HODA KOTB IS ACCUSTOMED TO SIZABLE AUDIENCES, BUT IN AUGUST 2016, SHE GAINED THE LARGEST OF HER CAREER, AS AN ESTIMATED 30 MILLION VIEWERS WATCHED HER CO-HOST THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE RIO OLYMPICS FOR NBC. KOTB JOINED CO-ANCHORS MATT LAUER AND MEREDITH VIERA IN PROVIDING COMMENTARY DURING THE PARADE OF NATIONS.

Also while in Rio, Kotb reported on the Olympics for NBC Sports and co-hosted the Today show. She is usually seen on morning television as the co-host of the fourth hour of the Today show, a role she has served since 2007.

Kotb joined NBC News as a correspondent in 1998, just a dozen years after earning her communication degree from Virginia Tech..