Steven E. Levitan was born on the 6th April 1962, in Chicago, Illinois USA, and is an award-winning television director, scriptwriter and producer, best known to the world for working on such TV comedy series as “Wings” (1991-1995), “Just Shoot Me!” (1997-2003), and “Modern Family” (2009-2017), among other creations. His career started in 1990.
Have you ever wondered how rich Steven Levitan is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Levitan’s net worth is as high as $200 million, an amount earned through his successful career in the entertainment industry.
Steven Levitan Net Worth $200 Million
Steven is of Jewish ancestry; he spent his entire childhood in Chicago, attending Glenbrook South High School, and after matriculation he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism in 1984.
Soon after graduation, Steven found a job as the on-air news reporter and morning anchorman for WKOW-TV, and also worked as a copywriter for Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago. It was in 1989 that he moved to Hollywood, and began pursuing a career in the film industry.
Before he started writing for the sitcom “Wings”, he served as executive producer on the show “Max Glick” in 1990, and then in 1991 his first writing credits came around – he wrote 15 episodes of “Wings” from 1991 to 1995, and then moved on with the creators of “Wings”, David Lee, David Angell, and Peter Casey, to another comedy series -“Frasier” (1994-1996) – to which Steven contributed four episodes in total. His net worth was rising steadily.
In 1997 he created the TV comedy series “Just Shoot Me!” (1997-2003), with Laura San Giacomo, Enrico Colantoni and George Segal in the lead roles, while two years later he pitched another TV comedy series “Stark Raving Mad” (1997-2000), starring Tony Shalhoub, Neil Patrick Harris and Eddie McClintock. The xtensive runs of these two seroes considerably helped his net worth.
Steven started the new millennium with the TV comedy series “Greg the Bunny”, on which he collaborated with Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. However, the show lasted only one season, but then in 2005, he created the TV comedy series “Stacked”, with Pamela Anderson in the role of Skyler Dayton, a party girl who wants to start a new life. This show was also unsuccessful, as it lasted only one season too, but then in 2009, he teamed up with Christopher Lloyd to create “Modern Family”, a mockumentary sitcom starring Ed O’Neil, Sofia Vergar, and Julie Bowen. The show is still running, ito its 10th season in mid-2017, and Steven has won five Primetime Emmy Awards for the show to date, among many other awards.
Regarding his personal life, Steven has been married to Krista since 1992, although recent reports state that the two are in the process of divorce. The couple has three children together. Steven still lives in Los Angeles.
