Billy Hult was the husband of Allison Gollust is the Executive VP and Chief Marketing Officer, CNN Worldwide, but lately, it has been revealed Allison Gollust was identified as the woman with whom Jeff Zucker has had a consensual relationship with. Zucker resigned from CNN, Mrs. Gullust still has her job, which has female CNN staff furious about it.
“Why is she allowed to keep her job, when she was promoted while sleeping with the boss?” a CNN insider railed.
“CNN is supposed to be a transparent news network. How does she get away with lying about their affair for so long?”
Allison Gollust confirmed her relationship with Jeff Zucker, which she said started during COVID, others said that is not accurate adding that Zucker and Allison started darted long before the pandemic.
“Jeff and I have been close friends and professional partners for over 20 years,” she said in a statement, according to CNN’s media reporter. “Recently, our relationship changed during COVID. I regret that we didn’t disclose it at the right time. I’m incredibly proud of my time at CNN and look forward to continuing the great work we do every day.”
They’ve been together for years,” the source dished.
“And she’s still lying about it today — the statement she made that ‘recently our relationship changed during Covid’ is a total lie.”
Katie Couric wrote in her book “Going There” about Zucker’s urgency to bring Allison on board.
“They were joined at the hip,” Couric wrote. “I had to wonder why Jeff was angling so hard to bring Allison on board. She and her husband and kids had moved into the apartment right above Jeff and Caryn’s — everyone who heard about their cozy arrangement thought it was super strange.”
Allison Gollust Bio
Allison Leigh Gollust was born on October 2, 1972. Allison started her career in Denver as a reporter, producer and anchor; she joined CNN in 2013. In 1996, Gollust joined NBA, a year later was named senior publicist for Today.
A few years later Allison Gollust served as executive vice president of corporate communications for NBC Universal, she left NBA after Comcast took over the network. In 2012, Andrew Cuomo announced he hired Gollust as his communications director.
Allison Gollust Husband
According to reports, Allison Gollust married Billy Hult, father of her two daughters, Olivia and Ava.
Billy Hult
Allison Gollust’s ex-husband, Billy Hult was born William Eugene Hult on October 10, 1969. He graduated in 1991, with a BA in English from Denison University.
He joined TradeWeb in 2000 as a product manager, he is nowadays president at Tradeweb and also serves in the board of directors; before Tradeweb, Mr. Hult worked for Société Générale.
Billy Hult served on the board of directors for Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival and Boys Hope Girls Hope New York.
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