Popular American TV and radio personality Rachel Maddow was born on 1 April 1973, in Castro Valley, California, and is also an author and political commentator, but best known through “The Rachel Maddow Show“ which has been aired since 2008. During her career, Maddow has won many awards and nominations, include Emmy, Gracie, and John Steinbeck Awards among others.
So just how rich is Rachel Maddow? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that Rachel’s net worth is now over $25 million, accumulated mainly from her career as a TV and radio personality, but her other activities have also contributed to her wealth. As she continues her career, there is a strong chance that Rachel’s net worth will keep on rising.
Rachel Maddow Net Worth $25 Million
Rachel Anne Maddow studied at Stanford University, from where she graduated with a degree in public policy. Later she studied at Oxford University, and finished a Doctor of Philosophy in politics. Rachel began her career as a radio host at “WRNX”, and then worked at “WRSI” and “Air America”. These experiences added to Maddow’s net worth, as did guest hosting of “Countdown”, and laid the groundwork for her own show. In 2008 Rachel debuted her own program, “The Rachel Maddow Show”, a weekly talk fest which now has well over 400 episodes to its credit, and is syndicated throughout the US, so significantly adding to her net worth.
In addition to her career as a radio host, Rachel has also worked on television. In 2005 she became a part of the show Tucker on MSNBC, and the following year a guest on “Paula Zahn Now” on CNN. In 2008, Maddow worked with David Gregory on the show entitled “Race for the White House”, again raising her profile and net worth. The same year Rachel also had her own self-titled TV show, which became very popular and drew considerable acclaim, also as she became the first lesbian host of news and talk-back show, which was a huge change in the TV industry at the time, especially as Rachel demonstrated that her sexuality made no difference to the presentation of the show.
Rachel has also published a book, in 2012, called “Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power”, which also added to her bank account.
In her less-than-private personal life, Rachel lives with Susan Mikula, her partner since 1999, in New York City, and is not afraid to tell the world that she is a lesbian. There is little doubt that Rachel will continue her activities, and so probably become even more successful and wealthier.
Emmy Award in the Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis category, Gracie Awards (2009, 2012), 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in the category of Outstanding TV Journalism- Newsmagazine (2010), Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award (2010), John Steinbeck Award (2012)
Nominations
GLAAD's 20th Annual Media Awards (2009), Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (2012),
TV Shows
“The Rachel Maddow Show“ (2008-), “WRNX”, “WRSI”, “Air America”, “Countdown”
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Trademark
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Short hair
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Towering height
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Quote
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If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.
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I think the [George W. Bush] administration has essentially been like, I mean, I like vegans, but it's like hiring a vegan to be your butcher. Like, if you have somebody who is really against the idea of providing you the service you've hired them for, they're going to be bad at providing that service.
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Her paternal grandfather was from a Jewish family from Ukraine and Lithuania, while her paternal grandmother was of Dutch (Protestant) descent. Her mother, whose family is from Newfoundland, Canada, has English and Irish (Catholic) ancestry.
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Her MSNBC documentary "The Assassination of Dr. Tiller" won a Gracie award in 2011. It covered the May 31, 2009, murder of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers, by Scott Roeder, 52, of Kansas City, Missouri.
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Maddow was honored by the Interfaith Alliance with the 2010 Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom award.
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Maddow was named MSNBC political analyst in January of 2008.
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She first gained national prominence as a host on Air America Radio, where she worked from its inception in 2004. Prior to joining AAR, she worked for WRNX in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and WRSI in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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"The Rachel Maddow Show" has been nominated by the Television Critics Association for "Outstanding Achievement in News and Information", and TRMS received a GLAAD award in 2010.
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Maddow received a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University. She earned her doctorate in political science at Oxford University, which she attended on a Rhodes Scholarship.
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Partner since 1999 of photographer Susan Mikula. Their first date was celebrated at a gun range.