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Joel schiffman: Hoda Kotb was engaged

Hoda Kotb got engaged to Joel Schiffman in before splitting in In November , Schiffman popped the question while the two were enjoying an intimate beachside dinner. They went on to adopt two little girls together — Haley Joy in and Hope Catherine in — before announcing their split in He really is a great human being," Kotb said of their relationship in an August episode of the Jamie Kern Lima Show.

But sometimes two great human beings together isn't enough to make it work. Here's everything to know about Joel Schiffman and his relationship with the TV personality. After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a degree in economics, Schiffman went on to have a successful career in finance. He started working at his current company, Schroder Investment Management, in January and served in a number of different positions before becoming the head of strategic partnerships in August , per his LinkedIn.

Schiffman and Kotb first crossed paths in while attending an event on Wall Street that Kotb "didn't want to go to," she shared in a episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. I had to give a speech, they were bored. When I was leaving, they said, 'You need to sign a few pictures. I knew he didn't have a wedding ring, but that's all I knew.