on her career.
Endorsements and Sponsorships
Specific endorsement or sponsorship deals are not documented in available reporting on Guthrie’s career; her public profile and income are built on her NBC anchor role and her books rather than brand partnerships.
Property and Major Assets
No specific real-estate holdings or major asset purchases for Guthrie are confirmed in credible reporting reviewed for this profile, and none are asserted here.
Philanthropy and Public Image
Guthrie is a published author beyond her broadcast work, writing the New York Times bestselling children’s picture books Princesses Wear Pants and Princesses Save the World, and the faith-themed titles Mostly What God Does and Mostly What God Does Is Love You. She serves on the team of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, which supports military caregivers.
Controversies and Public Scrutiny
No major public controversy or scandal involving Guthrie personally is documented in mainstream reporting reviewed for this profile.
How the Estimate Is Calculated
NBC does not publicly disclose anchor salaries, so figures for Guthrie’s Today compensation come from entertainment-industry trade reporting rather than a company filing. The most credible figure found is Forbes’s 2025 list of the highest-paid TV hosts, which places her annual pay at $24 million, reported as the largest anchor contract in Today show history. Separate celebrity-net-worth aggregator estimates put her cumulative net worth anywhere between roughly $40 million and $50 million; these figures vary considerably between sources, are not independently confirmed, and are treated here as unverified estimates rather than fact. No confirmed property portfolio, investment holdings or other income sources beyond her NBC salary and book royalties are documented.
Estimated Net Worth
$35 Million – $50 Million