PROFILE
Personality
$43M
2020 Celebrity 100 Earnings
as of 6/4/20
Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
About Sean Hannity
- The conservative radio and television host signed new and more lucrative deals with Premiere Networks and Fox News in 2019.
- In 2020, Hannity dropped from the number one rated show on Fox News for the first time in two years, falling behind Tucker Carlson.
- He remains the highest-paid star on Fox, however, banking $25 million each year from the network.
- His next book,"'Live Free Or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink," comes out in August 2020?and earned him a multimillion-dollar advance.
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 62
- Source of Wealth
- Television
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
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