Must be nice to have that little boost in your career - parents divorce when you're a year old, and your mom remarries the President of CBS News, Bill Leonard. Stepdaddy Bill got him a very big and early foot in the door by getting him hired out as an assistant to Walter Cronkite at the 1964 Republican convention. Chris didn't even have a relationship with his real father Mike until he was 14 years old.
Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace was born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents Frank and Zina Sharfman Wallace (originally Wallik) in Brookline, Massachusetts. "Mike" is now married to his fourth wife.
Who needs LinkedIn when you've got daddy and mommy?