Sarah Abo Biography
Sarah Abo is a Syrian-Australian journalist and television presenter. She co-hosts Today with Karl Stefanovic on Nine News Australia and was previously an investigative journalist for 60 Minutes.
Sarah Abo Age
How old is Sarah Abo? Sarah is 37 years old as of 2023. She was born in Damascus, Syria in 1986. However, her birthday is unknown.
Sarah Abo Height
Abo is approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall (168 cm) and weighs 52 kg.
Sarah Abo Nationality
She has both Syrian and Australian nationalities.
Sarah Abo Education
At Monash University, Sarah graduated with a degree in Journalism and a minor in French. She also holds a BA with Honours in Journalism.
Sarah Abo Family
Sarah was born in Damascus, Syria to Samia and Fouad. She has two sisters Yara Abo and Shaz Abo. At the age of four, in 1990, she moved to Australia along with her parents and two younger sisters. They settled in Melbourne Abo. During a show, Sarah’s co-host, Karl Stefanovic, revealed that her sister disclosed to him that Sarah was the only one in the family without a PhD, which made Sarah feel embarrassed. She thanked Karl for reminding everyone about it and jokingly referred to herself as “the dud of the family” since her sisters are both doctors.
Sarah Abo Husband
Sarah is married to Cyrus Moran. They got married on the 15th of December, 2012, after a long period of dating. The couple met while studying at Monash University. A romantic honeymoon to Bali followed their wedding. They enjoyed the destination so much that they revisited it in 2016 for their fourth wedding anniversary.
Cyrus is a trader who earns an estimated $1.5 million annually. Although they don’t have any children together, they recently celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary. Cyrus works as a trader at a steel mill in Melbourne, where he facilitates trade between Australian and international companies. He also graduated from Monash University in 2004 with a degree in History. While Sarah and Cyrus occasionally post pictures together on social media, they are generally private about their lives.
Sarah Abo Nine News Australia
Abo began her career in television as an archiving and production assistant in Network 10’s Adelaide newsroom. She was later promoted to a Ten News reporter. After two years, she returned to Melbourne and continued her work as a reporter for Network 10 for three more years.
In 2013, Abo moved to SBS Television where she worked as a presenter and reporter for shows like SBS World News, Dateline, Insight, and Small Business Secrets. She completed a fellowship at CNN in Atlanta in 2014.
In 2019, Abo joined the Nine Network as a 60 Minutes reporter. She has also filled in as a co-host on Nine’s breakfast show Today on several occasions, including in March 2022 when regular co-host Allison Langdon contracted COVID-19.
Abo was selected to moderate the second leaders’ debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese before the 2022 Australian federal election which aired on 8 May 2022. Following the debate, Mark Latham, the New South Wales state leader of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, posted a tweet that was perceived as using Abo’s surname as a racial slur. The Nine Network praised Abo’s performance as moderator and announced their intention to report Latham’s comments to the authorities.
In November 2022, the Nine Network announced Abo as the new co-host of their breakfast program Today, replacing Allison Langdon who was appointed as the host of A Current Affair upon Tracy Grimshaw’s retirement.
Sarah Abo Salary
The co-host of Today show earns an average annual salary of $800,000. Recently, it has been claimed that there is a significant pay gap between the two hosts of the program, Karl Stefanovic and Sarah. Karl, who has been a part of the show since 2005, earns an annual salary of $1.5 million, while Sarah, who joined the show in 2023, receives a salary of $800,000.
Sarah Abo Net Worth
As of 2023, her estimated net worth is $3 million, which she has accumulated mainly from her journalism career.
