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Cenk Uygur Biography
Cenk Uygur is one of the most popular and richest Radio Host who was born on March 21, 1970 in Istanbul, Turkey. Host of The Young Turks, a popular internet and talk radio show. During 2010, he also hosted a political commentary program on MSNBC. He is notable for having demonstrated mostly conservative views in his youth and sharing more progressive opinions as his career has gone on.
He supported Democratic candidate Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election.
Uygur was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was eight years old. He spent the remainder of his upbringing in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and graduated from East Brunswick High School. Uygur was raised in a secular Muslim household, but became more religious during college before becoming agnostic. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, where he majored in management and was on the Student Activities Council representing the Turkish Students Association. He then received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School.
After graduating from law school, Uygur worked as an associate attorney at the law firms of Drinker Biddle & Reath in Washington, D.C. and Hayes & Liebman in New York City. He first was a talk show host on a weekend radio show on WWRC in Washington, D.C., and on WRKO in Boston, Massachusetts. He later wrote for, produced, and appeared on the WAMI-TV news show, The Times in Miami, Florida, then started The Young Turks on Sirius Satellite Radio. In the 2000s, Uygur maintained a weekly blog on The Huffington Post and wrote entries that were critical of the 2003 Iraq war.
He raised one son and one daughter with his wife Wendy Lang Uygur.
| Name | Cenk Uygur |
| First Name | Cenk |
| Last Name | Uygur |
| Occupation | Radio Host |
| Birthday | March 21 |
| Birth Year | 1970 |
| Place of Birth | Istanbul |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | Turkey |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Wendy Lang |
| Children(s) | Prometheus Maximus Uygur, Joy Helena Uygur |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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The Young Turks started a daily news video show on YouTube in 2015, and claims to have been the first on the streaming service. Uygur regularly states that The Young Turks is the largest online news show in the world, and has claimed so since at least 2011. It has amassed over 7.5 billion views on YouTube, and over 4 million subscribers. Leveraging the strength of The Young Turks talk show, Uygur expanded it into a network of channels and shows, beginning with Pop Trigger on July 5, 2007. As a network, The Young Turks has amassed over 8 billion views and over 13 million subscribers across all the platforms which they stream. Video of the show is streamed daily on its website, as well as on YouTube, YouTubeTV, via various streaming platforms, broadcast on a handful of local television channels throughout the US, and is available as a podcast.
Cenk Uygur Net Worth
Cenk Uygur is one of the richest Radio Host from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cenk Uygur's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was an associate attorney at law firms in Washington, D.C. and New York City.
He moved to the United States with his family when he was eight years old.
Cenk Kadir Uygur (/ˈ dʒ ɛ ŋ k ˈ juː ɡ ər / ; Turkish: [ˈdʒeɲc kaˈdiɾ ˈujɡuɾ] ; born March 21, 1970) is a Turkish-American journalist, activist, and left-wing political commentator. Uygur is the creator of The Young Turks (TYT), an American progressive sociopolitical news and commentary program. Before beginning his career as a political commentator, he worked briefly as an associate attorney in Washington, D.C. and New York City. As a young man, Uygur supported social conservative positions but as his views changed he began to identify as a progressive. He is also the co-founder of Justice Democrats.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Radio Host |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Uygur was born and raised in a Muslim family, but now describes himself as agnostic atheist. In 2010, along with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Uygur accepted the “Emperor Has No Clothes Award” from the Freedom From Religion Foundation and later the Humanist Media Award from the American Humanist Association.
As a result of exposure on the Air America radio network, MSNBC hired Uygur as a contributor and substitute anchor for the network on October 21, 2010. On January 21, 2011, Uygur was made the host of the 6 p.m. Eastern slot on MSNBC as the anchor of a new prime time edition of MSNBC Live, after the network parted ways with Keith Olbermann, resulting in a rearrangement of the time slots of MSNBC’s other prime time shows. Uygur filled the time slot vacated by Ed Schultz, from late January through June 2011, earning first among people 18–34 in the second quarter.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Cenk Uygur height 5 ft 9 in Cenk weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 5 ft 9 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Uygur created the talk show The Young Turks with the goal of starting a liberal-leaning political and entertainment show. It launched on the Sirius Satellite Radio network on February 14, 2002 and was also on the Air America radio network between 2006–2008. Uygur and his co-host Ana Kasparian applied a populist left branding and programming strategy that made TYT a successful global online organisation, with larger numbers of YouTube subscribers than several other notable news networks like CNN.
On September 20, 2011, Current TV announced that The Young Turks would launch a weeknight TV edition of the show at 7 p.m. EST (M–F) on the network beginning sometime in the fourth quarter of 2011. According to the show’s website, the show was introduced as The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur to differentiate itself from the popular web series. The show had a progressive perspective and encouraged engagement from its viewership with Uygur and Current TY promoting the program as independent content. The show on Current TV ended on August 15, 2013, with the end of all live programming on Current TV.
Who is Cenk Uygur Dating?
According to our records, Cenk Uygur married to Wendy Lang. As of December 1, 2023, Cenk Uygur’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Cenk Uygur. You may help us to build the dating records for Cenk Uygur!Over the years Uygur has supported the removal of corporate donations from the political system and he states that “Campaign finance reform” is the “only one issue” in the US. Several Supreme Court rulings (1976, 1978, 2010) on campaign finance motivated Uygur in the midst of the Occupy Wall Street movement to launch a long term project, a political action committee named Wolf-PAC on October 19, 2011, in New York City. Wolf-PAC aims to lobby state legislators to pass resolutions calling for a Convention of the States under Article V of the US Constitution. Its slogan is “A super-PAC to end all super-PACs”. The aim of the convention would be to pass an amendment to the United States Constitution that would end corporate personhood and publicly finance all elections in the United States. As of 2017, five states have passed the resolution thus calling for such a convention, though not all states have used identical language in their convention call.
Facts & Trivia
Cenk Ranked on the list of most popular Radio Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Turkey. Cenk Uygur celebrates birthday on March 21 of every year.
In addition to hosting The Young Turks, Uygur appeared on MSNBC as a political commentator. From January to June 2011, he hosted a weeknight commentary show on the network; he was replaced by Al Sharpton. After leaving MSNBC, Uygur secured another weeknight commentary show on Current TV, which aired from December 5, 2011, to August 15, 2013. From 2012 to 2013, he was the chief news officer at Current TV, succeeding Keith Olbermann.
Is Ana Kasparian Turkish?
Kasparian is the daughter of Armenian immigrant parents. Her paternal great-grandparents experienced the Armenian genocide first-hand in 1915. She was raised in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Who is Cenk Uygur wife?
Wendy Lang
How old is Cenk?
52 years (March 21, 1970)
Who started TYT?
The Young Turks (TYT) is a progressive left-wing American news and commentary program on YouTube. The program was created by Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, and Dave Koller. It is co-hosted by Uygur, Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola.
Is Ana Kasparian married?
Christian Lopez
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