Brian Kilmeade was born on the 7th May 1964, in New York City USA, and is a television personality, best known for his work on Fox News Channel. He has also written several books, and on weekdays, Kilmeade collaborates as a co-host on “Fox & Friends”, together with Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocy, and is the host on the Fox News Radio program “Kilmeade and Friends”. Kilmeade has made most of his money thanks to his work on television. His career started in 1982.
Have you ever wondered how rich Brian Kilmeade is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, Kilmeade’s estimated net worth is $2.5 million, the majority earned on Fox television; his yearly salary is $200,000. He has also written two New York Times best-selling books, and that additionally improved his wealth.
Brian Kilmeade Net Worth $2.5 Million
Brian Kilmeade is of Italian and Irish decent, and Roman-Catholic. He attended Massapequa High School, matriculating in 1982, then graduated with a BA from C.W. Post in 1986,soon after which Kilmeade started his career as a correspondent for Channel One News.
Kilmeade later worked as a host and anchor for KHSC-TV in Ontario, California, and on the radio as a co-host of the sports program “The Jim Brown Show”. In 1993, he joined Brown at the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a part of the announcing team, and conducting the post –fight interviews with the participants. He was promoted to the play-by-play role for two upcoming UFC’s in 1994.
In 1997, Brian Kilmeade also worked as a freelance sports anchor for NBC’s WVIT in Hartford, Connecticut, andduring the New York/New Jersey Metro-Stars tenure in the MLS, Kilmeade was a sideline reporter for the MSG Network. His assignments in sports certainly boosted his net worth.
However, Kilmeade also has ten years’ experience as a stand-up comedian, which possibly assisted him later when in 1997, Kilmeade started working on Fox, and quickly was appointed as a co-host of “Fox & Friends”, where he’s still working on weekdays from 6 to 9am. His own radio show “Kilmeade and Friends” is broadcasting from 9 to 12 noon, so that now he is working six hours a day, five days in a week, and that’s where his primary income is coming from.
In addition to his work in broadcasting, Kilmeade has authored two New York Times best-selling books “The Games Do Count: America’s Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports”, and “It’s How You Play the Game”. His third book is an historical novel called “George Washington’s Secret Six”, and Kilmeade’s most recent publication is “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates” (2015). Sales of these books have also helped in improving his overall net worth. When it comes to his personal life, Brian Kilmeade married Dawn in 1993, and they reside in Massapequa with their three children. He is coaching soccer when not so busy working.
