From Steve Harvey To Oprah Winfrey, Here’s How These TV Stars Became Filthy Rich
Oprah Winfrey (The Oprah Winfrey Show) – $300 Million
No one in the world can deny Oprah Winfrey her title as the queen of all media. She has a $3.5 billion net worth and is America’s first African-American multi-millionaire. She is also one of the greatest African-American philanthropists as well, and it all got kick-started by “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
It ran from 1986 to 2011, was syndicated worldwide, and has the highest ratings for its format. She also earned an Oscar nomination for her role in “The Color Purple.” She has also won 18 Daytime and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2021 she served as producer on another season of “Queen Sugar.”
Steve Harvey (Family Feud) – $45 Million
For Steve Harvey, the road to earning $75 million a year was steeped in plenty of day jobs. He worked as anything from a carpet cleaner to a boxer, insurance salesman, and even an autoworker. All of this while he perfected his night gig—stand-up comedy. It all came together for him, though.
From stand-up comedy, he starred in a sitcom called “The Steve Harvey Show.” He was also part of the “Original Kings Of Comedy film,” and authored a bestselling book called “Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man.” He has also hosted “Miss Universe” and the popular game show “Family Feud,” which he returned to in 2021.
Oprah Winfrey (The Oprah Winfrey Show) – $300 Million
No one in the world can deny Oprah Winfrey her title as the queen of all media. She has a $3.5 billion net worth and is America’s first African-American multi-millionaire. She is also one of the greatest African-American philanthropists as well, and it all got kick-started by “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
It ran from 1986 to 2011, was syndicated worldwide, and has the highest ratings for its format. She also earned an Oscar nomination for her role in “The Color Purple.” She has also won 18 Daytime and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2021 she served as producer on another season of “Queen Sugar.”
Kimberly Guilfoyle (The Five) – $8 Million
As a result of her relationship with Donald Trump Jr., Kimberley Guilfoyle landed a job on the Trump Administration as an advisor to the president. She didn’t just walk in on the role without any skills, though, and she has worked as an attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
She is also popular on TV and has worked for Fox News, most notably co-hosting the panel talk show “The Five.” She abruptly left the network to work for Trump and soon joined the Super PAC America First Policies, which is a pro-Trump organization. In 2021 she appeared on a show called “The Supporters.”
Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune) – $15 Million
Pat Sajak has been hosting “Wheel of Fortune” since 1980. He’s been at it so long people have forgotten that a) someone else used to do it, and b) Sajak used to host other shows. These include a show called “The Pat Sajak Show.”
He also once cut off president Richard Nixon while working as a radio host during the Vietnam war. But he lived that one down and currently rakes in $15 million a year. He shoots six episodes of the show a day but only does this four days a month. In 2021 both he and co-host Vanna White signed new contracts with the show.
Kaitlan Collins (The Daily Caller) – $2.4 Million
Promising young political analyst Kaitlan Collins has been making waves in the political arena. She is currently the White House correspondent for CNN but cut her teeth at “The Daily Caller,” a political site started by Tucker Carlson of Fox News fame along with Neil Patel.
She picked up a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and journalism from the University of Alabama. She kick-started her career straight after graduating, moving to Washington where she landed her job as an entertainment reporter at “The Daily Caller.” Her annual salary is $2.4 million based on her earning $200k per month. In 2021 she made an appearance on “Don Lemon Tonight.”
Sean Hannity (Hannity) – $25 million
Sean Hannity got his start in radio broadcasting. This was in the late ’80s when he dubbed himself “the most talked-about college radio host in America.” He specializes in political commentary, and his skills have earned him shows like his radio talk show called the “Sean Hannity Show” and his TV show on Fox News called “Hannity.”
He has also branched his skills into the publishing game and has three New York Times bestsellers to his name, the latest of which is “Live Free or Die: America.” He wrote that last one despite saying he didn’t have time for books and has also appeared in “Fox News Primetime” in 2021.
Craig Melvin (NBC News) – $3 Million
Craig Melvin is a hard news kind of guy. Nothing gets him pumped quite like covering something with a tough shell. Even when he was working for WIS-TV in South Carolina, he created a series about homeless people and their plight in the state of Columbia. This served him well when he joined NBC/MSNBC.
While there, he covered everything from mass shootings to tornadoes and even covered the 2016 Rio Olympics. He did this all while still anchoring the daytime news and shows like “Dateline Extra,” “Today,” “MSNBC Live,” and “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly.” In 2021 he was part of a series called “MSNBC Reports Craig Melvin Reports.”
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