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Introduction
Sophy Ridge is an English broadcast journalist. She currently works for Sky News and has presented Sophy Ridge on Sunday since 2017. In 2022 she launched The Take with Sophy Ridge.
Early life
| Name | Sophy Ridge |
| Net Worth | $2 million |
| Salary | $20,000+ |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Age | 37 years |
| Height | 1.68m |
Sophy Arabella Ridge was born on October 17, 1984 (age 37 years) in Richmond upon Thames, London, United Kingdom. Both her parents are teachers. Ridge has one younger brother. Her secondary education was at the selective grammar Tiffin Girls’ School in London. During her time there, she did work experience at the local newspaper Richmond and Twickenham Times.
Ridge continued her education at 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.
Career
Sophy Ridge started as a voice-over artist at the voiceover agency Hobson’s International, in the 1990s and 2000s along with Ciara Janson, Louise Michelle, Tom Attenborough, and Will Attenborough.
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Ridge was a trainee reporter at the now defunct tabloid newspaper News of the World after graduation in 2006. After completing of her training programmes she initially worked as a consumer affairs correspondent in 2009. She then gained a job as a political correspondent on Sky News in 2011.
During Sophy Ridge’s time there she covered a broad range of political stories and travelled with the Prime Minister to Afghanistan, New York and Brazil. She was based in Colorado for the channel’s coverage of the US elections and was known for her round-the-clock broadcasting at the annual party conferences.
Sophy Ridge covered the 2015 general election as a senior political correspondent for Sky News, reporting on the Labour Party’s campaign and conducting interviews with party members. Her exclusives during this time included Ed Miliband’s resignation as leader of the Labour Party following the result of that general election and Jeremy Corbyn’s victory in the subsequent Labour Party leadership election.
In 2017 Sophy Ridge became the host of her own show, Sophy Ridge on Sunday. In the same year, Ridge released her first book The Women Who Shaped Politics, a non-fiction book that discussed women’s contribution to British politics. She also started writing a weekly column in the tabloid newspaper Metro.
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Sophy Ridge won the MHP Communications 30 to Watch award (2012) and was shortlisted as Young Journalist of the Year in the Royal Television Society Awards in 2013. In 2016, she won an award for Broadcast Journalist of the Year at the Words by Women awards.
Husband
Sophy Ridge is married to Ben Griffiths, they had their wedding ceremony in 2014. Her husband is a journalist for a national newspaper. She describes herself as a feminist. The couple has two children. How tall is she? Sophy stands at an appealing height of 1.68m and has a good weight which suits her personality. As of mid-2022, Sophy Ridge and her husband Ben Griffiths are still married and living a happy life with their children.
Sophy Ridge net worth
How much is Sophy Ridge worth? Sophy Ridge net worth is estimated at around $2 million. Her main source of income is from her career as a broadcast journalist. Sophy Ridge’s salary per month with other career earnings is over $400,000 dollars annually. She is one of the richest and most influential journalists in the United Kingdom. Her successful career has earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips.