What is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ net worth?
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American award-winning author, journalist, and writer who has a net worth of $3 million. He is also a former correspondent for The Atlantic.
In addition, Coates is the author of the Marvel comics Captain America and The Black Panther.
He has worked or contributed to Slate, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, The New York Times Magazine, and TIME.
Biography
He was born on September 30, 1975, to Cheryl Waters and William Paul Coates.
His mother was a teacher, while his father was a Vietnam veteran who worked for years as a research librarian at historically black Howard University, Washington.
Ta-Nehisi was a fan of the comic series Dungeons & Dragons when he was a child.
He went to Woodlawn High School in Baltimore. After high school, he studied journalism at Howard University for 5 years, but he left without a degree.
His first journalism job was as a reporter at The Washington City Paper.
In 2008, Ta-Nehisi became a blogger for The Atlantic. His first article for The Atlantic was about conservatism and Bill Cosby.
Also in 2008, Coates released his first book, a memoir – ”The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood.”
In 2015 he received a “Genius Grant” from the MacArthur Foundation.
In 2015, Coates released another book, titled – ”Between the World and Me.” It takes the form of a book-length letter from the author to his son. The book was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and won the National Book Award for nonfiction.
In 2016, ”Between the World and Me” was ranked seventh on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best books of the 21st century.
Ta-Nehisi was made a member of Phi Beta Kappa at Oregon State University in 2016.
He joined the faculty of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute as a Distinguished Writer in Residence in 2017.
On October 3, 2017, he published a collection of essays that Coates originally wrote for The Atlantic magazine between 2008 and 2016, called – ”We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy.”
In July 2018, Ta-Nehisi left his position as a national correspondent for The Atlantic.
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In September 2019, Coates published his first novel, entitled – ”The Water Dancer.” The novel is about a slave with a photographic memory who helps the Underground Railroad. It debuted at #1 on The New York Times fiction best-seller list.
In 2024, he spoke at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind.
Wife
Ta-Nehisi Coates is married to Kenyatta Matthews. He first met his wife when they were both students at Howard University.
Children
The couple has a son named Samori Maceo-Paul Coates.
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Quotes
”I feel, you know, great personal value in myself and in my work and in what I do. I feel, you know, deeply loved by everyone around me.” (NPR)
”There is absolutely nothing in this world like the feeling of sucking at something and then improving at it.”
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”You [Barrack Obama] are very unique in the sense that you are the president but you’ve also been an activist.” (The Atlantic)
”I try to write in such a way that it makes people feel things.”
[On why he writes] ”I just felt this deep need to express myself.”
”Resent the people trying to entrap your body and it can be destroyed.”
”Turn into a dark stairwell and your body can be destroyed. The destroyers will rarely be held accountable.” (The Guardian)
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Trivia
His first name is derived from an Ancient Egyptian language name for Nubia.
Coates is the only child in his family without a college degree.
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Net Worth
So, how much is Ta-Nehisi Coates worth? Coates earned most of his wealth from serving as a senior editor and national correspondent for The Atlantic, running his blog, Ta-Nehisi News (named one of Time magazine’s Best Blogs of 2011), and selling his books and comics. Therefore, American journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
In 2021, he was hired to write the script for a Superman film. “I look forward to meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s most iconic mythic hero,” Coates said.
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