Phil Gatton is a new Jeopardy contestant appearing in the popular quiz game show, this season. His debut episode airs on 25 July 2024 on Thursday.
Jeopardy is a quiz competition show that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. The contestants are instead given general knowledge clues in the form of answers and they must identify the person, place, thing, or idea that the clue describes, phrasing each response in the form of a question.
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With a weekly audience of 23 million viewers, it is the top-rated quiz show on television. Furthermore, it has won numerous awards and distinctions over the course of more than 30 years on the air, including the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding Game Show.
Know more on the Jeopardy contestant Phil Gatton which includes his wiki, family, profession, and personal life details below.
Who Is Phil Gatton From Jeopardy?
Gatton is an IT portfolio director and musician from Louisville, Kentucky. As a Jeopardy contestant, he is making his debut on the 25 July episode on Thursday.
In the upcoming episode, he will face a previous episode’s champion Davey Morrison, an actor and screenwriter from Provo, Utah, and Krista Boyd, a Legislative fiscal analyst from Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Phil Gatton of Louisville will be challenging a returning champion Davey Morrison, and Krista Boyd on the 25th July episode of Jeopardy on Thursday. (Via Jeopardy.com)
Davey captured his first victory on the 24 episode where he defeated the returning three-day champion Neilesh Vinjamuri. He will return to the upcoming episode with a total one-day winnings of $15,500.
Well, Phil will be looking forward to being the new champion on his debut episode.
Where Is Phil Gatton From?
Phil hails from Louisville, Kentucky, and grew up with his family there. He was born Philip J Gatton in March of 1971.
As of now, he has reached the age of 53. He has a brother named Vince Gatton, who is a New York-based award-winning playwright and Drama Desk-nominated actor. According to his family history, Gatton’s ancestors came from Sussex and Surrey in England.
Phil Gatton’s brother Vince holds a BFA in Acting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (Via Phil’s Facebook)
Following his high school, Gatton went to the
Likewise, he attended the University of Southern Queensland in Australia before transferring to
What Is Phil Gatton’s Job?
Gatton is an IT portfolio director based in Louisville, Kentucky. His career is focused on designing and building tools to solve complex business issues.
As of now, he serves as Associate Director of Portfolio Management Self-Service Analytics and Low Code Enablement at an insurance company named Humana. He joined the company as an IT Program Manager of Digital Health and Analytics in April 2019.
University of Louisville College of Business. Previously, he worked at Bank of America for over 10 years, where he served in the position of Vice President of Reporting and Analytics, and Global Innovation Lead of the Wholesale Banking Technology and Operations.
Humana from 2006 to 2008. Moreover, he was a sHoneywell Life Safety, where he served from 1997 to 2006.
Phil Gatton Wife: Inside His Married Life
Gatton has been happily married to his wife Puja Gakhar Gatton for nearly two decades. They have been married since 15 April 2006.
Puja is an attorney and now serves as a senior counsel for litigation and employment at Texas Roadhouse. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Northwestern University and juris doctorate from Emory University. Moreover, she is of Indian descent.
Phil Gatton and his wife Puja re the parents of a son and a daughter. (Via: Phil’s Facebook)
Together, Phil and his wife are raising two kids; a son and a daughter, The family of four now resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
