Katie Couric
Kathie Couric attended several high schools in Arlington, Virginia, making the cheer squad each and every time. After graduating high school, she hung up the pompoms and her mini skirt for good and instead decided to pursue a career on TV. And as you already know, things worked out for her in spectacular fashion.
She started off working on ABC News before moving to CNN. After a brief period of hopping from station to station, she got her big break by co-anchoring Today alongside Tom Brokaw. Her most recent anchoring job was for Yahoo! News, but she left the job when Verizon came into the picture. By then, she had already started her own production company.