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Mike Wallace Net Worth
Mike Wallace's Net Worth as of 2024
$21 Million
Myron Leon Wallace was born on 9 May 1918, in Brookline, Massachusetts USA, to Zina and Frank Wallace, of Russian-Jewish descent. He was a journalist, game show host, actor and media personality, best known for hosting the CBS news program “60 Minutes”. He passed away in 2012.
A noted television host, how wealthy was Mike Wallace? According to sources, Wallace had collected a net worth of over $21 million, acquired largely during his career as a television journalist.
Mike Wallace Net Worth $21 million
Wallace grew up in Brookline, where he attended Brookline High School. Upon matriculating in 1935 he enrolled at the University of Michigan, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1939. His career in journalism began in college, where he worked as a reporter for the Michigan Daily student newspaper. Prior to his graduation, he began his radio career, working as newscaster and announcer at several radio stations in Michigan. Enlisting in the US Navy during World War II, he served as a naval communications officer for three years, then went on to work a variety of radio jobs as an announcer in the late ’40s and early ’50s, which greatly contributed to his reputation and to his net worth too.
Meanwhile in 1949 Wallace became involved in a number of television and media jobs. He hosted game shows such as “Who’s the Boss?”, “The Big Surprise” and “Who Pays?”, and did various commercials, further increasing his wealth. In the mid-’50s, he became the host of an interview show called “Night Beat”, that went national on ABC as “The Mike Wallace Interview”, earning Wallace his first taste of fame and greatly adding to his fortune.
The early ’60s saw him doing commercials such as that for Parliament Cigarettes, but during this time he hosted a nightly interview program for Westinghouse Broadcasting called “PM East”, and a documentary television series produced for Syndication by David Wolper called “Biography”.
In 1963, Wallace became a full-time correspondent for CBS News, being later chosen as the lead reporter of the network’s news magazine television program “60 Minutes”, which debuted in 1968. Hosting a show that became extremely popular enabled Wallace to become involved in some of the world’s most important events, and to interview a number of presidents and other important figures. His work on the show made him a star television personality, famous for never being afraid of asking the tough questions and having no mercy for his subjects. He was also known for several controversies while on “60 Minutes”, such as being sued for libel by General William Westmoreland over a special he had done on the Vietnam War.
Wallace retired as a full-time correspondent in 2006, but went on to occasionally appear in the show for two more years. His career on the show lasted for 37 years, the oldest news anchor of “60 Minutes”, earning him an impressive net worth.
Wallace also pursued an acting career. Back in the late ’40s he starred in the short-lived television series “Stand by for Crime”, and went on to appear in other series during the ’50s, such as “You Are There”, “The Web”, “General Electric Theater” and “Studio One in Hollywood”. All contributed to his wealth.
Wallace also wrote two autobiographies with Gary Paul Gates, the 1984 “Close Encounters: Mike Wallace’s Own Story” and the 2005 “Between You and Me: A Memoir”.
When it comes to his personal life, Wallace was married four times. His first marriage was to Norma Kaphan, from 1940t to 1948; they had two children. In 1949 he married Patricia ‘Buff’ Cobb, divorcing her in 1955, later that year marrying Lorraine Perigord, who he divorced in 1986. His last marriage was to Mary Yates, who he married in 1986, remaining with her until his death. Wallace unknowingly suffered from clinical depression for years, which once led him to attempt a suicide. Wallace died of natural causes in 2012, being aged 93. His celebrated career earned him numerous Emmy Awards, and enabled him to amass a sizable fortune.
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Ben Stein Net Worth
Benjamin Jeremy Stein is an American lawyer, speechwriter, actor, writer and commentator on economic and political issues, but he is also known for participating in many other activities. For example, Ben Stein has even tried himself as a game show host. This famous person in American economics and politics was born on November 25 in 1944 in Washington, D.C., United States during World War II. He attended Columbia College and later Yale Law School. After graduation Ben Stein started to write columns and articles for different US magazines such as Newsmax, Los Angeles Magazine, Penthouse, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s Magazine, The American Spectator and even for The New York Times.
Ben Stein Net Worth $20 Million
In his writings Stein usually speaks about the economic situation and political issues, and even gives financial advices to individual investors. However, in the mid-60s he also got the job of a poverty lawyer and later continued as a lawyer for the Federal Trade Comission. After few years of hard work, Ben Stein decided to try himself in acting too, but before starting to get roles he became a Hollywood consultant. Stein got his first comedy role and had to play a boring and monotonous economics teacher in the movie called Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which was released in 1986. As an actor Ben Stein has since appeared in many other movies, such as The Mask, No Intelligence Allowed, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, The Emperor’s New School, Full House, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, The O’Reilly Factor, Maried… with Children, Duckman, The Emperor’s New Schol, Earthworm Jim, Casper Meets Wendy, Family Guy and Richie Rich.
The famous actor and commentator is also recognized thanks to the Comedy Central channel where he was the main face of the show called “Win Ben Stein’s Money” for which he has even received an Emmy award. Ben Stein was earning $5,000 per episode, but money that contestants won was subtracted from actor’s salary. However, these earnings are just nothing if we compare them with Stein’s net worth, which reached $20 million in 2012.
Ben Stein is well known thanks to his ability to harmonize all his activities and show himself as a talented person in every job he does. But maybe one of his most successful, but not so well-known activities is writing speeches for American presidents. Ben Stein was a speechwriter for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Until now Ben Stein has published 15 books, the first written together with Herbert Stein and released in 1978. In 2012 his last book appeared in stores – “How To Really Ruin Your Financial Life and Portfolio”.
Nowadays Ben Stein lives with his wife Alexandra Denman in Beverly Hills and Malibu, California. The couple married in 1968 and divorced after 6 years, but in 1977 they got back together again. With his wife Ben Stein adopted their son Tom in 1987. As well as his property in Beverly Hills, Ben Stein also owns a summer home in Sandpoint, Idaho and an apartment in the Watergate complex in Washingtton, D.C., which was inherited from his parents.
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Mikey Teutul Net Worth
Michael Joseph was born 26 November 1978, in Montgomery, New York State USA, and widely known as Mikey Teutul, is a reality television personality, the youngest son of Orange County Choppers founder Paul Teutul, Sr. Mikey began his working life at 14, in the family business.
So just how rich is Mikey Teutul, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Mikey has a net worth of over $3 million dollars, largely earned by working at his father’s and older brother Paul Jr,’s company Orange County Choppers (OCC), and Orange County Iron Works, and through his TV appearances.
Mikey Teutul Net Worth $3 Million
Little is known of Mikey’s early life or education – it seems to have always revolved around the family business. Helping out his family in his teens, theoretically he worked as Assistant General Manager. but his main duties were to answer ‘phones, and clear-up and take out the trash. He was on rare occasions given the chance to build bikes, until he was competent to build his own. He also attended events for promoting OCC.
In 2002, the family was invited to take part in a reality show, Discovery Channel’s “American Chopper”, and subsequently “American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior”, in the course of which the youngest son was thrown out of the business – the middle son is Daniel, and younger sister Cristin. The reason for Mikey’s exclusion was that Mikey tried to be a mediator between his father and his brother, but his father seemed to be offended that his younger son did not take his side, and so threw him out of the business. During the filming of the show, Mikey was somethoing of a comedy relief to his father’s workers, and that comedy streak helped gain him popularity in TV shows. Mikey then joined his brother’s post-OCC venture, -Paul Jr Designs – along with most of their father’s employees; obviously the work atmosphere with Paul Teutul, Sr. was not a particularly happy one. Mikey’s eldest brother Paul Jr. was the former chief fabricator of OCC.
So actually the main source of Mikey Teutul’s wealth is not his father’s business, but the shows he eventually took part in. These have included ‘The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, and also “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. The shows became very popular and Mikey’s appearances earned him a significant amount of money. To say the least, the family drama did not go without consequences – according to rumours, Mikey Teutul was suffering from an addiction problem, and consequently admitted himself to rehab, and managed to overcome the bad habits which were apparently hindering his progress in life, obviously including business.
In his life away from the businesses already referred to and the limelight of TV, Michael loves to paint, and is apparently respected for his productions, as he opened “The Wolfgang Gallery” gallery in Montgomery, New York, where he has sold or auctioned his paintings, adding somewhat to is net worth, although rumours suggest that the gallery may now be closed. Most recently, Mikey is now trying to enter the market under the moniker LLC FarQueue Products with his line of gourmet pasta sauces. Good luck, Mikey!
In his less-than-private personal life, Mikey is apparently still single – there aren’t even any rumours of romantic liaisons.
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