Elie Honig Bio, Age, Wife, Family, Net Worth

Holding one of the most reputed positions of a Legal Analyst at CNN since 2018, Elie Honig made use of the wealth of experience which he gained from his tenure at the State of New Jersey. He proved to be one of the most successful legal advisors of all time.

Also, he serves as the Executive Director of the Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities and a special counselor at the law firm named Lowenstein Sandler, LLC.

Bio: Age, Ethnicity, Education

Elie Honig - born in Camden, the UK in 1975 - celebrates his birthday every year on 3rd April. His mother worked as a social worker; whereas, his father had his law firm. As a child, he was raised alongside two younger brothers in a family of five. Currently, one of his brothers is a high school teacher.

Seeing his father performing the legal business, Elie inclined towards studying law and graduated high school from Rutgers in 1997. After three years, he became a law degree holder from Harvard University.

Elie Honig(middle) with Mr. and Mrs. Bharara at a book launch event in March 2019 (Photo: Elie Honig's Twitter)

Boasting a Middle-Eastern American ethnicity and an appealing personality with decent height and body structure, Elie hosted his first gig at Covington & Burling in Washington. In 2004, after becoming a federal prosecutor, his first case was a gun possession trial which lasted for about a month.

Gradually, Elie made a name for himself in the organized crime unit, and now, the 44-year-old is one of the most respected fighters of justice of all time.

Wife & Children

Elie Honig is married to the love of his life Rachael Honig, who shares the same passion for justice as Elie.

Both the spouses are attorneys and have served for the United States Government.

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The CNN analyst has always been one of the reputed justice fighters, but his wife Rachael is also not far behind. In 2019, she became the first woman to serve in the role of Assistant US Attorney in 35 years and the second in the Office’s history.

Amidst their professional lives, Elie and Rachael also share two children; a son - aged 15 - and a 13-year-old daughter. As of now, the family of four live in Middlesex Country. The father of two, Elie is often seen spending time playing cross country golf with the kids. Elie seems to be excited for his son who recently started his first real job as an ice-cream scooper at the age of 15.

Net Worth Info

Elie Honig has fought against crimes such as human trafficking, public corruption, organized crime, and violent crime throughout his life. He even worked for eight long years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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Following successful efforts to stop significant crimes in the United States, the attorney was named the Director of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice from 2012 to 2018. During his tenure, the city streets were swept clean of gangsters, drug trafficking, and corrupt public officials. 

As of now, he is one of the most successful legal attorneys in the business. Also, as a CNN legal analyst, he accumulates a salary of around $83,000, which contributes to his net worth tally ranging from $100,000 to $249,999. Elie has recently launched his podcast for Cafedotcom on February 2021 which is doing pretty well.