Survivor' season 43 winner

By Naveen Dec 15, 2022

Mike “Gabler” Gabler, a 51-year-old heart valve specialist from Houston, Texas, won Survivor Season 43.

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Host Jeff Probst revealed the winner in front of a studio audience in the jungles of Fiji, not on a Los Angeles soundstage.

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The show also took place just minutes after Gabler's victory was announced.

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Cassidy Clark, a 26-year-old designer from Plano, Texas, placed second.

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Owen Knight, a 30-year-old director of college admissions from Bethesda, Maryland, came in third.

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Gabler vowed to give a $1 million Green Beret in his father's name to a charity that honors him.

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"It's been a roller coaster," he told Probst. “Tonight was special because I got to tell all the stories.

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