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Mina Kimes - Bio, Age, Net Worth, Salary, Height, Married, Nationality

Mina Kimes is a successful American investigative reporter, sports journalist, senior editor, radio show host, and TV analyst. Mina Kimes currently reports for ‘ ESPN The Magazine ‘ and also features on numerous TV programs and radio shows.

Early Life and Childhood

Mina Kimes is 35 years old as of 2020. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States on September 8, 1985. Her birth name is Mina Mugil Kimes. Whereas, she belongs to mixed ancestry and is of her mother’s Korean origin. Her father used to be an air force captain. In her teenage, she lived in Arizona for a certain time, where her father helped her learn how to drive. Therefore, the information regarding her mother is not mentioned. Likewise, she belongs to an American nationality whereas, she is a Korean ethnicity.

Mina Kimes childhood

Caption: Mina childhood picture, Source: Instagram

Education

Talking about Mina’s educational history, she started playing football at the age of five. She enjoyed as much as playing games and eventually stopped playing football after high school. She was part of Yale University. From there she graduated with a B.A degree with a Summa Cum Laude in English.

Professional Life

Though recognized for her work as a sports reporter, Mina initially began her career as a business reporter. She got her first job at Fortune Small Business Magazine in 2007 after finishing her schooling, where she had previously worked as an intern. She worked there for around six years, and she was recognized for her investigative journalism on issues ranging including arms exports to illegal drugs, that won her awards from the New York Press Club, the National Press Club, and the Asian American Journalists Association during her career.

Whereas, she notably wrote a story called Bad to the Bonein 2010, where she revealed the illegal use of bone cement to heal bone tissue that killed patients. The article called by the ‘Columbia Journalism Review’ among many of the company must-read for 2012 and won her the Henry R. Luce Award.

She joined ‘Bloomberg News’ as an investigative journalist in 2013. She won the Front Page Award for business reporting for her profiles of business executives Doug Oberhelman of Caterpillar, in an article titled King Kat, and Sears executive Eddie Lampert, in the article titled The Sun Tzu at Sears. Similarly, in the year 2014, Mina received the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist Prize from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Likewise, Mina is proud to be a papa’s daughter, followed by her father as a fan of the Seattle Seahawks, although she had not lived in Seattle before. In her Tumblr page, she wrote an essay about the relationship she and her father had with the group. However, this essay caught the attention of the executives of ESPN who hired her. That helped her to turn “a passion into a career.”

Mina Kimes show

Caption: Mina hosting a sports show with co-host, Source: Instagram

Career At ESPN

Mina was with ESPN for about five years now, and as a radio host and analyst, she has made various contributions to ESPN The Magazine as a journalist, and to numerous interviews and television shows. At first, she wrote an article on rising sports superstars such as basketball player Devonta Pollard at the University of Houston and star Faker at the Korean ‘ League of Legends. ‘ She also made reports of Aaron Rodgers, Darrelle Revis, Antonio Brown, and Michael and Martellus Bennett as NFL players.

Additionally, she has been regular guest on Around the Hornand has featured on several ESPN shows including Highly Questionable, First Take, and Stugotz’s Dan LeBatard Show. In January 2017 she began co-hosting ESPN Radio’s national weekend show The Morning Roast along with Domonique Foxworth and Clinton Yates.

She also contributed to the exclusive ESPN live Twitter show ‘On the Clock’ during the 2018 NFL Draft. Mina presents The Mina Kimes Show about her pet dog Lenny and is co-hosting the after-show with Amanda Dobbins on the HBO series Big Little Lies. In September 2018, she signed a multi-year contract with ESPN.

Other

In 2019, she was hired by the Los Angeles Rams to be a color commentator for their preseason football games. Similarly, she was a co-host, along with Amanda Dobbins, of The Ringer’s “Big Little Live” aftershow about the HBO series Big Little Lies.

Net Worth

Talking about Mina, net worth she has earned a huge amount of money through her professional career. She has around $1 million of estimated net worth. Whereas, her estimated to earn a salary of around $400,000 per year.

Personal Life

Mina is a  married woman. She got married to her longtime boyfriend Nick Sylvester. Nick is a record producer and CEO of the Los Angeles-based music label, GODMODE. Before tying the knot the couple were good friends and have been dating for several years. They got married on November 24, 2014, at a private ceremony with friends and family. Until now, they do not have any children.

Caption: Mina with her husband Nick Sylvester at her wedding ceremony, Source: articlebio

Body Measurements and Social Media

Mina is a beautiful woman with a slim and fit body. She has maintained her body figure. Talking about her height, she stands 5’4″ tall but there is no information regarding the weight of her body. Whereas, her body measurement is also still on review. Likewise, her hair is black in color, and light brown eyes.

Mina is active on social media. She has a huge number of fan following on Twitter and Instagram. Whereas, she has more than 148 k followers on Instagram with 1,454 posts. Likewise, she joined Twitter in December 2009 and has more than 320k followers on it. Additionally, she is not active on Facebook.

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Update: 2024-05-18