Stone Phillips Bio, Age, Height, ABC News, Family, Career, Marriage and Net Worth

Who is Stone Phillips? Stone Phillips Biography and Wiki

Stone Phillips is an American television reporter and correspondent. He is best known as the former co-anchor of Dateline NBC, a news magazine TV series. He also has worked as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today and as a substitute moderator on Meet the Press

Stone Phillips Age and Birthday

Stone Phillips born as Stone Stockton Phillips was born on Dec 02, 1954, in Texas City, Texas, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on Dec 2nd every year.  Phillips will be 66 years old on Dec. 2nd, 2020.

Stone Phillips Height and Weight

Phillips is a man of average stature, he also appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos. He stands at a height of 6 feet and 2 inches (1.87 meters). However, details regarding his actual weight and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.

Stone Phillips Education

Regarding his education, he was an honored student at Parkway West High School in Ballwin, Missouri. During his high school, he also played as a starting quarterback of the school football team. Later he joined Yale University and continued to excel in academics and athletics.

In his college days, he played for the Yale Bulldogs Squad who had won the Ivy League football championship. At that time, he was a member of Yale’s Scroll and Key secret society. Further, he has received the university’s prestigious F. Gordon Award for outstanding academic and athletic leadership. In 1977, he graduated with honors earning a Bachelor of Philosophy.

Stone Phillips Parents and Siblings

Stone spent his childhood in the Claymont section of Ballwin, Missouri, where he was raised alongside his brother, Victor III, and sister Minta by their father, Victor Phillips, a WWII veteran, and mother, Grace, who worked as a school teacher and chemical engineer at Monsanto.

He attended as an acolyte St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Ellisville, Missouri, where his parents were the founding members of its congregation.

Stone Phillips Wife

Phillips is happily married to his wife Debra Del Toro-Phillips. Debra, as a kid, moved to New York City but she has an ethnicity of Puerto Rican. She has a successful career as a fashion designer. After getting success in her career, she returned to college where she gained a master’s degree in social work. Together, the couple had welcomed their first child, son Streeter Phillips in 1988. Though after seven years they had a daughter in August 1995, she died on the same day.

He currently resides in New York with his family. Further, he has not shared much information on his personal life or past relationships. Moreover, the reporter has been rumored once when he left NBC News. But then he never had involved in any controversies or violence for his personal life.

Stone Phillips Net Worth

Phillips has enjoyed a long career in the journalism industry spanning almost three decades. Through proceeds from his work as a reporter and correspondent, he has been able to accumulate a huge fortune. Phillips is estimated to have a net worth of about $15 million.

Stone Phillips Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Phillips.

Stone Phillips Bio and Wiki

• Full Names: Stone Stockton Phillips
• Popular As: Stone Phillips
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Journalist
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: Scottish
• Religion: Christianity
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Stone Phillips Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 65 years as of 2020
• Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
• Date of Birth: 2 December 1954
• Place of Birth: Texas City, Texas
• Birthday: 2 December

Stone Phillips Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: 6 feet and 2 inches (1.87 meters)
• Weight: Not Known
• Eye Color: Dark Brown
• Hair Color: Brown

Stone Phillips Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Victor Phillips
• Mother: Grace Phillips
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Victor III Phillips and Minta Phillips
• Marital Status: Married
• Wife/Spouse: Married to Debra Del Toro-Phillips
• Children:  Sons (Streeter Phillips)

Stone Phillips Networth and Salary

• Net Worth: $15 million
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: Journalism

Stone Phillips House and Cars

• Place of living: To be Updated
• Cars: Car Brand to be Updated

Stone Phillips Career

Talking about the career journey of Stone Phillips, he is active as reporter and correspondent since 1986 and he is still active in it. After his graduation, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he worked as a remedial reading and math teacher at the Fulton County Juvenile Detention Center. Then he started working at WXIA-TV, the local NBC affiliate. ABC News hired him as an assignment editor for its Washington, D.C., news bureau.

He worked for about 12 years in ABC News then joined NBC News to serve as co-anchor with Jane Pauley on Dateline NBC. Additionally, he also hosted Weekend Magazine with Stone Phillips in NBC News. He was honored with Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview. He also served as the anchor on the NBC Nightly News and Today.

Phillips co-anchoring Dateline NBC ended on 2 July 2007 when NBC did not renew his $7 million contracts. In 2012, Phillips contributed to the PBS NewsHour report and reported on golf course water usage for The Golf Channel in 2013. He started producing and hosting Moving with Grace, a documentary airing on PBS stations in May 2013.

Stone Phillips ABC News

In 1980, Stone got an offer to join ABC News in the position of an assignment editor for the news bureau in Washington D.C.; undoubtedly his outstanding academic performance helped him to climb the ladder of success so quickly.

During the next two years there, he distinguished himself as a professional and ambitious journalist, so he was promoted to the position of an on-air correspondent in 1982, as he covered such stories as the Lebanon war, Rajiv Gandhi’s election campaign after the assassination of his mother Indira, and the exodus of Vietnamese boat people.

Stone came to prominence in 1986, when he was chosen to appear regularly in the ABC newsmagazine show, entitled “20/20”. Side by side, he also began working as a sports anchor for “World News Sunday”, and substitute host for “Good Morning America”, serving in the position until 1992.

Stone Phillips NBC News

In 1992, Stone decided to leave ABC News to join NBC News, where he had an opportunity to work in the position of a co-anchor for the weekly newsmagazine “Dateline NBC”, adding a considerable amount to his net worth. During his stint there, he interviewed some of the most disreputable assassins, including Bernhard Goetz and Jeffrey Dahmer, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin, which increased enormously his popularity and led him to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview.