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What is Matt Groening’s Net Worth and Salary?
Matt Groening is an American animator, creator, tv producer, and cartoonist who has a net worth of $600 million. He is finest often known as the creator of the favored present “The Simpsons”, which is the longest-running primetime-television sequence in historical past. The Simpsons debuted formally as its personal half-hour primetime present in December 1989. It continues to be at the moment working. The Simpsons has spawned an empire alongside the strains of comparable IP like Lego and Star Wars with countless licensing offers and theme park points of interest.
Early Life
Matthew Abraham Groening was born in Portland, Oregon, on February 15, 1954. He is the center of 5 youngsters born to Margaret Ruth, a former trainer, and Homer Philip, a filmmaker, advertiser, author, and cartoonist. His siblings names are Mark, Patty, Lisa, and Maggie. He graduated from Lincoln High School, and from 1972 to 1977 he attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. He first grew to become all in favour of cartoons after watching the Disney animated movie “One Hundred and One Dalmatians”, and cites Robert Crumb, Ernie Bushmiller, Ronald Searle, Monty Python, and Charles M. Schulze as his inspirations.
Early Career
In 1977, when he was twenty-three years previous, Groening moved to Los Angeles to be a author. During this time, he labored numerous odd jobs at eating places, a nursing residence, a file retailer, and a sewage therapy plant, amongst others. He began drawing the self-published comedian e book “Life in Hell” for his mates, describing life in Los Angeles. His first skilled cartoon sale got here in 1978, to the avant-garde Wet Magazine. The strip “Forbidden Words” appeared in Wet’s September/October 1978 concern. He then began working on the Los Angeles Reader, initially as a newspaper deliverer, typesetters, and editor, however then joined the paper as a cartoonist. “Life in Hell” formally debuted as a comic book strip within the “Reader” on April 25, 1980.
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Life in Hell
“Life in Hell” was an virtually speedy hit, and finally Groening and his then-girlfriend Deborah Caplan began publishing books of “Life in Hell” strips with totally different themes, akin to “Love is Hell” and “Work is Hell”. Caplan and Groening began the corporate Life in Hell Co. to deal with the merchandising for “Life in Hell”. At its peak, “Life in Hell” ran in 250 weekly newspapers. It’s last strip was printed on June 16, 2012.
The Simpsons
“Life in Hell” caught the eye of Hollywood writer-producer James L. Brooks. Brooks contacted Groening, and proposed to work on an undefined future challenge. Groening got here up with the thought for “The Simpsons”, and named the characters after members of his personal family. A sequence of “Simpsons” shorts aired on “The Tracey Ullman Show“, and their recognition led to a half-hour “Simpsons” spin-off in 1989.
The half-hour present premiered on December 17, 1989. “The Simpsons” present with Fox Broadcasting Company was co-developed by Groening, Brooks, and Sam Simon. However, Groening and Simon usually clashed, and Simon finally left the present in 1993 over artistic variations. Groening at the moment serves as an government producer and inventive advisor on the present. He can also be credited as the author or co-writer of some episodes of the present, in addition to “The Simpsons Movie” (2007).
Futurama and Other Work
Groening has produced a number of different exhibits and tasks exterior of “The Simpsons”. Together with “Simpsons” author/producer David X. Cohen, he developed the animated sequence “Futurama” in 1997. The present is about life within the yr 3000. “Futurama” premiered on Fox in March 1999, however was canceled after 4 years on the air. However, it was introduced again after sturdy DVD gross sales and good scores on Adult Swim. Comedy Central began negotiating for the rights to air “Futurama” reruns, and dedicated to sixteen new episodes. Four straight-to-DVD movies have been additionally produced: “Bender’s Big Score” (2007), “The Beast with a Billion Backs” (2008), “Bender’s Game” (2008), and “Into the Wild Green Yonder” (2009). Comedy Central commissioned 26 new episodes in 2010, and the ultimate episode aired in September 2013.
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Another sequence Groening has developed is “Disenchantment”, in partnership with streaming firm Netflix. The first ten episodes have been launched on Netflix in August 2018, and the second batch of ten episodes was launched in September 2019. Netflix renewed the present for a further 20 episodes, to be launched in ten-episode batches within the years 2020 and 2021.
Groening has received a dozen Primetime Emmy Awards for The Simpsons and Futurama. In 2012 he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. He has additionally received a British Comedy Award and a National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award.
Boingo Comics
In 1994, Groening teamed up with Steve Vance, Cindy Vance, and Bill Morrison to kind Bongo Comics. The firm publishes comedian books based mostly on the exhibits “The Simpsons” and “Futurama”, along with some unique titles. Groening additionally fashioned Zongo Comics, and imprint of Bongo Comics, in 1995. It publishes comics for extra mature readers.
Personal Life
Groening was married to Deborah Caplan from 1986 to 1999. They had two sons collectively, Homer and Abe. He then married Argentinian artist Augustina Picasso in 2011, after relationship for 4 years. He grew to become stepfather to her daughter from a earlier relationship. Groening and Picasso would finally have 5 youngsters of their very own, together with two separate units of twins!
Real Estate
In 2011, Groening spent $11.65 million on a big residence in Santa Monica, California that was inbuilt 1910 by architect Robert D. Farquhar. Groening did intensive renovations and expansions on the property. In May 2019, he spent $11.9 million to purchase the home subsequent door. The ensuing compound is greater than an acre of the most-desirable land in Santa Monica. Groening additionally owns a beachfront residence in Malibu that he purchased in 2000 for $8.5 million. That home at this time would seemingly promote for at the very least $20 million.
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