Who is Katie Couric’s husband, John Molner?
RENOWNED journalist KATIE Couric has been married to her husband for close to 10 years.
She and John Molner wed in 2014 after she lost her first husband to illness in 1998.
Who is Katie Couric's husband, John Molner?
John Molner married legendary news anchor Katie Couric on June 21, 2014, at her home in the Hamptons.
Couric lost her first husband Jay Monahan to colon cancer in 1998 and told in 2018: “It took me a long time [to marry again] because I loved being married and I love being married now. And I’m not a solitary person. I like company."
She continued: "And John is so funny. He’s just got this incredibly dry and wry sense of humor, and he doesn’t take himself too seriously. And he’s just fun to be around.”
Molner attended Trinity College and later got a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School Of Business.
After a long career in banking, Molner retired in 2014 but is now a senior adviser to BHH Capital Partners.
In 2017, Molner joined his wife on-screen when he co-starred in a cooking show, Full Plate With Katie & John.
The pair also co-founded Katie Couric Media, which "collaborates with some of the world’s biggest brands to create elevated, purpose-driven content."
Couric spoke about her breast cancer diagnosis in a post on her titled Why Not Me?
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She found out she had breast cancer on her and Molner's eighth anniversary in 2022.
As Couric warned women to get their annual mammogram, she said she was six months late, adding: “I shudder to think what might have happened if I had put it off longer.
"But just as importantly, please find out if you need additional screening,” she said.
When did Katie Couric and John Molner meet?
Couric was first introduced to Molner by her friend Molly in 2012 after asking her if she knew any single surgeons.
Molly told her she didn't, but she knew a banker Couric might be interested in.
When Molner didn't reach out, Couric asked her friend again, prompting Molner to ask her for a date.
"He had me at hello," Couric told PEOPLE about the first time they met.
“Sometimes we get angry at each other,” Couric told the outlet, adding: “Sometimes I feel like he can be tough and I’m sure he thinks I’m insane.
"But for the most part, he’s really good company ... and I can totally be myself with him, sometimes maybe to a fault. I just love being married," she said.
Do Katie Couric and John Molner have children?
Couric and Molner do not have children together.
However, she had two daughters, Ellie and Carrie, with Monahan, whom she married in 1989.
Ellie is a Yale graduate, and Carrie graduated from Stanford and went on to get a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
Both of her daughters work in TV. Ellie is a screenwriter while Carrie is a producer.
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On March 25, 2024, Couric announced that she had become a grandmother as Ellie had given birth to a son.
Molner also has two children from a previous marriage, a son named Henry and a daughter named Allie.