Brian Ross

Brian Ross is the supportive husband of veteran TV personality and journalist, Ann curry. The two have been married for nearly 30-years.

Brian’s wife is best known for being the anchor for NBC News and the co-anchor of Today. Over her decade-long career as a journalist, Ann Curry has covered numerous disasters and has reported from war zones. Her coverage of the 1987 Los Angeles earthquake earned her a Grammy Award. Curry has earned seven Emmy awards and the Simon Wiesenthal Medal of Valor for her extensive reporting in Darfur, among other honors.

Curry left “Today” in 2012 after one year as a co-anchor and 15 years with the show. After leaving Today, Curry started her own production company. While Curry is a serious award winning journalist, her husband is also a leader on his own field.

Below find seven interesting facts about Curry’s husband, Brian Ross.

#1 Brian met his future wife in college.

Brian Ross –who at the time was also a University of Oregon student met Curry in the mid 70’s. Following their college graduation in 1978, the two had a long courtship and were married in 1989.

#2. Brian Ross is a software exec

With more than 20 years of experience at leading software firms, Brian He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer at FIX Flyer, LLC. Since being appointed in September 2005.

#3 He is well educated

According to his Bloomberg profile, he has graduate degrees in management and computer science from the Claremont Graduate School and Johns Hopkins University. He has also completed graduate studies in mathematics from the Courant Institute at New York University.

#4 He began his technology career at NASA

Mr. Ross led development of mission critical software and systems for the Galileo, Voyager and Hubble space missions. He has received three NASA accommodations for his leadership in developing software systems.

#5 He also worked in Wall Street

In 1995, he took his engineering and technology skills to Wall Street where he joined Blackrock –a leading fixed income money manager.

#6 He was previously the COO at Trepp LLC

Under his leadership, Trepp became the leading provider of CMBS and commercial mortgage information, analytics and technology to the securities and investment management community.

#7 He is a father of two

Together, Brian Ross and Curry are the proud parents of two children, daughter, McKenzie –who has modeled for teen Vogue; and son, William Walker Curry Ross.