Georgie Thompson is considered to be one of the most popular anchorwoman of sky sports news. Born in September 1977, she presents the 3-7pm slot on Sky Sports News.
A sportswoman herself, she has represented England in international junior tennis championships when she was studying in Queenswood Boarding School. Having completed her education with the University of Leeds where she learnt Broadcast Journalism, Georgie Thompson began her career as a production assistant for GMTV.
She moved from GMTV in January 2001 to Sky Sports News and has now since covered many sporting events like the US Open Tennis Championships, A1 Grand Prix, Grand Prix Masters, Speedway World Cup, Americas Cup and the Race of Champions. She is also a keen surfer and an enthusiastic Fullham F.C. supporter.
Her extremely tight agenda does not permit her to spend much time on the tennis courts now. But when she does get the time to hit the courts, she does compete but now its just with herself. Having played at the competitive level for almost 12 times each year in the past, she feels dissatisfied if she does not level with her standards.
Voted among the top 100 Sexisiest Women from the Word by way of the British Mens Magazine, FHM, Georgie Thompson had modest beginnings. The daughter of a property developer, the importance of work ethics and hard work were drilled into her at the very early age. Additionally, it ingrained in her the value of investing in property and subsequently of climbing up the property ladder.
She’s the proud owner of a three bedroom terrace home in Chelsea. Though she feels that this property is considerably large as she is not married and does not have kids, this has been a big gain for her at a purely investment point of view. Initially costing approximately 500,000 pounds during the time of purchase, the property is now valued at almost 800,000.
Georgie Thompson does not consider herself for being really good with money and making it work. Following her fathers advice, she lets her financial advisors make every one of the important decisions for her. Having focused on property for some time, she’s now started looking at other investment options as well keeping her future in mind. Her financial advisors have shown her the necessity of keeping money aside for significant future expenses like education expenses whenever she has children.
This lady has also invested in a comprehensive insurance policy that covers her for critical illness and BUPA healthcare. Even though she finds critical illness cover quite expensive, she realized that having a family history of cancer she did not desire to put a price on her health.
Although she loves making money, handling money and number crunching are not a popular pastime with her. On the insistence of Sky News she set up a private limited company for herself a few years back. Along with invoicing Sky News for her contract she makes sure there’s a steady stream of income coming in from other sources such as event hosting, writing articles and corporate speaking.
