Barry Cope was born on the 5th August1964, in McKinney, Texas USA. He is a radio personality known under the name of Elvis Duran, who is currently the host of the syndicated weekday morning radio program “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” (1996–present). Elvis Duran has been accumulating his net worth working on radio for more than 30 years. It is important to mention the fact that he worked not only as a host of various shows but also as a program director.
How much is Elvis Duran’s net worth? Over his long-spanned career he has accumulated wealth which is equal to $4 million. Reportedly, Elvis Duran’s current salary is $300,000 per year.
Elvis Duran Net Worth $4 Million
To begin with, Duran began his career as on–air personality working in the radio station named WIOQ, and later he worked in the position of program director of the same radio station. In 1991, Elvis moved to KBTS radio in which he did both: worked as a host of the morning show and served as the program director. In addition to this, he co-hosted the evening show alongside Hot Henrietta in Z-93. Then, he started working on “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” (1996–present) aired on Z100. Later, the show was syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks and is currently heard in more than 80 markets including Austin, St. Louis, Cleveland, Miami, Philadelphia and others in the USA. The show focuses on the pop culture, its news, gossips about celebrities and top hit songs. The daily segments of the show include horoscopes, prank calls, entertainment reports, looking through the headlines and others.
Over his long-spanned career Duran has become a well-known personality. “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” (1996–present) was named the most listened-to Top 40 morning show in the USA. To add more, Elvis Duran himself has won a number of awards, to give a few examples, Radio Music Award as the Personality of the Year, New York’s Achievement in Radio Award in the category of the Best Morning Show, Radio & Records Award – the Best Personality and others. Unsurprisingly, Elvis Duran has been listed as one of the most influential figures in the LGBT community by Out magazine. As a result, radio broadcasting is the main source of Elvis Duran popularity as well as net worth.
Furthermore, Elvis Duran added sums to his net worth from other media ventures. In 2007, he founded The Elvis Duran Group, the entertainment company which focuses on creating films; plays for theatre; internet, television and radio production. Duran is a member of the board directors in Rosie’s Theater Kids and Rock & Rawhide. The organizations respectively help poor children and animals. Elvis Duran helps for the communities of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transsexual. He is known for the philanthropic efforts to raise funds for the Eric Trump Foundation, Musicians on Call and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.
Concerning the personal life of the radio personality, Duran openly admits to being gay. Currently, he is dating Alex Carr.
