Nobel Prize: Maria Ressa Husband Net Worth and Nationality

Maria Ressa is the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize in 2021. Explore her husband, net worth, and nationality right here.

Maria Ressa is a Filipino journalist and author. She is the current CEO and Founder of Rappler, an online-based news platform in Pasig, Manila.

Ressa is awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for freedom of expression. Nobel Committee announced the news on Friday, October 8, 2021.

Nobel Prize: Maria Ressa Husband & Family

Details on Maria Ressa’s husband or partner could not be reached at the moment.

She moved to the United States of America with her mother. Ressa’s father died when she was one year old.

She then moved to the United States at the age of 10. Maria also has a sister named Marie Jane. 

Later she was adopted by her stepfather who is an American-Italian. 

As in professional life, Maria Ressa’s business partners are Cheche Lazaro and Nix Nolledo.

While I lived in Jakarta for a decade, my parents are not Indonesian hahahahha I have dual citizenship - US and PH … tremendous resources being spent for online disinformation — like the legal acrobatics. https://t.co/ssoeUkP53e

— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) February 21, 2019

Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa Net Worth

Maria Ressa’s net worth ranges from $1 million to $5 million as of 2021.

She is an executive to the Philippines’s most loved online news website. 

Last year the earnings of Rappler skyrocketed and so is the income of Maria Ressa. 

At the same time, she worked at CNN for more than 18 years. Likewise, served for ABS-CBN Broadcasting from 2005 to 2011.

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Maria Ressa Nationality

Maria Ressa holds dual nationality. She is Filipino-American and was raised in Manila and New Jersey.

Further, she belongs to Asian heritage. Maria lived in Jakarta for almost a decade.

People thought she was Indonesian. Although she agreed on having dual nationality, she confirmed that her parents are not from Indonesia.

The CEO studied molecular biology and theater as an undergraduate at Princeton University. 

She has a Bachelor’s degree in English and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Maria Ressa Age & Wikipedia

Rappler’s Founder Maria Ressa’s age is 58 years old as of 2021.

She was born in the year 1963 and her birthday is on October 2. The Journalist belongs to the Libra sign.

Maria and Dmitry Muratov have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace in 2021.

She played a vital role to protect freedom of speech and expression. Further, enhanced vital preconditions for a successful democracy.

She is also a former CNN bureau chief and TIME Person of the Year. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Modified: October 8, 2021