Karen Tso Biography
Karen Tso is an Australian Journalist serving as an Anchor and Reporter at CNBC London since joining the station in early 2012. She was previously at CNBC Asia working as an Anchor.
Karen Tso Age
Tso was born in Queensland, Australia on September 13th, 1977. She is currently 45 years old as of 2023.
Karen Tso Height
Tso stands at a height of 1.71m, and her weight is about 65kg.
Karen Tso Family
Tso was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland to her Chinese father and Australian mother. She has not disclosed her family members, parents, and siblings. Mostly because she does not necessarily find this information useful to the public. We will keep you posted should this information be available.
Karen Tso Husband
Tso is married to Hector Thompson and has been blessed with a daughter.
Karen Tso Career
Karen Tso serves as a Co-anchor of the Squawk Box shows at CNBC Europe, based in London, England. She attended Griffith University, Queensland where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce. This was before she did her Master in Journalism at the University of Westminster, London, and the University of Technology, Sydney. Tso started her career in journalism at AAP after graduating with her bachelor’s. She later joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2002 where she served as a co-anchor for ‘Lateline’ business news with Tony Jones. In 2005, Tso worked as a Finance Reporter for the Nine Network. She later proceeded to Sky News Australia where she was a Reporter for the Evening ‘Sky Business Report’ news.
While she worked at ABC and Nine Network, she was also a Horse Racing Correspondent. Tso then joined CNBC Asia in October 2008 and anchored ‘Squawk Australia’ where she reported Australian and global business news. This was before she moved to Singapore in 2010 to co-anchor ‘Asia Squawk Box’ with Bernard Lo and Martin Soong. In addition, she also co-anchored ‘The Call’ morning show with Bernard Lo. At the beginning of 2012, She joined CNBC Europe in London to co-anchor ‘Squawk Box Europe’.
Tso has reported from major international events such as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mobile World Congress, Web Summit, Asia Development Bank, Women’s Forum, and many others. She also covered the French Presidential Election live from Paris. Tso has received recognition as ‘Best News Anchor’ and ‘Highly Commended’ at the 15th Asian Television Awards. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling, exploring new restaurants, and being a dog mum to Una in her spare time.
Karen Tso Salary
Tso’s salary is about $105,000 per year.
Karen Tso’s Net Worth
Tso‘s estimated net worth is $2.1 million. Her primary source is her job as an Anchor and Reporter at CNBC London.
Social Media Accounts
Tso is active on social media and she posts personal and work-related stuff from time to time. She has over 2000 followers on Instagram, about 1500 on Facebook, and around 2300 on Twitter.