What is Tucker Carlson’s net worth? Who is Tucker Carlson’s wife?
Introduction
Tucker Carlson is an American conservative political commentator and author.
Biography
He was born on May 16, 1969, in San Francisco, as Tucker McNear Carlson.
His father was Richard Warner Carlson, the former director of the Voice of America and US ambassador to the Seychelles for less than a year.
His mother, Lisa McNear (née Lombardi), left the family when he was six. She was described as being “more like a hippie, arty kind of person.” She passed away in 2011 in Cazac, Haute-Garonne, France.
His brother, Buckley, is two years younger.
Tucker’s parents divorced in 1976, and Richard Warner Carlson received full custody of Buckley and Tucker.
His father remarried with the heiress to the Swanson frozen dinner empire. She legally adopted the two brothers.
In 1991, Tucker graduated from the Trinity College in Connecticut.
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In 1995, he joined The Weekly Standard news magazine.
In 2001, Carlson started to work on CNN’s Crossfire.
From 2004 to 2005, he hosted Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered.
From 2005 to 2008, Tucker hosted The Situation With Tucker Carlson. The show was canceled due to low ratings.
Tucker Carlson speaking during a Milton S Eisenhower Symposium at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, September 9, 2008 – @Getty
Fox News
In 2009, he took his first gig at Fox News as a contributor.
In 2010, Carlson and Neil Patel founded The Daily Caller. In the summer of 2020, Carlson sold his stake to Patel. Note – Patel was the chief policy adviser to Dick Cheney.
From 2016 to 2013, Carlson hosted Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight.
Tucker Carlson speaks during 2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards at Hard Rock Live – @Getty
On April 24, 2023, Fox News announced that he was leaving the network after more than 10 years at the company. His final show on the network aired on April 21, 2023.
Fox News wrote in a statement — “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
Carlson told Chadwick Moore, “They agreed to take me off the air, my show off the air, as a condition of the Dominion settlement.”
During the first quarter of 2023, his show averaged 3.2 million viewers Carlson every night.
New Media Company
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In 2023, Carlson and Neil Patel raised 15 million from 1789 Capital, an investment firm founded by the banker Omeed Malik, to grow a new media company,
This media company is anchored on X.
In June 2023, Carlson released the first episode of his new show.
On “Tucker on X,” Carlson has interviewed guests including:
- Larry Sinclair;
- Doug Wilson;
- Viktor Orbán;
- Gina Carano;
- Javier Milei;
- Roseanne Barr.
In October 2023, Carlson’s new media company inked its first advertising deal with the marketplace app PublicSq. The agreement is worth at least $1 million,
In December 2023, he launched his subscription streaming service, TCN, which is available for $72 annually.
“We have been working in secret and producing an awful lot of material for months now,” he stated.
His website is run by Last Country Inc.
Books
Carlos wrote three books:
- The Long Slide
- Ship of Fools
- Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites
Wife
Tucker Carlson, Susan Andrews, James Randall and Eleanor Randall – @Getty
In 1991, Tucker Carlson married Susan Andrews.
They first met while attending a boarding school in Rhode Island called St. George’s School.
“She was the cutest 10th grader in America,” he said in an interview in 2000, while in 2022, he confessed that early marriage “is the greatest thing you can do.”
Tucker and Susan were engaged before they finished college.
Tucker Carlson and Susan Andrews are seen on April 16, 2019 in Los Angeles – @Getty
Children
Carlson and his wife have four kids together named:
- Dorothy
- Hopie
- Buckley
- Lillie
Carlson said there is “nothing more valuable in life” than being a parent:
Height
6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Tucker Carlson is seen on January 14, 2020 in Los Angeles – @Getty
Tucker Carlson – Net Worth
So, how much is Tucker Carlson worth? Carlson earned most of his wealth from hosting several shows, especially Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News.
In 2021, Carlson signed a 3-year extension for $10 million per year.
He is also the co-founder of the website “The Daily Caller.”
In 2017, he signed a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Threshold Editions worth $9 million. In 2023, he started Tucker on X.
He wrote for The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Talk Magazine, The Weekly Standard, Slate, Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Policy Review, and The New York Magazine.
Therefore, Tucker Carlson has an estimated net worth of $40 million.
Real estate
Tucker Carlson speaks at the Turning Point Action conference on July 15, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida – @Getty
In 2011, Carlson bought a seven-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom house In Kent for $2 million. The property was sold in 2017 for $2,040,000.
Also 2017, Tucker bought another house in Kent for $3.8 million. He sold in 2020 for $3.95 million.
In early 2020, Carlson and his wife purchased a 3,000-square-foot home in Boca Grande for $2.9 million. Two years later, Tucker acquired another property in Boca Grande for $5.5 million.
Cars
Some of the cars Carlson owns include a Genesis G70, a BMW 440i, a Mercedes-Benz AMG, a Porsche Panamera, an Audi S5, and a Lexus RC 350.
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