Bakari Sellers Biography and Wiki
Bakari T. Sellers is an American attorney, political commentator, and politician who serves as a political analyst on CNN. Bakari is popularly known for serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives for the 90th District from 2006-2014.
After evacuating his seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives to run for Lieutenant Governor and losing, he was replaced by Justin T. Bamberg in office.
Bakari Sellers Age and Birthday
Bakari was born on September 18, 1984, in the United States of America. He is 36 years old as of 2021. His birth sign is Virgo.
Bakari Sellers Height
Seller stands at a height of 5 feet and 9 inches (Approx. 1.8m) tall.
Bakari Sellers Education
Bakari first attended and graduated from Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in South Carolina. He later proceeded to Morehouse College where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in African-American Studies.
Bakari later furthered his studies at the University of South Carolina School of Law where he received a Juris Doctor.
Bakari Sellers Family, Parents, Siblings
The attorney is the proud son of Gwendolyn Sellers and Cleveland Sellers. His mother is a civil rights activist while his father is a professor.
Bakari grew up in Bamberg County, South Carolina alongside his siblings; Nosizwe Sellers and Cleveland L. Sellers III.
Bakari Sellers Wife, Is He Married?
Moving on to his marital affairs, the American attorney is happily married to his beautiful wife, Ellen Rucker Carter who is a chiropractor and co-owner of Rucker Roots hair-care products.
The romantic duo exchanged their wedding vows in the summer of 2015 after being friends for seven years.
Bakari Sellers Twins, Children
Bakari and his wife are blessed with two twin babies who were born in January 2019 through the Caesarian section. The twins are a boy named Stokely Taggart and a girl named Sadie Ellen. Her wife Ellen had a daughter from her previous marriage named Kai Mitchelle.
Bakari Sellers Salary
According to CNN analyst salaries, Bakari receives an average salary ranging from $51,210 to $61,883 a year. More insights on his annual earnings will be updated soon.
Bakari Sellers Net Worth
Bakari Sellers has an estimated net worth of $2 million as of 2021. His primary source of income is his career as a political analyst.
Bakari Sellers CNN
Sellers now works as a political analyst for CNN as well as serves on the board of directors of Level Brands (a brand management firm) and on Let America Vote (a voting rights organization founded by former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander).
Bakari Sellers Book and Podcast
Bakari released an autobiography, My Vanishing Country, in May 2020 that centers on the forgotten lives of African-American working-class people in the rural U.S. South. He also owns a podcast that tackles the pressing issues of the day through interviewing highly profiled guests and dialogues with a rotating panel of writers, thinkers, and influencers.
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