David Yount

David Yount is the CEO and creator of LicenseLogix, a company that helps other companies with their licensing needs. Yount also worked as a prosecutor. Aside from that, he is well-known as the spouse of award-winning American journalist Erica Hill.

Background

David Yount was born on August 29, 1969, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He grew up in the United States with American parents. Furthermore, Yount is of American nationality and the white race. He also has a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication from California State University.

After college, he worked for Ziff-Davis Television, Fox Sports, and NBC News as an anchor and host. He went on to John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia, to finish his J.D. He came up with the concept and started Licenselogix in New York in 2011. In 2010, CliC (CliC License Information Center) was also established.

Marriage, Wife, and Children

David's lovely wife, Erica Hill, is the co-anchor on popular CBS programs such as CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News, and The Early Show. Many people were surprised when she decided to leave the popular show on NBC called Weekend Today to join MSNBC as a correspondent and anchor. The four years that she worked on NBC News came to an end in 2016. The industry was surprised because of her long tenure there, but she explained that she left because she wanted to spend some time with the family and her husband, David.

The first boy born to the Yount family is Weston Robert, born on November 25, 2006. Their second son, Sawyer Steven Yount, was born on March 23, 2010.

Erica is happy to be married to David for over a decade. David's wife, Erica Hill, is now in charge of her TV show at HLN called On the Story with Erica Hill, and it has been great for her to run her project. When she decided to leave NBC, she said it was all about her family since she had to work too much and could not spend enough time with her two sons and husband. The show at HLN gives her more flexibility because it does not require much time like the show on NBC did. Her power allows her to dictate her schedule, and she tries to balance her work life with her family life so that she doesn't stress out.

Career and Net Worth

From 1997 until 2000, David Yount was working on ZDTV/Tech TV, where he was the Director and a Studio Crew Chief. After he left the tech network, he became the Channel Sales Manager at Akamai Technologies. At Akamai Technologies, he was coveted and recruited to develop and manage partner relationships for their streaming media division that needed his knowledge and skills.

In the year 2002, David joined TRUSTe as an Account Executive. He is now working as CEO and Founder of Licenselogix. This company focuses on streamlining getting business permits and licenses for different entities and companies located in the United States.

As an attorney, Yount is licensed to practice law in the states of New York and Georgia. The New York license is precious to him because of how big the population is in that state. He never runs out of cases in New York because there is always a court case occurring.

David was also employed at Fox Sports. He enjoyed his time very much at Fox because it allowed him to tap into another part of his personality. He no longer always had to put on a severe face and could express himself in the sports world without worrying about upsetting anybody.

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