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Andrew Jarecki Net Worth

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Andrew Jarecki's Net Worth as of 2024
$50 Million

Andrew Jarecki was born on the 24th March 1963, in New York City, USA – his descent, besides American, also includes German ancestry through his father. He is an entrepreneur, filmmaker and musician probably most famous as the co-founder of Moviefone, as well as for his documentary movie “Capturing the Friedmans”, and series “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst”.

Have you ever wondered how much wealth this multitalented man has accumulated so far? How rich Andrew Jarecki is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total amount of Andrew Jarecki’s net worth, as of mid-2016, is $50 million. It has been acquired throughout his successful and innovative business ventures as well as through his involvement in the film industry.

 

Andrew Jarecki Net Worth $50 Million

Andrew was raised in the family of Gloria and Henry Jarecki, who was a psychiatrist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, alongside three brothers of which Eugene is an author and documentary filmmaker, and Nicholas is a director and producer. Due to the aforementioned, it is no wonder that Andrew managed to become a successful filmmaker and businessman. Andrew Jarecki graduated in 1985 from Princeton University.

In 1989, Andrew Jarecki co-founded Moviefone, an American-based, interactive telephone service focused on giving information and movie listings. In the beginning, the company covered New York City and Los Angeles areas only, but under the lead of Andrew Jarecki as its CEO, Moviefone rapidly expanded its reach across the entire USA. In 1999, AOL Inc., global mass media corporation bought Moviefone for $388 million, providing a significant basis for Andrew Jarecki’s net worth.

Andrew Jarecki’s musical career officially began in 2000, when alongside J. J. Abrams, he co-wrote “New Version of You”, the theme song for the television drama series – Felicity. This venture has certainly positively impacted Andrew Jarecki’s wealth.

The very first efforts towards filmmaking Andrew Jarecki made was in 2003, when he completed an HBO documentary film about family issues – “Capturing the Friedmans”. The movie depicts the 1980s investigation of Arnold and Jesse Friedman, accused of child molestation. It has won 18 international rewards including Academy Awards nominations and winning of the New York Film Critics Circle Awards as well as the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for 2003. These accomplishments, besides dramatically raising Andrew Jarecki’s popularity in the movie industry, have also added a sum to the total amount of his wealth.

In 2010, Andrew Jarecki produced “All Good Things” – a crime romantic drama featuring Kirsten Dunst, Ryan Gosling and Frank Langella in the main roles, inspired by the life of Robert Durst, a millionaire and real estate heir of NY City mogul Seymour Durst. Subsequently in the same year, Andrew produced “Catfish”, a documentary movie about a young man who romantically bonds with unknown women via social networks. The eponymous 2013 TV show, reality documentary focused on revealing lies and truths of online dating, airing on MTV and also produced by Andrew Jarecki. All these engagements have certainly contributed to his overall net worth.

Andrew Jarecki refocused his attention and camera on Robert Durst one more time, in 2015, when filming the HBO documentary series “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst”. Jarecki’s efforts to reinvestigate the unsolved disappearance of Kathie Durst, Robert Durst’s wife, as well as the murder of author and journalist Susan Berman, and savage dismemberment of Durst’s neighbor Morris Black, lead to the confession and later imprisonment of Robert Durst. The series has been nominated for several Emmy Awards in 2016 and won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming awards. All these achievements have significantly increased Andrew Jarecki’s overall net worth.

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The most recent works of Andrew Jarecki do not include either music or movies, but iOS app KnowMe, a lightweight movie editing tool for Apple devices. Whether this idea is going to be profitable remains to be seen.

When it comes to his personal life, Andrew Jarecki is married to Nancy, the founder of BettyBeauty Inc., the company that makes pubic hair dye, with whom Andrew has three children. With his family, Andrew Jarecki currently resides in New York City.

Started with Net Worth Post in September 2014. Before that, Senior Writer at Creative Horizons. Earned a Journalism degree from Northwestern University.

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Chuck Todd Net Worth

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Charles David Todd was born on the 8th April 1972, in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a journalist and television presenter, currently the Political Director of the News Department of the largest broadcaster in USA – NBC and the correspondent of the company in the White House. Todd is also a political analyst for the news and talk morning television show “Today”, and daily evening television news program “NBC Nightly News”. Chuck Todd has been active in politics and journalism since the early 1990s.

How much is the net worth of Chuck Todd? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $3 million, as of the data given in mid-2017.

Chuck Todd Net Worth $3 Million

After schooling Todd studied Political Science at George Washington University, but which he left without a degree. In the early 1990s he worked for various political campaigns, including the presidential campaign of Senator Tom Harkin in 1992. From 1992 to 2007 Todd worked as the editor of The Hotline, a daily political newsletter, which is published by the Atlantic Media Company and is primarily intended for a small, non-public audience of staff of congressmen, journalists and other people in the political and media business directly engaged. As a result, he frequently appeared as an expert on political television programs including “Hardball with Chris Matthews” and “Inside Politics” with Judy Woodruff. His net worth grew steadily.

At the beginning of 2007, Todd was brought to NBC, where he soon took over the position of Political Director of the Intelligence Department (NBC News). In this capacity he is responsible for the supervision and coordination of political reporting from NBC and its cable offshoot, the 24-hour news station MSNBC. As a correspondent of the White House since late 2008, and as a general analyst of political events, Todd regularly appears in the NBC News and in several consignments of MSNBC. In the morning program of MSNBC, Todd also works with Savannah Guthrie on the weekdays 9:00 to 10:00 in Eastern Time broadcast program “The Daily Rundown”, which is a mixture of domestic and foreign policy news of the day, as well as interviews and debates with guests. In addition, Todd frequently appears as the guest in shows such as “Hardball with Chris Matthews” and “The Rachel Maddow Show”. After the sudden death of Tim Russert, Todd was his successor as host of the program “Meet the Press” which is considered the oldest political discussion program on USA television. Overall, all the above mentioned engagements have significantly increased the total size of Chuck Todd’s net worth as well as popularity.

Moreover, Chuch Todd is the author of several books. He published the book “The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House” (2014), and he has also co-written “How Barack Obama Won: A State-by-State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election”(2009) alongside Sheldon Gawiser.

Finally, in the personal life of Chuck Todd, he is married to Kristian Denny Todd; they have two children and currently the family resides in Arlington, Virginia.

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Rob Cohen (Film director) Net Worth

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Rob Cohen is a film director, producer and screenwriter, born on 12th March 1949 in Cornwall, New York State, USA. Some of his best-known projects include films such as “XXX”, “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”, “Dragonheart” and “The Fast and the Furious” franchise.

Have you ever wondered how rich Rob Cohen is? According to sources it has been estimated that Rob Cohen’s overall net worth is $20 million, as of late 2017, accumulated through a successful career in the entertainment industry, which started in the mid ‘70s. Since he is still very active in all the fields of his career, his net worth continues to grow.

Rob Cohen Net Worth $20 Million

Cohen studied anthropology and visual studies at Harvard University, and graduated magna cum laude. His senior thesis was inspired by his first filmmaking endeavor – a project for Harvard’s Admissions Office in 1970. After finishing his studies, he traveled to Los Angeles to work for Martin Jurow as a screenwriter, but as the plan failed he found himself unemployed. Several months later he found a job as a reader for agent Mike Medavoy and six months into his tenure at International Famous Agency he discovered an unheralded script in some neglected screenplays.

He decided to write a cover of it, although he was threatened with losing his job, however, Universal bought it for a record price and it became the Academy Award winning movie “The Sting” (1973). That same year 20th Century Fox Television hired him as Head of Current Programming to help out with the first year of “M*A*S*H”, perhaps the most popular series of all time, and so he eventually advanced to the title of Vice President of TV Movies. His net worth was now firmly established.

After meeting record label founder Berry Gordy who was trying to bring his company Motown into the film business, Rob was hired as the Executive Vice President of Motown’s motion picture division. His first idea for a Motown movie about African American Super Models – “Mahogany” – was sold to Paramount and filmed in Chicago and Rome. He also adapted Bill Brashler’s novel “The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars & Motor Kings” into a movie. Cohen left Motown in 1978 and went to produce and direct TV series and films including “Miami Vice”, “Ironweed”, “The Wiz” etc. He started directing full-time from 1990, and many of his early efforts achieved considerable success, including “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”, “Daylight”, “Dragonheart” and “The Rat Pack” which won a Golden Globe award. In 2001 he directed probably his most commercially successful movie – “The Fast and The Furious” – which opened with $40 million at the box office in its first weekend, and starred Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. Cohen and Diesel teamed up again to make “XXX” and the later sequels of “The Fast and The Furious”. Some of his most recent films include “The Boy Next Door” (2015) starring Jennifer Lopez, and “The Hurricane Heist” a movie which he wrote and directed and is set for release in 2018.

Privately, Rob has residencies in Bali, Indonesia and Los Angeles, and is an avid surfer. He has four children from three marriages. His first wife is unknown, and his second was Diane Mitzner to whom he was married for a year in the mid ‘80s. Since March 2006, Cohen has been married to Barbara Cashulin.

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Abigail Disney Net Worth

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Abigail Edna Disney was born on the 24th January 1960, in Los Angeles, California, USA and is the daughter of Roy Edward Disney and Patricia Ann Dailey and the sister of Roy Patrick Disney. She is a philanthropist and filmmaker, film producer and an activist well known for documentary series on social subjects. Her filmography includes, among others, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” (2008), “The Queen of Versailles” (2012), “The Invisible War” (2012) and “Hateship, Loveship” (2013). She has been active in the entertainment industry since 2006.

How much is the net worth of Abigail Disney? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $500 million, as of the data given in the middle of 2017. Films are the major source of Abigail’s fortune.

Abigail Disney Net Worth $500 Million

To begin with, the girl was raised in North Hollywood, California. She earned a Bachelors degree at Yale, majored in English Literature at Stanford in which she earned a Master’s degree, as well as a gaining a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Columbia University.

Concerning her professional career, she entered the filmmaking industry after finishing her studies. At first, she produced a documentary “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” (2006) directed by Gini Reticker. The film won as the Best Documentary in the Tribeca Film Festival. Alongside the winner of Emmy Award, Gini Reticker, Abigail founded film production company Fork Films in 2007; in the aforementioned company, she served as the CEO, the CCO and the President.

In 2011, Disney produced another five part documentary entitled “Women, War & Peace”, which won a Television Academy Honor and the America Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, a Gracie Award and Overseas Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow Award. Additionally, Abigail was encouraged for using films to facilitate social change and given An Athena Film Festival Award. She also worked as an executive producer in the films “The Invisible War” (2012), “This is How I Roll” (2012), “Sexy Baby” (2012) and “Alias Ruby Blade” (2012) and other documentary films. It is worth mentioning the fact that Disney worked as an executive producer in the feature length documentary entitled “The Trials of Spring” (2015) directed by Gini Reticker, and the same year, she debuted as a director and screenwriter on the documentary film “The Armor of Light” (2015), which won the Galway Film Fleadh Award as the Best International Feature Documentary and the Special Award at the Traverse City Film Festival.

Finally, in the personal life of Abigail Disney, she has been married to the activist Pierre Norman Hauser since 8th October 1988; the two have four children.

What is more, Abigail Disney is well known as a community activist, and for philanthropic work. In 1991, Abigail alongside her husband launched The Daphne Foundation which helps those who live in poverty. In 2008, she created a non profit organization entitled Peace is Loud. Additionally, she participated in a number of charitable events inside the USA and outside, like in the Democtratic Republic of Congo.

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