What is Juan Williams’ net worth?
Juan Williams is a journalist, author, and political analyst who has a net worth of $4 million. He has worked as a White House correspondent.
He was born on April 10, 1954, in Colón, Panama, as Juan Antonio Williams.
His father was from the West Indies, while his mom was ”born in Panama to a father from India and a mother of African descent.”
When he was four, Williams emigrated to the US with his mother and his two siblings.
”My mom worked for minimum wage in a sweatshop in lower Manhattan to support us,” Juan wrote in June 2018 for The Hill.
At age 14, Williams worked as a gardener at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
In 1972, he graduated from Oakwood Friends School.
In 1976, Williams received his B.A. in philosophy from Haverford College. In the same year, Juan began his career in journalism by interning at the Washington Post. In the early 80s, he became Washington Post’s junior reporter at the Reagan White House.
In 1997, Juan became an analyst for Fox News.
In 1989, Williams won an Emmy Award for television documentary writing.
In 2000, he was selected by NPR to host the talk show ”Talk of The Nation.” He also played an important role in NPR’s coverage of the 2000 presidential election.
In 2001, Williams became a senior correspondent for NPR News.
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In 2003, Juan published a book titled – “This Far by Faith: Stories From the African American Religious Experience.” Also in 2003, he was selected as a speaker for the C-SPAN series, ”Students and Leaders.”
In October 2010, Williams was fired from NPR following comments he made on The O’Reilly Factor.
”His remarks on The O’Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices,” NPR said in a statement.
”The way it feels to me is like I just got fired, and I’m not even sure what I did wrong,” Williams said in a later interview.
In 2011, Juan joined “The Five” as a backup co-host.
In July 2011, Williams released the book ”Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate.”
In 2016, Juan made a guest appearance as himself in the political thriller ”House of Cards.”
In 2020, Williams provided coverage during the presidential and vice-presidential debates.
Williams Left Fox News’ ‘The Five’
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On May 26, 2021, Juan announced that he was leaving ”The Five” in order to spend more time with his family in Washington, D.C. However, he will remain with Fox as a senior political analyst.
”This is my last day hosting ‘The Five,’” he said during the show. ”Thank you so much, to you, the viewers. Thank you.”
”I do feel some sadness today because I love the audience,” Williams said on Fox News Radio’s Guy Benson Show.
”We accommodated his request, understanding and appreciating his desire to remain closer to his family,” Megan Albano, Fox News vice president for The Five, said.
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Wife
On July 1, 1978, Juan Williams married Susan Delise.
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Children
The couple has three children, named – Raphael, Antonio, and Rae.
His son, Antonio, ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 2006.
Quotes
”I’m trying to get you to be open to me, so you hear me.”
”Oftentimes, I get run over or, if I’m not prepared, I get crushed.”
”Cable would not translate into the public radio universe.”
Trivia
He’s on the Board of Directors of the New York Civil Rights Coalition.
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Net Worth 2024
So, how much is Juan Williams worth? Williams earned most of his wealth from working as a political analyst for Fox News Channel. In October 2010, Williams inked a new $2 million three-year contract with Fox News. He joined The Five in 2011, a position that he left in May 2021. Williams also served as the producer of 19 episodes of The Five. Therefore, Panamanian-born American journalist Juan Williams has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Juan spent 23 years at The Washington Post.
From 1999 until 2010, Williams was a senior news analyst for National Public Radio.
His articles have been published in The Wall Street Journal, GQ, Time, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Hill, Atlantic Monthly, Ebony, Fortune, and Newsweek.
Williams has appeared on Special Report with Bret Baier, Fox Files, Fox News Sunday, America Reports, The Greg Gutfeld Show, Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Bill Hemmer Reports, The Fox News Specialists, Justice with Judge Jeanine, and Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith.
He’s the author of Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, Muzzled, This Far by Faith, Enough, Eyes on the Prize, Black Farmers in America, My Soul Looks Back in Wonder, and I’ll Find a Way or Make One.
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