Who IsThe FiveCo-Host Dana Perino's Husband? All About Peter McMahon

Mar. 15, 2025

Peter McMahon and Dana Perino in 2019.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Dana Perinohas been married to her husband, Peter McMahon, for over 25 years.

“He’s definitely my best friend and my best guide, and everything I’ve accomplished would not be possible if we were not together,” the political commentator said on a 2022 episode ofA Dana Perino Podcast: Everything’s Going to Be Okay.

Ina 2018 essay for Fox News, Perino called her marriage to McMahon the “best decision [she] ever made” and one of the hardest but “most rewarding” things she’s ever done.

Here’s everything to know about Dana Perino’s husband, Peter McMahon.

McMahon and Perino met on an airplane

Peter McMahon and Dana Perino at the beach.Dana Perino/Instagram

Dana Perino/Instagram

“I lived in the U.K. and wasn’t looking for any kind of relationship,” McMahon told the outlet. “We just talked, and two and a half hours later, exchanged details.”

Perino gave McMahon a card with her home phone number, office number, fax number and email address.

They wed in 1998

Dana Perino and Peter McMahon.Dana Perino/Instagram

McMahon sent Perino an email after they first met, and they eventually began dating. Less than a year after they first met, McMahon spontaneously proposed in front of the Washington Cathedral and Perino later responded to the proposal with a letter that closed with, “Yes, I will marry you.”

The pair wed on Sept. 30, 1998, andcelebrated their 26th anniversaryin 2024. McMahon, who was previously married, has two children from a previous relationship.

McMahon works in sales

Peter McMahon and Dana Perino in 2015.James Atoa/Everett Collection/Alamy Live News

James Atoa/Everett Collection/Alamy Live News

On an episode ofA Dana Perino Podcast: Everything’s Going to Be Okay, McMahon revealed that as a child, he and his best friend thought he’d be a pilot in the Royal Air Force.

“In the officer training, it just didn’t work out with me. I was a jokester, I didn’t take things seriously enough,” he said on his wife’s Audible series. “At the end, they decided I wasn’t suitable material.”

McMahon instead went to work in Germany and started a career in medical manufacturing sales. In 1999, he launched Icon Medical.Per his LinkedIn, McMahon left Icon Medical in December 2016 and in November 2019, became president of GreenSleeve Medical Corporation.

He’s an avid traveler

In addition to residing in his native U.K. and then stateside with Perino, throughout his life, McMahon has lived in Germany twice for two years each time and in Saudi Arabia for a year. He’s also spent significant periods in various countries in Asia, Europe, South America and the Middle East.

“It gives you great insight into other people’s lives,” he said of traveling on Perino’s podcast.

He and Perino have shared three dogs

Dana Perino and Peter McMahon with their dog.Dana Perino/Instagram

Throughout their relationship, Perino and McMahon have had three dogs: Henry, Jasper (who died in 2021) and Percy. Perino says of their pets, “They’re family, too.”

All three of their dogs have been Hungarian vizslas. Perino even wrote a book about their second dog,Let Me Tell You About Jasper, How My Best Friend Became America’s Dog.

source: people.com