After gaining the academic qualification, Holmes began his career as a reporter at "West Australian Newspaper." He worked as a reporter for Daily News afternoon newspaper. After four years with the company, he then joined the Nine Network Australia as a reporter and producer.
Holmes then joined the Freelance Writer/Producer as a writer and producer and served as a Freelance writer and producer. He worked as a correspondent for "Nine Network Australia" for around 8 years. Besides, he also included CNN INternatioanl since April 1996 as an anchor or correspondent.
Currently, Michael Holmes anchoring reality show on CNN. He also hosted, and moderate CNN events in many countries include, New Delhi, Chicago, and Shanghai, etc. During his Career in CNN, he serves along with Timothy Law Snyder, Leyla Santiago and, Mary Katharine Ham.
As a news anchor, Michael Holmes was nominated for New & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current New Story and honored with "Australian Television Society Award."
Currently, Michael Holmes is 57 of age, and till this date, his married life and the love affair is mysterious. He might be involved in some love affair in the past but he has not revealed regarding the information about girlfriend, wife, children, sibling. He joined the Twitter in April 2009, and currently, he has over 20.2 k followers and often posts recent activities on Twitter.
Michael Holmes receives around $187,04 as a yearly salary from CNN and has a net worth of around $3 million as of 2018. Since 1978, she collects a lot of money through his profession. She currently, lives a lavish life with his family.