William G. Bumpus was born in 1954 in Greenwich, South East London, England, and is a 65-year-old lawyer, recognized for being the assistant attorney general of Connecticut. He is also known as the ex-husband of famous journalist Gayle King. Just a simple reminder that article is created and owned only by biographypedia.org Article cannot be re-published in any other pages or documents. Copyright is protected by DMCA. All found copies will be reported. William Bumpus’ net worth is over $20 million, earned from his successful career as a lawyer, with over four decades of experience and hard work. William Bumpus was raised in his hometown of London by his parents. Upon matriculation, he moved to the US and settled in Connecticut, where he enrolled into Central Connecticut State University. Thereafter, he furthered his education at the prestigious Yale Law School, in New Haven, Connecticut, and there earned his law degree. He has dual British and American nationality, and is of mixed ethnicity. Right after graduation, William started his professional career as the assistant attorney general of Connecticut in 1980. After working there for a year, he left the position to work as a civil attorney, but joined the government once again and served as Connecticut Assistant Attorney Criminal Prosecutor. Thanks to his hard work, William was soon promoted to work as an attorney in charge of representing DCF in such court cases as Children Abuse and Neglect. He still works there, and is specialized in the Termination of Parental Rights. William Bumpus and renowned journalist Gayle King started dating in 1981, and they eventually exchanged their wedding vows at a private ceremony held in the following year. After eight years of marriage, Gayle filed for divorce, citing his infidelity as the main reason; he was caught with another woman ex-husbands-cheating in June of 1990. Their divorce was finalized in 1993 – William finally admitted the affair and apologized to Gayle in 2016. The couple had two children – their first child, a daughter named Kirby Bumpus, and then a son named William Bumpus, Jr. The godmother of their children is TV celebrity Oprah Winfrey , who is the best friend of Gayle. Their daughter Kirby graduated with a BA degree in Human Biology and Psychology from Stanford University in 2008, while their son went to Duke University, and graduated in 2009. Kirby previously served at the US Department of Health and Human Services, and currently works as the Head of Social Impact and Inclusion at Sweetgreen. Son William is involved in the entertainment industry.
- It is believed that William Bumpus is single at the moment.
- In his spare time, he enjoys reading books and listening to music.
- He also likes traveling – his favorite holiday destination is Miami, Florida.
- William’s favorite actor and actress are Vin Diesel and Jennifer Lawrence.
- His favorite cuisine is Mexican.
Gayle King was born on the 28th December of 1954 under the sign of Capricorn, in Chevy Chase, Maryland USA. She spent her childhood time divided between her hometown and Turkey, where her father, Scott King, worked as an electrical engineer, while her mother, Peggy King, was a housewife. She attended an American school in Turkey, and later enrolled in the University of Maryland, from which she obtained a degree in Sociology and Psychology in 1976. Right after graduation, Gayle started working as a production assistant for WJZ-TV, based in Baltimore, and then as a reporter for WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. She subsequently moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and there joined the WDAF-TV network as a general-assignment reporter and weekend anchor. Between 1981 and 1999, Gayle worked as a news anchor at WSFB, located in Hartford, Connecticut, during that stint winning an Emmy Award. In 1999, she got a chance to work as an editor-at-large for Oprah Winfrey’s monthly magazine “O, The Oprah Magazine”. In September of 2006, Gayle launched her own “The Gayle King Show”, broadcast on the XM Satellite Radio station until 2011, when it was moved to the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). However, the show was ended in November of 2011 when she took a new job as a co-anchor of the CBS News’ show “CBS This Morning”. Prior to joining them, Gayle also worked in the position of a special correspondent for the ABC morning television show “Good Morning America”. she was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2018, and then was named as one of the 100 most influential people by the ‘Time’ magazine in 2019. Born in 1954 in Greenwich, London, Bumpus attended Central Connecticut State University, and later went to Yale to study law. His most senior role to date was as the assistant attorney general of Connecticut. Bill Bumpus became Gayle King’s husband in 1982.They have two children together – a son, William Bumpus Jr, and a daughter, Kirby Bumpus – whom they co-parent. Completing Vanity Fair’s Proust Questionnaire in 2016, King alluded to the reason for their divorce. Asked whom in the world she most dislikes, she answered: “I’m not a huge fan of the woman who I caught ■■■■■ with my now ex-husband on June 24, 1990, at 9:16 pm, but I don’t remember the details.”Bumpus responded to the allusion and, via a spokesperson, released a statement to website Entertainment Tonight His statement read: “I have been haunted with this life altering choice.” “Though I have dealt with this privately, I publicly apologize for the major transgression that dramatically changed all of our lives.” According to Biographypedia Bumpus’ net worth is over $20 million. The site states that he earned his wealth during a successful career as a lawyer. Another source claims that, as of 2020, Bumpus has a net worth of about $22 million. However, both of the above are estimates, and could be inaccurate. Being born into a famous family often warrants certain life pleasures hollywood-5-normal-confused/) and CBS Journalist Gayle King’s son, William Bumpus Jr. is a prime example of that. The 33-year-old has been in the limelight since anyone can remember and while much isn’t known about his personal life, fans feel as though they know the famous son. He is after all Oprah Winfrey’s Godson and his former childhood nanny. Honestly, William Bumpus has lived a life of fame and fortune since he learned how to walk. This guy hasn’t had to work a day in his life, given that his only occupation at the moment seems to share the limelight with his famous mother and godmother for the rest of his life and of course going on morning walks with his dog, William Bumpus Jr.’s life wasn’t as glam as social media would have us believe. The 33-year-old witnessed his mother endure a very public cheating scandal , where his dad of the same name, committed infidelity back in the ’90s. The worst part was King found her attorney husband in bed with her best friend at the time. Both Bumpus’s parents have opened up about the cheating scandal, though his father took longer coming clean about his wrongdoing. Despite breaking up the family, the attorney has maintained a “cordial” relationship with King for the sake of William and his sister Kirby Bumpus. Though, during his parent’s separation, King had a difficult time caring for both her son Bumpus and daughter Kirby. Luckily, they had a famous Godmother Oprah Winfrey who at the time volunteered to babysit them. During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Gayle noted that the “best gift she ever received from her talk-show best friend was being William’s nanny.” Ever since, Oprah has been involved in Bumpus’s life and even gave a heartfelt tribute to him at his graduation ceremony at Duke University William Bumpus may have had an unstable childhood, but his parents and Oprah Winfrey certainly made sure he was loved. There’s no doubt in our minds that William Bumpus receives plenty of love from the people closest to him. Like his famous Godmother, his mother is his biggest fan. On several occasions, Gayle King has gone on record to say that William Bumpus is her “favorite son”, despite being her only son. Bumpus also has a kid sister Kirby Bumpus, a former Obama Administrator and health educator. entertainment/2019/02/11/gayle-kings-daughter-kirby-bumpus-is-engaged-hill-aide/) It’s quite obvious that Gayle King is playing favorites here. Then again, all mothers love their firstborns a little more than they should. While we’re sure King and Kirby have their special mother-daughter times, the CBS journalist will bend over backwards to spend time with her “favorite son.” Sources report that the two spend plenty of quality time together, whether that be special red-carpet events or traveling the country. King even revealed during an interview that her and her son have a special tradition where they dine-out at Red Lobster every year on his birthday. The famous mother and son have been ordering his favorite crab cakes since he was 8-years-old. Clearly William Bumpus Jr. and his mother have an extremely close relationship. Bumpus is just a little too spoiled for a 30-year-old man. William Bumpus Jr. has his life made in the shade. With a very close-knit family and a super-supportive Godmother, Bumpus has great people surrounding him. While many members of his family have successful career jobs in politics and journalism, Bumpus lacks any real merit in that department. Sources haven’t been able identify just how the 33-year-old makes a living, but we can guess he gets by with his looks. Ladies can’t seem to get over how good-looking the famous son is, and neither can news outlets. William’s attractiveness is his only occupation at the current moment , with the addition of being related to CBS’s Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey. It’s no wonder the 33-year-old mama’s boy doesn’t take up modeling. His net worth will surely skyrocket after just gracing the pages of a few magazine spreads. While his good-looks are making headlines, so is his good-natured personality. Oprah Winfrey has gone on record to note that her Godson has “a generous spirit and good-personality”, two attributes that are often hard to find in men of his caliber. William Bumpus Jr. has great potential to make any woman happy—if only he’d great a real job. It’s clear that the 33-year-old has grown up in the spotlight alongside his mother and is riding every wave of fame that comes his way. Though, at some point, the famous son needs to get a serious reality check. As a man in his thirties, he has to leave the nest at some point. No matter how great of a guy Gayle King’s son is, he can’t live in his mother’s limelight forever. Let alone, rely on her paycheck to support him his whole life.