The Chilean journalist, television presenter, as well as radio host, Ivan Leonardo Nunez Wochlk is better known as Ivan Nunez. He is famous for being a reporter for "Teletrece" (1993-2000) where he started his TV career. He then worked on the morning of "La Manana del Trece" on Channel 13 (2000-2001). He also hosts the program "El thermometro" (2001-2005) and the journalistic editor of "Nada personal" (2001) whereas he was also the journalistic editor of the program "Primer Plano" (2001-2004) on the same channel.
Chilean emigrated to Television Nacional de Chile (TVN), where he hosted "La Semana" (2006), and his return to TVN was announced on 22nd February 2019, after almost 10 years, and since 11th March 2019 he has been conducting "24 Hours Central". He previously worked in the newspaper "Fortin Mapocho" (1988-1989). As well, he has worked in the radio stations Agricultura (1990); Cooperativa (1991); 3 Future (2008-2011), where he led the program "Words take words"; DNA (2012-2018), which led to "DNA Test", "Midi DNA", "DNA Today"; and Imagina, where "Panorama Imagina" hosted, until 29th October 2020. He joined the Constanza Santa Maria newscast in 2021.
Source: @fmdos.cl
Early Life
On 7th May 1970, Ivan Nunez took birth in Santiago, Chile grabbing Chilean nationality and Chilean-white ethnic background. He was conceived with the birth name of Ivan Leonardo Nunez Wochlk under the star sign of Taurus. Similarly, his religious belief is in the Christian religion. Ivan's race is white and his present age is 51 which he recently celebrated in the May of 2021.
Ivan is the daughter of his father, Francisco Nunez-Miranda, and his mother, Gaby Ordonez. He has one sibling a brother, Brayan Nunez.
Moving towards Nunez's education, he studied a Bachelor of Social Communication at the University of Chile and graduated as a journalist. He later studied German at the Goethe Institute in Santiago and, through a grant from the "Internationale Journalist en Program", carried out an internship on the German public television station ZDF.
Personal Life
Ivan Nunez is a married guy. He recently used his social networks to announce the birth of his son, the result of his relationship with a 27-year-old Brazilian model. Concerning his sexual orientation, he is straight.
Nunez previously tied a knot with Marlene de la Fuente, with whom he had four children. But, the couple separated in 2019, after fifteen years of relationship.
Source: @newsbeezer
Furthermore, while he was carrying out journalistic work in Arauco within the context of the incidents in Araucania on 27th March 2021, the vehicle in which he was traveling with the team he led, was attacked with firearms on the road between Canete and Tirua, resulting in minor injuries to the forearm. The incident is currently under investigation by the PDI. Additionally, Nunez and De la Fuente were victims of fraud amounting to 76 million Chilean pesos, perpetrated by economist Rafael Garay, 8 who was convicted in 2018 for repeated fraud against a total of 29 people.
Net Worth
The net worth of Ivan Nunez is estimated to be between $1 million to $5 million as of 2021 whereas he has also a fine amount of salary which is also around thousands of dollars per year. His major source of income is from his journalism career.
Awards and Achievements
- Award Ministry of Education for "his contribution to the dissemination of culture";
- Circulo de Periodistas for the "best youth figure on television";
- APES Award for best debate program, for "El thermometer".
