Carol Costello, a news anchor and a reporter by profession, came to life on October 11th 1961. She is a Native American and was born in Minerva, Ohio, U.S. She was born to her parents Sherlyn Costello and David who had 4 children in total and Carol was second of them. The family was very close to each other and stayed together for a very long time. Carol was known for her wits and presence of mind since she was very young and this helped her develop her career as a news anchor and a reporter later on.

She did her high school from Minerva High School and later on did her graduation degree from Kent State University with specialization in Journalism. Immediately after her studies she started efforts to pursue her career in journalist. She is an ardent fan of Detroit Lions and follows their performances meticulously. She has married to her present husband Timothy Law Snyder and the couple got married in the year 2004. The couple has been staying together since then and shares a very strong relationship. However the couple does not have any kids or children.

According to her biography, Carol started reporting immediately after she passed out of her graduation college. Because of educational background in journalism she bagged the job of a crime reporter with WAKR-TV channel. The reporting for the channel gave her much popularity and she won an award also working there as the reporter. Later on she went on to join WBNS 10-TV and here for her reporting and news reports she won the prestigious Emmy Award. She also worked for other channels subsequently and gained much applause and appreciation there for her stories. Her major break in the career came when she got an offer from CNN which she accepted instantly. She worked as an anchor and hosted many TV shows and news shows along with the channel including CNN Headline News and others. She covered many major stories including Hurricane Katrina, 2008 elections for president in US, Inauguration of Barrack Obama and many other crime and tragedy events.

She developed an image of fearless reporter and gained much appreciation. She also interviewed many big political leaders and celebrities like Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton and many others. She also anchored the popular news shows for CNN like CNN Daybreak and their evening regular news reports shows. She has had a long and successful career with CNN and is still continuing to work for them in their evening news show.

Carol is also socially very active on social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram. She keeps on sharing her recent updates and her popular performances on the networking sites. Her Twitter account has got over 34k followers and has got many Likes. Carol also draws a huge amount of money as the salary for the news shows she does because of her popularity and experience in reporting and anchoring and her estimated net worth is around $ 3 million and is estimated to increase in the future as well.