Mark Wilson Bio, Age, Fox 13 News , Height, Wife, Salary, Brother, Family and Net Worth

Mark Wilson Biography

Mark Wilson is an American television news anchor with WTVT FOX 13 Tampa and the lead guitarist in the band The Wilson Van, formerly known as Van Wilson, with his brothers Paul and actor/singer Patrick Wilson.

Mark Wilson Education Background

Mark, an honors alumnus of Florida State University, worked as a regional correspondent for NBC News while anchoring Raleigh, North Carolina, station’s top-rated newscasts.

Since joining FOX 13 in 1997, he has won awards for his reporting from Ground Zero in New York, Hurricane Katrina, the scene of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, and most recently after a string of terrible tornadoes in Alabama.

Mark Wilson Age

Have you been wondering how old is Mark? well , according to our research, he was born in 1969. Details talking about his date of birth are not disclosed to the public hence making it difficult to tell his exact age.

Mark Wilson Height

Talking about his height, he stands at a height of about Around 5 feet 6 inches and is around 51 years old.

Mark Wilson Family

Regarding his family, Mark is involved with a number of nonprofit organizations, such as the March of Dimes, Southeastern Guide Dogs, and The Wilson Family Foundation, which he founded along with his parents and brothers.

Mark Wilson Wife and Children

Mark is a happily married man and is a father of two daughters. He probably has a guitar in his hand when he’s not spending his free time playing with his wife and two girls or chasing his two golden retrievers.

Mark Wilson Career

Fox 13 News / Journalism Career

For his reporting, Mark has won a number of accolades and prizes. The Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has awarded him multiple Emmys for his live and social media reporting from the Alabama tornadoes in 2011 and for a story on cracked iPhone screens in 2013.

He was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists in 2006 for his series of reports from the front lines of battle in Iraq while embedded with a group of Tampa Bay Area Army Reservists.

Mark, a Florida State University alumnus, worked at WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the middle of the 1990s and was an NBC regional correspondent.

His father, WTVT anchor John Wilson, who has been referred to as the “Walter Cronkite of Tampa Bay” after a career spanning more than 50 years in television news anchoring in Norfolk, VA, Charlotte, NC, St. Louis, MO, and Tampa/St. Pete, FL, joined WTVT in 1997, realizing a lifelong dream of working alongside him.

In 2005, Mark was picked by FOX to host and introduce WTVT’s inaugural 11 p.m. broadcast (since becoming a FOX affiliate). I took over for Kathy Fountain as the 5 o’clock news anchor at WTVT in 2010. His father John Wilson announced on November 5, 2014 that Mark would take over the 6 and 10 o’clock newscasts at WTVT.

Music/The Wilson Van

Mark is a passionate rock guitarist with a wide range of musical experience. Later, Eddie Van Halen had a significant impact on the man who had grown up singing in his mother’s church choirs and playing the violin.

At Wilson Van charity concerts and other community gatherings, Mark frequently auctions off some of his custom guitars. Mark has written and recorded several songs for independent films.

Today, Mark, his brothers Paul and Patrick Wilson, an actor and singer, and his brother-in-law Charles Tillman get together several times a year to perform on stage as The Wilson Van, a rock band that raises money for local charities in the Tampa Bay region. They mix songs by Van Halen, Journey, and Bon Jovi with other covers and a few original compositions.

They mix songs by Van Halen, Journey, and Bon Jovi with other covers and a few original compositions.

Since then, The Wilson Van has performed benefit concerts for Academy Prep at 3 Daughters Brewing in St. Petersburg on August 16, 2014, Club Detroit in May 2013, and the State Theater in St. Pete in May 2012 to raise money for Southeastern Guide Dogs’ Paws for Patriots program, which provides guide dogs to blind or injured veterans.

All of these events benefited charitable organizations. The Wilson brothers’ hectic schedules make it difficult for them to practice for their performances, so they team up with their iPhones via iMessage and Skype.

Also in 2012, Mark joined his brother Patrick on stage as they sang Sammy Hagar’s “Eagles Fly” as part of the Broadway Blows Back concert to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims.

Mark Wilson Net Worth

Have you been wondering how rich is Mark , well, according to our research, he has an estimated net worth of $2 million dollars. Though he has not disclosed to the public about his earnings, his salary from Fox News is around $80,000 to $87000.