Who Is Mike Chinoy? His Wiki Details, Parents, Married Life, & Net Worth

Mike Chinoy is a Senior Fellow at the U.S.-China Institute who was the 2011-2012 Joanna Nichols Visiting Scholar. As per records, he has visited North Korea 17 times since 1989. He was the only journalist to accompany former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on his historic trip to Pyongyang in 1994, and has returned regularly since then.

Mike Chinoy Wikipedia Details

Who Is Mike Chinoy? Biography & Parents Details

Mike Chinoy (born on 4 June 1972, age: 70 years old) is a Taipei-based nonresident senior fellow at the University of Southern California’s U.S.-China Institute. Other than that, he is the author of the forthcoming Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People’s Republic. At the same time, he is an experienced public speaker, and a regular commentator on Asian issues for media outlets including CNN, the BBC, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, and others. However, Mike Chinoy is yet to have any Wikipedia pages.

Mike Chinoy was born to his father, Ely Chinoy, and his mother, Helen Krich Chinoy, in Northampton, Massachusetts. As per records, his mother was a professor of sociology and anthropology at Smith College and a member of the graduate faculty of the University of Massachusetts, who died at the age of 53 in 1975. Meanwhile, his mother was an American theater historian who documented the role of women in United States theater, who died at the age of 87 in 2010. Mike Chinoy grew up in Northampton along with his sister Claire.

Mike Chinoy enjoys celebrating his birthday on 4 June every year with his family and friends. Moreover, Mike Chinoy was born on 4 June 1952, which makes him 70 years old as of writing. Looking at his date of birth, he has Gemini as his zodiac or star sign. Moreover, he was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, he holds American nationality. Meanwhile, Mike Chinoy comes from a family of a mixed ethnic background and follows Christianity as his religion.

After garduating from a local high school in Northampton, MA, Mike Chinoy went to Yale University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Journalism in 1973. Eventually, he graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in journalism in 1975. At the age of 70, he looks fabulous in his height of 5 feet and 10 inches with a decent weight.

Mike Chinoy Married Life

Mike Chinoy is a married man and has a wife named Lynne Curry. Meanwhile, his wife is a former Taipei American School Board member. The couple has been married for over three decades now. However, Mike Chinoy has remained very private about his personal life. Meanwhile, his wife has been a great support in his journey as a journalist.

In the course of over three decades of marriage, Mike Chiony is a father to his two sons, Daniel Chinoy and Benjy Chinoy. Both his kids are in their adulthood and enjoying their family life.

Mike Chinoy Career & Net Worth Insights

Mike Chinoy started his career as a Correspondent for CNN in 1983 and worked there for 23 years till 2006. Meanwhile, he opened CNN`s Beijing bureau in 1987. Prior to that, he worked in Asia as a freelancer for CBS News and a reporter for NBC News. After leaving CNN, he was an Edgerton Senior Fellow on Asian Security at Pacific Council on International Policy from 2006 and 2009.

Other than that, Mike Chinoy was a Vice President and Managing Director for Asia at NewsCertified Exchange from 2009 to 2011. As of now, he has been serving as an Independent Media Consultant and Trainer at Communications Strategy Consultant since 2011 and has been serving as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at USC U.S.-China Institute since 2009.

After years of work as a journalist, Mike Chinoy has an estimated net worth of $10 Million approximately as of 2023. As per records, Mike and his family sold a property at 31 Flanders Lane for $985,000 in 2016.