William Russell Geist, also goes by Willie Geist, is a journalist and television personality. The MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-anchor started his career in 1997. The talented host often serves as a fill-in anchor on both weekday editions and the Saturday edition of Today. Not only that, Geist has garnered enormous fame and fortune in his career.

Talking about the Illinois native’s personal life, he is a married man with a few kids. The anchor has been enjoying marital bliss with his high school sweetheart for about a decade. So, who is Willie Geist’s wife, Christina Sharkey Geist? Let’s get to know the famous personality’s lovely spouse and their children in this article.

First Met In Sixth Grade

As mentioned above, Willie and Christina Geist share a blissful marital life. In addition, the couple has a cute high school romance story. Both of them went to George Washington Middle School, meeting in grade six, and were at first good friends. Later, they became more than good pals, and the lovely pair dated throughout their middle and high school.

After graduating from high school, Christina planned to attend the University of Virginia. But, she ended up joining Vanderbilt University. On the other hand, Willie also attended Vanderbilt. After a serious talk, the lovebirds decided to take a break from their relationship and date other people. Even after college graduation, they tried going out with other people.

However, fate had another idea. During Christmas time in 2000, while the duo was visiting their parents, the Today host dropped by Christina’s parents’ house and suggested they start dating again. Then in 2002, Kung Fu Panda 3’s voice actor proposed to Sharkey in the middle school homeroom they once shared.

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Shortly after, the Geist couple tied the knot on 24 May 2003. Their wedding ceremony took place at the Holy Name of Jesus Church in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Following that, the married duo has been happily together.

Willie Geist’s Wife Is A Brand Strategist

Born in New Jersey, Christina is a brand strategist and co-founder of a brand strategy firm, True Geist. The brand creates meaningful logos and visual identities and designs retail packaging. In addition, they serve their clients all over the world. Not only that, Willie Geist’s better half owns a gift box company called Boombox Gifts. The online boutique was started in September 2015 and makes personalized memory boxes.

Furthermore, Christina is also one of New York’s best-selling children’s book authors. She has published three books, including Buddy’s Bedtime Battery, Sorry, Grown-Ups, You Can’t Go to School!, and Buddy’s New Buddy. Her last book, Buddy’s New Buddy, was published recently on 12 July 2022.

Christina’s latest book was the #4 new release across all book categories on Amazon and the only kid’s title in the top ten. Moreover, the author said that her third book serves up lessons about making new friends. It seems the beautiful lady is doing great in her professional life.