Sophy Ridge Biography
Sophy Ridge is a media personality serving as lead politics presenter, fronting Politics at 7 pm on Sky News. She was previously the first woman to present a Sunday morning political show – anchoring Sophy Ridge on Sunday from 2017 to 2023.
Sophy Ridge Age
She is 39 years old as of January 2024. Ridge was born on 17 October 1984 in Richmond upon Thames, London
Sophy Ridge Height
She is 5 feet 3 inches tall.
Sophy Ridge Nationality
Ridge holds British nationality.
Sophy Ridge Education
She studied at the selective grammar Tiffin Girls’ School in London. During her time there, she did work experience at the local newspaper, the Richmond and Twickenham Times.
She later joined St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and obtained a second-class BA degree in English Literature. During her final year of university, she did a period of work experience at the tabloid newspaper News of the World, which led to a position in their graduate training programme.
Sophy Ridge Family
Both her parents are teachers. Ridge has one younger brother. However, much information is not known concerning her parents and siblings.
Sophy Ridge Husband and Kids
Ridge is married to Ben Griffiths, who is a journalist for the Daily Mirror. They have two children. Many details on when, where, and how they met aren’t in public.
Sophy Ridge Sky News
Sophy is Sky’s lead politics presenter, fronting Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge at 7 pm. She was previously the first woman to present a Sunday morning political show – anchoring Sophy Ridge on Sunday from 2017 to 2023.
She has interviewed Prime Ministers past and present, including Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. She has anchored coverage from Washington and Brussels and was in Downing Street to witness the first and last days in office for Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak.
Before presenting, she was a senior political correspondent, where she was the first to break the news that Jeremy Corbyn had won the Labour leadership contest and that Ed Miliband would resign as leader of the party.
In 2017 Sophy published The Women Who Shaped Politics, a book on the history of women in Westminster.
Before joining Sky News in 2011 she worked for the News of the World focusing on political, business, and consumer stories.
Sophy Ridge Salary
She has an annual salary that ranges from $ 20, 000 to $ 100, 000.
Sophy Ridge Net Worth
She has an average net worth that is ranging from $1 million to $5 million.
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Sophy Ridge Twitter
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