Șerban Sebastian Huidu (born July 16, 1976 in
Bucharest
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) is a
Romania
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n radio and TV star. He hosted, together with
Mihai Găinușă
Mihai Alexandru Găinuşă (born November 6, 1970, in Sibiu) is a Romanian radio and TV star, who is co-hosting the morning show on Kiss FM Romania, Kiss FM radio and a weekly satire show (''Cronica Cârcotaşilor'') on the Romanian station Prima ...
, the morning show on Romanian radio station
Kiss FM, and a weekly satire show (''
Cronica Cârcotaşilor'') on the Romanian channel
Prima TV.
Biography
Education and career
Șerban Huidu graduated from the Faculty of General Economics within
ASE Bucharest and, until now, he has never worked in this field. Also during college, he realized his passion for the media, working for a radio station in Bucharest where he worked for six months without being paid.
In 1995 Șerban Huidu got a job at a radio station,
and in 1997 he started the show Cronica Cârcotașului on
Radio 21, a pamphlet addressed to the politicians of that time. In 2000, the show began airing on
Prima TV.
During the same period, Mihai Găinușă joined Șerban Huidu in making the radio show. In just one year, Mihai Găinușă also became his set partner, so that since 2001 the show Cronica Cârcotașului is transformed into Cronica Cârcotașilor.
In 2003 the two filmmakers moved from Radio 21 to
Kiss FM.
Accidents
On December 29, 2010, he was hospitalized in the University Hospital of
Innsbruck
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,
Austria
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, with a cranial haemorrhage, following a serious
ski accident.
On October 16, 2011, Huidu caused a road accident on
DN1 in the area of Timișu de Sus,
Brașov County
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Name
In Hungarian language, Hungari ...
, resulting in 3 deaths. In 2009, 1 km away from the site, Huidu had made an illegal overtake and his driving license was suspended for a month.
Income
According to data from the Ministry of Finance, Șerban Huidu had a monthly income of 53,000 euros per month from television activities during 2005-2013. Its total net profit was 25,762,995 lei, ie approximately 5.8 million euros. It is equivalent to 644,000 euros per year, which means 53,000 euros per month. Huidu registered his trademarks "Cronica Carcotașilor", "Top Rușinică", "Dezbrăcatu '", "Puștiu", "Bebelușe" and "Mistrețu" on a company where he is the majority associate and administrator.
References
External links
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Șerban Huidu's official Kiss FM webpage*
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Șerban Huidu's official blog
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Romanian television presenters
Romanian radio presenters
Romanian satirists
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies alumni
Television people from Bucharest
1976 births
Living people