Georgie thompson sky sports media report anchor gal
Georgie Thompson is regarded as one of the most well-known anchorwoman of sky sports news. Born in September 1977, she presents the 3-7pm slot on Sky Sports News.
A sportswoman herself, she has represented England in international junior tennis championships while she was studying in Queenswood Boarding School. Having finished her education with the University of Leeds where she learnt Broadcast Journalism, Georgie Thompson began her career as a production assistant for GMTV.
She shifted from GMTV in January 2001 to Sky Sports News and has now since covered many sports activities including the US Open Tennis Championships, A1 Grand Prix, Grand Prix Masters, Speedway World Cup, Americas Cup as well as the Race of Champions. She is additionally a keen surfer plus an ardent Fullham F.C. supporter.
Her extremely tight agenda does not permit her to spend much time on the tennis courts now. But when she does find the time to hit the courts, she does compete but now its just with herself. Playing at the competitive level for almost 12 times each year in the past, she feels dissatisfied if she doesn’t level with her standards.
Voted amongst the top 100 Sexisiest Women from the Word by the British Mens Magazine, FHM, Georgie Thompson had modest beginnings. The daughter of a property developer, the value of work ethics and hard work were drilled into her at the very young age. Additionally, it ingrained in her the significance of investing in property and subsequently of climbing within the property ladder.
She is the proud owner of a three bedroom terrace home in Chelsea. Although she feels that the property is considerably large as she is not married and does not have kids, this has been a huge gain for her at a purely investment viewpoint. Initially costing around 500,000 pounds at the time of purchase, the exact property is currently valued at almost 800,000.
Georgie Thompson does not consider herself for being very good with money and making it work. Following her fathers advice, she lets her financial advisors make all the crucial decisions on her behalf. Having focused on property for a long time, she’s now thought about other investment options too keeping her future under consideration. Her financial advisors have shown her the necessity of keeping money aside for significant future expenses such as education expenses for when she gets children.
She has also invested in an extensive insurance plan that covers her for critical illness and BUPA healthcare. Even though she finds critical illness cover very costly, she realized that having a family history of cancer she did not want to put a price on her health.
Although she loves earning money, handling money and number crunching are usually not a favorite pastime with her. On the insistence of Sky News she put in place a private limited company for herself a few years back. Along with invoicing Sky News for her contract she makes certain there is a steady stream of income coming in from other sources like event hosting, writing and submitting articles and corporate speaking.