Table of Biography
Soleil Asha Gupta is famous as the celebrity daughter of Dr. Sanjay Gupta and his wife Rebecca Olson Gupta. Soleil Asha Gupta is the youngest daughter of Dr. Gupta and his wife.
Early Life
Soleil Asha Gupta has been a popular public figure since birth. Her parents are father Dr. Sanjay Gupta and mother Rebecca Olson Gupta. She also has two siblings namely Sage Ayla and Sky Anjali Gupta. Both her siblings are sisters. Also, the sibling seems to be very close to each other and have a very happy life along with their parents.
Moreover, her nationality is American. Whereas, her ethnicity is Asian (Indian). Also, she follows both Christianity and Hinduism as her father is from India and her mother is from the USA. However, her exact date of birth and birthplace is not revealed.
But in Jeff Seidel’s 8 May 2020 article titled Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a U-M grad, is consumed by coronavirus coverage — even in his dreams in Detroit Free Press, it is mentioned that Sage is 14 years old, Sky is 13 years old, and she is 11 years old. Moreover, her father also talks often about the siblings on the air.
Likewise, she has grandparents named Subhash and Damyanti Gupta. Additionally, she also has an uncle namely Suneel Gupta. At present, she is living happily in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family.
Caption: Soleil Asha Gupta posing for a selfie with her whole family during the COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020. Source: Detroit Free Press
Career and Professional Life
Soleil Asha Gupta is famous as the celebrity daughter of the American neurosurgeon, medical reporter, and writer Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Likewise, her mother – Rebecca Olson Gupta is a family law attorney. Rebecca earned a law degree from South Carolina. At present, she is a lawyer, and venture capitalist, and also sits on the Michigan Medicine Advisory Group.
Being a superstar little girl, she gained fame at an exceptionally young age. On 28 April 2012, her father – Dr. Sanjay Gupta – was awarded an honorary “Doctor of Humane Letters” degree. Dr. Sanjay received the honor for his accomplishments in the medical field.
Also, her father gave the commencement address at the spring commencement ceremony. This ceremony was held in the University of Michigan Stadium.
Likewise, on 12 June 2016, her father addressed the Oregon Health & Science University graduating class of 2016. Then on 23 May 2019, Dr. Sanjay Gupta presented the commencement address to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine class of 2019.
Furthermore, in October 2019, her father was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. It was to join the academy’s 2019 class consisting of 100 members. This is one of the highest honors in medicine.
More Details about Dr. Sanjay’s Professional Life
Soleil’s father – Dr. Sanjay Gupta – has won seven Emmy Awards while covering wars in Iraq and Lebanon, a tsunami in Sri Lanka, Hurricane Katrina, and earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal. Further, People magazine named Dr. Sanjay Gupta as one of the sexiest men of the year in 2003. Similarly, Forbes magazine also named Dr. Sanjay in 2011 as one of the 10 most influential celebrities.
Talking more about her father’s professional life, Dr. Sanjay Gupta works on CNN. Dr. Sanjay has also done a TV show called Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta. He is also an associate chief at Grandy Memorial Hospital.
At present, her father is busy answering questions regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, CNN viewers wait eagerly to hear from her father during his program. Further, her father also co-hosts the health conference Life Itself, along with Marc Hodosh, who is the co-creator of TEDMED.
American Ex-President Barack Obama even granted Dr. Sanjay the job offer of U.S. General Surgeon in 2009. He kept the post for a certain interval but later withdrew his name. Additionally, Dr. Gupta is the associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital, an associate professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine, and the chief medical correspondent for CNN.
Caption: Soleil Asha Gupta posing for a photo with her father, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and siblings Sage and Sky Gupta. Source: Crossroads Today
Soleil’s Role During COVID-19 Pandemic 2020
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came out with guidelines that everybody should be wearing masks, Soleil helped make custom masks. The young lady went up into the attic with some fabric to make some face masks. She has since created masks for CNN anchors Anderson Cooper, Chris Cuomo, and Brooke Baldwin among others. Talking to Jeff Seidel from Detroit Free Press, her father said:
She made some really wonderful masks and the ones that she made me I wear whenever I go out. Anderson and I had been doing these segments together so she decided to make one for Anderson. When she heard that Chris Cuomo and Brooke Baldwin got sick, she made them masks and sent them to them. It’s really sweet.
Relationship Status
At the young age of 6 years, Soleil Asha Gupta is single. However, the young lady is sure to attract many lovers in the future with her beauty, talent, and humor. Talking about her parent’s relationship details, her parents Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Rebecca Olson Gupta met each other in Ann Arbor when Rebecca was doing her undergraduate studies at U-M in political science and biology.
The lovers met each other at Rick’s Cafe, a bar. Later, they tied the knot on 15 May 2004. As her father and his family are Hindu/follow Hinduism, her parents had a Hindu wedding ceremony. Tara Guerard from the Hindu customs in America did all the wedding arrangements for her parents’ wedding ceremony.
A year after their marriage, Dr. Sanjay and his wife welcomed their first child namely Sage Ayla Gupta in the year 2005. The couple’s other children are Soleil and Sky.
Caption: Soleil Asha Gupta’s parents – Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Rebecca Olson Gupta captured during their Hindu wedding ceremony. Source: Charleston Weddings Magazine
Soleil Asha Gupta – Body Measurements
Soleil Asha Gupta’s body measurement details are not available at the moment. The young lady’s height, weight, dress size, shoe size, chest-waist-hip measures, etc are all unavailable right now.
Nevertheless, as she is just a very young kid, her body measurement stats shall keep changing for several more years to come. The young girl is still in the phase of development and growth and hence her data will keep changing for a long time to come. Likewise, she has beautiful brown eyes and hair of the same color.
Soleil Asha Gupta – Social Media
Talking about her social media presence, Soleil doesn’t have a social media account at a young age. She also rarely appears on social media and media as a whole although her parents are quite popular. Her father is available on Instagram as @drsanjaygupta. However, he doesn’t share much regarding his personal life on his account.
Moreover, her sister Sage goes by @sage.gupta on Instagram and @sagegupta on Snapchat. Her Instagram profile is set to private while writing this biography. Further, we can connect with her mother on Facebook at “Rebecca Gupta”. She joined the platform in January 2009.