How much is Elvis Duran worth?
| Net Worth: | $34 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Radio Personality |
| Date of Birth: | August 5, 1964 (age 58) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) |
About Elvis Duran
Elvis Duran is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, as well as radio and television personality that’s best known for hosting his own daily morning radio program Elvis Duran and the Morning Show (on Z100 in New York). Prior to his working the show, he also served as the program director and on-air personality on WIOQ in Philadelphia and was the morning show host and program director of the KBTS (now renamed KGSR), based in Texas.
Elvis Duran is famous for hosting his own daily talk show that airs on radio and television. He was born on August 5, 1964, in McKinney, Texas. Elvis is one of the three children of Billy and Violeta Cope. He attended the (local) McKinney High School from which he earned his graduation in 1982. Shortly after, he enrolled at the University of North Texas but it’s still undisclosed as to what is the degree that he obtained.
Following his time in the Texas university, Duran began pursuing a broadcasting career. He first landed various supporting jobs in the Texas area, before he was given the opportunity to join the WIOQ radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he began working as an on-air radio personality. In May 1989, he was promoted to program director of the radio station where he remained until February 1990, when he was fired.
Being a prosperous businessman that hosted talk shows and realities and founded his own entertainment company is what makes this star so rich. Throughout the 1990s, he worked for various shows and radio stations such as Z-93 in Atlanta and Houston. In April 1991, he began working for Z100 as the host in the afternoon slot where he remained until April 1996.
From his five-year contract with the popular iHeartMedia station, he walked away with an estimated net worth of around $900 thousand dollars.
After gaining some momentum and establishing himself as a leading name in radio, Elvis Duran landed his own radio program titled Elvis Duran and the Morning Show. The show began airing in 1996 on WHTZ. In just a couple of years time, it became a media sensation that began syndicating through the Premier Radio Networks in more than 75 markets like Cleveland, Virginia, Miami, and Philadelphia to name a few. All in all, thanks to that program and his multiple media ventures, Duran has accumulated an estimated $3 million. Since the early 2000s, the syndicated weekday morning program, hosted by Duran himself, has been one of the most-listened radio shows in America.
Since the beginning of his career in the 1990s, Duran has been a media sensation. He and his syndication morning radio show has received multiple awards and nominations from the Radio and Records, Radio Music Awards, and Radio Awards in New York among many others. After he publicly came out as gay in 2010, Elvis has been one of the most popular members of the LGBTQ community in the States. He has appeared and received many GLAAD Awards (and ceremonies) and, most recently, he has co-hosted the (Live) Grammy Red Carpet Show as a cast member of Entertainment Tonight on the Pop network.
Being a media sensation with a lot of ventures in the show business helped Duran become successful. In 2007, at the very peak of his career, he launched his own entertainment company titled EDG (The Elvis Duran Group). The company is owned by Duran himself and his talent agent David Katz. It focuses on content creation across the media and has collaborated with several radio programs and networks over the past decade or so.
Duran’s Total Net Worth
Elvis Duran has earned estimated total career income of $65 million dollars. Duran signed a 5-year-contract at a salary of $4 million per year with Clear Channel, in 2012. Then in 2017, he signed 5-year contract with a salary of $6 million per year with iHeartMedia.
As Duran has lived in the states of Texas, North Carolina and New York, he will have had to pay around 41% in taxes on his career income. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $38.35 million dollars, having paid $26.65 million dollars in taxes.
Elvis Duran married Alex Carr in 2019 and they remain together. In his personal life he has likely spent $5-6 million dollars of his career earnings but also earned $4-5 million dollars from his investments. In real estate, he bought himself a 4,000-square-foot, four-bedroom penthouse in the Leonard building in Tribeca, New York.
As he will have also had to pay around $3-4 million dollars in business related costs, it is therefore estimated, that Elvis Duran has a net worth of about $34 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Elvis Duran is a radio and television personality that has been a media superstar for well over three decades now. He gained popularity with his syndicated radio program Elvis Duran and the Morning Show in 1996 and quickly attained mainstream recognition.
In addition to his work on radio, for the past few years, he has been a TV personality that became a regular guest on Extra, Access Hollywood Live, The Talk, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Most recently, in March 2017, he received his biggest achievement so far – a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
