| Celebrated Name: | Kim Komando |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Kim Ann Komando |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 54 years old |
| Birth Date: | July 1, 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Watchung, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 5 ft 5 inches |
| Weight: | 60 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married/Single/Divorced/In a relationship |
| Husband/Spouse (Name): | Barry Young |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Lan |
| Dating/Boyfriend (Name): | N/A |
| Is Kim Komando Lesbian/Gay?: | No |
| Profession: | National radio host, TV Host, author, syndicated columnist, business owner |
| Salary: | NA |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $20 million |
| Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Kim Komando is a well-known radio show host as “The Kim Komando Television Show” that is related to consumer technology. It is premiered all over the world on Bloomberg Television. On this weekly show, she offers valuable advice on technology gadgets, smartphone applications, internet security, and websites.
This broadcast shows run on more than 400 US radio stations, and two Ontario stations. It has an estimated base of 3.5+ million listeners every month, and she also sends around five hundred million newsletters every year to the show subscribers. The show is broadcast around 177 nations.
She has been featured in top news channels such as CNN, MSNBC, CBS, BBC, Fox News, and ABC and dedicated columns in newspapers like USA Today. In 2019, at the John Glenn NASA Research Center, Cleveland, she has also presented a significant speech about cybersecurity that was broadcasted to sixty thousand NASA employees.
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Early Life & Biography
Kim Komando was born and brought up in New Jersey. Her father, named “Richard Paul,” was a former army man and a management professional for United Airlines. Her mother, named Virginia Komando, had been a Senior Systems Analyst associated with Bell Laboratories. Kim is the youngest of all four siblings. She has two sisters Kathleen, and Christine, a brother named Richard.
In 1978, she completed her schooling from Watchung’s Valley View School. Later, in 1981, she went to Mount St. Mary Academy. In 1985, she secured a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from W. P. Carey School of Business.
Personal Life
She has her residence, and a complete broadcast studio in Maui, and Arizona. She divides her time between both locations. Kim is a huge fan of collecting cars. Presently, she owns a Mercedes-AMG GTC Roadster, Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, Mercedes-AMG G63, and G63 Edition 1, 1946 Chevrolet Truck, 1961 Corvette, Mercedes-AMG C63s, 1966 Custom Corvette, 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang, and more.
She has got married to her business partner Barry Young. He has also been the host of a local radio show, “The Nearly Famous Barry Young Show.” The couple has a son, Lan.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on July 1, 1967, Kim Komando is 54 years old as of today’s date 15th December 2024. Her height is 5 ft 5 inches tall, and her weight is 60 kg.
Career
Kim Komando started her career in marketing and sales for a few of the leading organizations in the world as IBM, Unisys, and AT&T. At the same time, she also hosted a talk show on computers.
In 1992, she established her own “The Komando Corporation.” She has been the CEO of the company. Her mother also joined her at the position of a Secretary.
Later resigned from Unisys and put all her focus on the radio show and newspaper column. She developed computer training tapes all by herself as Komputer Tutor. This was followed by the second generation of computer training tapes that included Prodigy. The third generation of computer training tapes was comprised of America Online.
Between the period from 1995 to 1998, Kim has also been the Technology Editor of “Mechanics Magazine.” From 2002, she has been serving as a weekly columnist for USA Today. Till today she has written and published twelve books on computers and technology.
Kim also runs her charitable trust, where she sponsors a scholarship for students. In the 1990s, she laid the foundation for the WestStar TalkRadio Network with the support of her husband. They together set up their studio in 1994. In 2016, Kim was invited to be the chief speaker at the National Association of Broadcasters agreement.
Awards & Achievements
Kim has been honored many times in her career.
In 2001, she won the Enterprise Award From Arizona State University College of Business and SRP Spirit
In 2006, she won Judy Jarvis Memorial Award by Talkers Magazine for her Outstanding Contributions by a Woman to Talk Radio
In 2007, she was given Gracie Individual Achievement Award for Being An Outstanding Program Host.
In 2016, she got an opportunity to be a Keynote Speaker at the NABA (National Association of Broadcasters Convention) held in Las Vegas
Net Worth & Salary of Kim Komando in 2024
Kim has made a majority of her wealth from her WestStar TalkRadio Network. Her other source of income is developing computer training tapes that she sells through an infomercial. To date, around 150,000 tapes have been sold. Besides, Kim has also been an author for various books that are put on sale on Amazon. She owns a vast range of cars that are worth $1.5 million. With the above knowledge about her earnings, her projected net worth comes to be around $20 million as of December 2024.
Kim Komando is a successful radio show host in America who has gained a lot of reputation from her knowledge sharing about computers, technologies, smartphone apps, and internet security via her show, and computer training tapes.