Sarah Koenig Family, Parents, Marriage, Relationship & Net Worth

Today we will be talking about renowed American journalist, public radio personality, Sarah Koenig. She is a former producer of the television and radio show This American Life. Not just that, Koenig is also known as the host and the executive producer of the podcast Serial.

Sarah has covered the State House for the Concord Monitor and later for the Baltimore Sun.  Apart, the television personality is married to her boyfriend turned husband Ben Schreier. Also, the couple shares two children from their blissful marriage. If you want to know more about this talented journalist then we suggest you read the whole article.

Short Bio

Sarah Koenig was born as Sarah Augusta Koening on July 9, 1969, in New York City, United States of America. She is American by nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. She is the daughter of Julian Koenig and his second wife Maria Eckhart. Talking about her dad, he was a popular copywriter. Her parents divorce later and Sarah’s mother married writer, Peter Matthiessen.

Moreover, Sarah enrolled at the University of Chicago with A.B majoring in Political Science in 1990. Later, she joined Columbia University for her postgraduate degree in Russian history which she left after two weeks.

Rise to Stardom

Soon after graduation, Sarah started working as a reporter at The Eat Hampton Star. Shen then started working in Russia as a reporter for ABC News and later on for The New York Times. As a reporter, she has covered the States House for the Concord Monitor and also for the Baltimore Sun.  In January 2004, she worked as a producer for This American Life.

She co-produced “Habeas Schmabeas,” a 2006 Peabody Award-winning episode of This American Life. In 2013, she began working on a spinoff podcast of the serial titled This American Life radio program that debuted in October 2014.  The show was awarded a Peabody Award in April 2015 and acknowledged that it has brought podcasting to the cultural mainstream. Ted Koppel, Robert Krulwich, Scott Stanford, and Anna Foster are some other popular journalists.

How rich is Sarah Koenig?

Sarah Koenig, 51, has earned a decent amount from her long professional career. The majority of her earnings come from her profession as a journalist, public radio personality, and television host. Sarah is best known for her works in an investigative journalism podcast Serial. In addition, she has gathered a wide name and fame for her works.

Additionally, Sarah has a net worth of around $1 million as of 2020. She was named one of “The 100 Most Influential People” on April 16, 2015. In the same way, she was also named as one of The Forward 50 in 2015.

Married to Ben Schreier

The television personality is married an associate professor of Jewish studies and English at Penn State, Ben Schreier. The duo dated several years before they exchanged their wedding vows. Apart, the duo has kept their relationship under a wrap and there they haven’t shared the information on how and when they started dating.

Also, there is no information about the wedding date and venue. Probably, the two have wedded in a private ceromany. Since they have already spent many years together, their relationship is still strong. There is no sign of them getting divorced or having extramarital affairs.  From their long marriage span, they share two children.