How much is Ashton Kutcher worth?
| Net Worth: | $165 Million |
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| Profession: | Professional Actor |
| Date of Birth: | February 7, 1978 (age 45) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) |
About Ashton Kutcher
Kutcher is of German, Irish, and Czech descent. His father Larry M. Kutcher was a factory worker and his mother Diane a worker at Procter and Gamble. He is one of three children, he has one brother and one sister. His fraternal twin Michael has cerebral palsy. Ashton was kind of a wild kid growing up. At college, Kutcher was even kicked out of his apartment for being too “noisy” and “wild”; but since then, and with the help of others, he’s hemmed it in and has become a person to look up to in society.
Ashton Kutcher has appeared in a number of hit films in his career so far and received nominations and awards. He has been nominated for the Teen Choice Awards, Young Artist Award, Kids Choice Awards, People’s Choice Awards and MTV Movie Awards.
Kutcher appeared in romantic comedies that won him recognition and fame early on. His characters resonated with a wide cross section of America, and most importantly they made people laugh. His first acting role was in the sitcom That ’70s Show as Michael Kelso, he starred in the role from 1998 to 2006.
In his movie career, Kutcher’s first film was in 1999, he featured in Coming Soon, which was a romantic comedy. He had his career breakthrough role in 2000 as Jesse Montgomery III in the box office hit Dude Where’s My Car?. He also featured in the movies My Boss’s Daughter and Just Married, that same year.
In 2003 Ashton Kutcher co-created Punk’d a television series that he also produced, along with Jason Goldberg. In Punk’d Kutcher would play pranks on celebrities and record their reactions on hidden cameras. He did it famously on Justin Timberlake making it appear that his assets were being seized, while controversial, the show was a hit. Kutcher hosted the majority of the ten seasons series.
Romantic comedies became Kutcher’s specialty and he continued to star in a number of them including What Happens in Vegas, Guess Who, No Strings Attached, and A Lot Like Love. He also starred as Steve Jobs in the film Jobs, a biography film in which he played the role of the young designer and entrepreneur.
Then, after Charlie Sheen‘s departure from the show, between the years of 2011 to 2015, Ashton Kutcher appeared in the sitcom Two and a Half Men. He portrayed Walden Schmidt a character introduced to replace the character of Charlie Harper. Another popular sitcom he starred in was The Ranch, a Netflix series where he played Colt Bennett.
Ashton Kutcher is not only a model, producer and actor he’s also an entrepreneur. Kutcher’s wealth may originally have come from TV sitcoms, runways and feature films. However, he is far richer today because of his transition into an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. In 2010 he co-founded A-Grade Investments with entertainment manager Guy Oseary, and billionaire investor Ron Burkle.
The firm, that invests in technology start-up companies, went on to make some of the best investments in history. Investing in startups can be incredibly lucrative if a tech company succeeds, but can cost A-Grade Investments the principle investment if a company fails. Unlike the stock market where money can be invested and sold relatively easily, money that is invested into tech startups is generally not to be drawn upon until the company booms or goes bust.
In the event of a tech startup failing A-Grade Investments is likely to lose their entire investment. In the case of a tech startup succeeding the firm can realize multiples of their investment unheard of almost anywhere else. Ashton Kutcher, through his firm A-Grade Investments, and another firm he founded Sound Ventures, has invested in over 60 companies including haymakers like Skype, Spotify, Airbnb and Uber.
Kutcher’s Total Net Worth
In his acting career Kutcher has earned the most money from Two and a Half Men, a salary that was $755,000 per episode, or around $16.61 million in 2014, and 12.08 million in 2015. He has also earned paychecks reaching highs of between $8-10 million dollars, as well as earned more from his extensive producing and his writing work. In total, Kutcher has earned an estimated $115 million dollars from his work in the entertainment business.
Of that amount, $8-13 million is expected to have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $104.5 million, will have been taxed at around 50% as Kutcher has been residing in the state of California and earned most of his money while state taxes have been 13% tax on his earnings. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $52.25 million dollars, having paid the same amount in taxes.
Together with his co-founders and team at A-Grade Investments, Ashton Kutcher managed to build an estimated $250 million in assets from an investment of only $30 million. He is also a foodie and made a local investment into an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles together with Wilmer Valderrama and Danny Masterson. Not to mention, Ashton Kutcher has earned appreciative value through investments into real estate. As well as made successfully investments together with his wife Mila Kunis and others.
Ashton Kutcher married Demi Moore in 2005 and they divorced eight years later, in 2013. Moore reportedly demanded around $20-25 million dollars as part of a divorce settlement. Although it seems that she was the one with the higher net worth at the time, the argument is that during their marriage Moore had supported Kutcher, including at a time when he transitioned into entrepreneurship and investing and was subsequently very successful. It is estimated that he may have had to pay her around $10-15 million. Ashton later married Mila Kunis in 2015 and they remain together. They have two children together, Wyatt Isabelle and Dimitri Portwood Kutcher.
In his personal life, it is estimated that Kutcher may have spent $8-9 million dollars of his career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $3-4 million, not including investment assets. In his investments, he may have earned investment returns of $125-140 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Ashton Kutcher has a net worth of a rounded down $165 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Ashton Kutcher has experienced success in the entertainment industry and as both an entrepreneur and an investor as well. Ashton Kutcher’s net worth is estimated to be $165 million, with an estimated $125-140 million earned from businesses and investments outside of Hollywood, mostly through his tech investment firms, A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures.
