Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland USA on 12 April 1947. Tom has been recognised as one of the most influential and successful novelists from the United States, best known for writing a number of military stories about the Cold War, of which more than 100 million copies of his books have been printed. About his great talent in writing purports the fact that 17 of his books are acknowledged as bestsellers.
So just how rich was Tom Clancy? A famous writer and historian, Tom had a spectacular amount of net worth, which reached $300 million, accumulated from his prolific output of novels.
Tom Clancy Net Worth $300 Million
Tom Clancy spent his childhood in Baltimore: his father Thomas worked in the Postal Service while his mom Catherine was a credit manager. Tom completed high school at Catholic Loyola Blakefield in 1965, a private school in Towson, Maryland. In 1969 Clancy graduated from the now Loyola Universitywith a degree in English literature.
Tom`s first job was in an insurance company, then joined an insurance company founded by his wife’s grandfather, which he subsequently bought from her grandmother in 1980. While working there Tom had some free time, which he dedicated to writing books. Thus, at first writing was like a hobby for Tom, and Clancy had no idea that one day it is going to be the main source of his net worth.
His first book was “The Hunt for Red October”, which Tom started writing in 1982. After two years, Clancy sold it to Naval Institute Press: these publishers were impressed, and encouraged Tom Clancy to write more. The readers were also in fascination: over 45,000 copies were sold when Tom Clancy at first was thinking to sell around 5,000. The book was praised by President Ronald Reagan, as well as by senior military officers for the accuracy his writing displayed.
Tom Clancy’s other novels include “Patriot Games” (1987), “The Cardinal of the Kremlin” (1988), “Rainbow Six” (1998), “Locked on” (2011), “Ghost Recon” (2008), “Against All Enemies” (2011) among the 17 in total. In writing, he also collaborated with such authors as John D. Gresham, Peter Telep, Grant Blackwood and some others. Clancy’s fiction works, “The Hunt for Red October” (1984), “Patriot Games”(1987), “Clear and Present Danger”(1989), and “The Sum of All Fears”(1991), have been turned into commercially successful films. All the books and subsequent films certainly added great revenues to Tom Clancy’s net worth.
Clancy is also known as a co-founder of the video games developed by Red Storm Entertainment. This game series includes “The Hunt for Red October” (1990), “SSN” (1996), “Shadow Watch” (2000), “The Sum of All Fears” (2002) and a couple of others. These game series also added to Tom Clancy net worth.
Tom was also a co-owner of the professional baseball team in Baltimore, “The Baltimore Orioles”, for whom Tom was also a Vice-Chairman for their Public Affairs and Community Activities committees. Such positions also added incomes to Tom Clancy’s net worth.
In his personal life, Tom Clancy was married to Wanda King(1969-99) – they had four children. Tom then married Alexandra Llewellyn, who was with him until his death from an undisclosed disease in 2013.
Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.
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Success will ruin your life.
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There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.
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The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
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Wars are begun by frightened men.
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Fact
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Was 39 years old when his first book was published.
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Of the three actors to play "Jack Ryan", Ben Affleck is his favorite.
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Attempted to buy the Minnesota Vikings in the late 1990's. Due to his on-going divorce, he did not have sufficient funds. The team was instead bought by Red McCombs.
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Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors." New Revision Series, Vol. 132, pp. 86-93. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
He majored in English at Baltimore's Loyola College.
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Dreamed of serving in the US military ever since he was a young boy. However, he failed to continue ROTC in college because he couldn't pass the required eye exam, crushing his hopes of ever serving in the army. (Loyola College required all students to enroll for two years of ROTC.)
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Due to the limited technology of the 1980s, his novel, "The Hunt For Red October," had to be saved on ten floppy disks.
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He was an insurance salesman before becoming a full time author of military fiction and non-fiction. (He has never had any military or government experience)
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A woman in Washington, DC, read his novel "The Hunt For Red October" when it was first published by the Naval Press Institute in the 1980s, and loved it so much that she gave a copy to all her friends. One of those friends was President Ronald Reagan, who stepped off Marine One with the book tucked under his arm. A reporter saw the book and asked Reagan, "What are you reading?" Reagan then held up the book so everybody could see the cover and replied, "It's a really a good yarn." After Reagan's compliment, Tom Clancy's first novel became a best seller.
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Sold his videogame company, Red Storm Entertainment, for $45 million.
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Reportedly is worth over USD $190 million. [2001]
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Attended Loyola High School class of 1965 and Loyola College class of 1969. Major: English Literature.
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Father of four.
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Minority owner of the Baltmore Orioles, with majority owner Peter Angelos.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Division
2018
idea announced
Jack Ryan
2017
TV Series characters - 4 episodes pre-production
The Division
2016
Video Game creator
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014
based on characters created by
Ghost Recon: Alpha
2012
Short idea - uncredited
Splinter Cell: Conviction
2010
Video Game idea - uncredited
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
2006
Video Game idea
Rainbow Six: Critical Hour
2006
Video Game creator
Splinter Cell: Essentials
2006
Video Game idea
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
2005
Video Game idea
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
2004
Video Game idea
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
2003
Video Game scenarios
Splinter Cell
2002
Video Game uncredited
The Sum of All Fears
2002
novel
Ghost Recon
2001
Video Game idea
The Bear and the Dragon
1999
TV Movie writer
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
1999
Video Game scenarios
NetForce
1999
TV Movie story
Rainbow Six
1998
Video Game scenarios
OP Center
1995
TV Movie story
Clear and Present Danger
1994
novel
Patriot Games
1992
novel
The Hunt for Red October
1990
novel "The Hunt for Red October"
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sum of All Fears
2002
executive producer
OP Center
1995
TV Movie executive producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Force 21
1999
Video Game chairman
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014
dedicatee
Splinter Cell: Conviction
2010
Video Game thanks
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
2005
Video Game thanks
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
2004
Video Game special thanks
Defcon 2: Cuban Missile Crisis
2002
Video documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ace of Cakes
2007
TV Series
Himself - Birthday Boy
Modern Marvels
2001-2004
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Author, "The Hunt for Red October"