Kirsty Young hosted an episode of Have I Got News for You in November 2003.
She has subsequently appeared on the show eleven more times. Cowboy boots, Britney Spears, and ‘baby on board stickers were among her pet dislikes when she appeared in Room 101 in 2004.
Young was named as the next presenter of the long-running BBC Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs, replacing Sue Lawley, in June 2006; she began on October 1, 2006. At 20/1, she was an outsider for the job, according to bookmaker William Hill.
How much does Kirsty Young make a year?
Young makes $ 4,00,000 a year.
She returned to Five News on September 28, 2006, however in 2007, Young stated that she will be departing Channel 5 News in the fall after 10 years as a correspondent.
Kirsty Young net worth
Kirsty Young as a well-known Scottish television and radio personality has a net worth of $145 million.
Young and her husband bought Inchconnachan, an island in Loch Lomond, with the goal of developing vacation rentals on the island.
The island has been the home to a colony of wild wallabies for the past 80 years, having been imported in the 1940s.
Young and her husband are considering transferring the wallabies to make room for the vacation rentals, however, this has met with some protest. The island is a Site of Special Scientific Interest as well as a conservation area.
