Jimmy Kimmel Net Worth 2024

What is Jimmy Kimmel’s net worth and wage?

Jimmy Kimmel is an American tv host and comedian who has a net worth of $50 million. Jimmy Kimmel might be most well-known for internet hosting the late night time comedy speak present “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for which he earns an annual wage of $15 million. He has hosted the present since 2003. Previously he co-hosted “The Man Show” and was a sidekick on “Win Ben Stein’s Money.” He received his begin in present enterprise on radio.

Early Life

James Christian (“Jimmy”) Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 13, 1967. The eldest of three youngsters, he lived within the neighborhood of Mill Basin till the family moved to Las Vegas when Kimmel was 9. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and attended one yr of faculty on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and two years at Arizona State University, later receiving an honorary diploma from UNLV.

Radio Career

Kimmel, impressed by David Letterman’s begin in radio, started working at a radio station whereas he was nonetheless in highschool. He continued on throughout college and landed his first paying radio job as a morning co-host on The Me and Him Show on KZOK-FM in Seattle. He and his co-host, Kent Voss, had been fired in 1990, primarily attributable to pricey stunts the 2 would carry out on air. Kimmel determined to begin his personal present in Palm Springs, California and he recruited childhood pal Carson Daly as his intern. Jimmy ultimately ended up at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles and spent 5 years working as “Jimmy the Sports Guy” on the Kevin and Bean morning present.

Comedy Central

Initially, Kimmel had no real interest in working in TV. He started writing promotional materials for Fox announcers and was recruited to do the on-air promotions himself. Kimmel was then supplied a spot on Comedy Central’s Win Ben Stein’s Money in 1997 because the “humorous everyman” comedic counterpart to Ben Stein. The duo received an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host. In 1999, whereas nonetheless engaged on Win Ben Stein’s cash, Kimmel co-hosted with Adam Carolla and co-produced The Man Show. The success of the present allowed Kimmel and Carolla to create the present Crank Yankers for Comedy Central, with Kimmel additionally voicing a number of characters on the present himself.

TV Host

Jimmy completely left The Man Show in 2003 and started internet hosting his personal present, “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, which slowly grew to become very talked-about and profitable. Despite its title, the present doesn’t truly air stay. Jimmy is thought for his quirky, “bizarre” persona and interviewing type. Like most speak present hosts, he has had his justifiable share of controversies and feuds. He cites his largest influences for internet hosting as David Letterman and Howard Stern. Jimmy has additionally served as a visitor host for “Larry King Live” and “Live with Regis and Kelly”. For the latter, he commuted daily between New York and Los Angeles 5 days in a row, breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest distance traveled in a single work week. He has additionally turn out to be a well-liked host for award exhibits, internet hosting the Academy Awards in 2017, 2018, and 2023, and the Primetime Emmy Awards in each 2012 and 2016. He hosted the American Music Awards 5 years in a row. Kimmel was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013 at 6840 Hollywood Blvd.

Jimmy Kimmel Salary

How a lot does Jimmy Kimmel make per yr as host of Jimmy Kimmel Live? $15 million.

Other Ventures

Jimmy served because the roastmaster for the New York Friars’ Club Roast of Hugh Hefner. He has additionally hosted varied Comedy Central roasts. Kimmel appeared on a season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. In 2007, Jimmy Kimmel hosted a sport present for ABC, Set for Life. Kimmel managed the National League within the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He performed within the sport in 2004 and 2006. Jimmy hosted the 2007 ESPY Awards with Lebron James. Kimmel does voicework for a lot of animated movies akin to Robot Chicken, typically voicing canine. He launched a youngsters’s e book, “The Serious Goose,” in July 2019. Kimmel hosted a sequence of episodes of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in April 2020. In August 2023, he started internet hosting a comedy podcast known as “Strike Force Five” with Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver.

Personal Life

Kimmel’s uncle Frank Potenza and cousin Sal Iacono typically seem on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Kimmel was married to Gina Maddy from 1988-2002. They have two youngsters, Katherine and Kevin. He was in a relationship with Sarah Silverman from 2002-2009. He married Molly McNearney in July 2013, and the couple has two youngsters, Jane and William John. Their son was born with a uncommon congenital coronary heart defect and underwent profitable surgical procedure at simply three days previous. Kimmel mentioned the terrifying expertise along with his viewers when he returned to the present. In 2020, Kimmel realized that he is Martha Stewart’s cousin on the TV present “Finding Your Roots.”

Kimmel is a working towards Catholic and a supporter of the Democratic get together. He has spoken publicly about affected by narcolepsy. In 2021, Jimmy grew to become the title sponsor of the LA Bowl, and the sport formally grew to become often called the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.

Real Estate

Jimmy owns various houses within the LA space. In 2004, Jimmy paid $2.175 million for a house one block from the seaside in Hermosa Beach, California. He purchased a second residence in Hermosa in 2014 for $2.25 million. At some level he deeded this residence to his spouse’s sister. In 2018, he dropped $8.2 million on yet one more residence in Hermosa. The present residence on this lot is a modest 2,200-square-foot construction. According to the sale plans, a future residence may very well be 20,000-square-feet.

Outside of Hermosa, Jimmy owns a $7.1 million two-parcel residence within the Hollywood Hills above the famed Chateau Marmont.

In 2020, Kimmel and angler Oliver White purchased a fishing lodge in Idaho known as the South Fork Lodge.