How much was Michael Crichton worth?
| Net Worth: | $175 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Author |
| Date of Birth: | October 23, 1942 (aged 66) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 2.06 m |
About Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton born October 23, 1942 was an American author and filmmaker with an estimated net worth of $175 million. Michael Crichton was born in Chicago but was raised in Long Island and had two sisters and one younger brother. Crichton was married five times and divorced four times. He had one daughter.
Crichton attended Harvard College and graduated summa cum laude in 1964. He was the Henry Russell Shaw Traveling Fellow from 1964 to 1965 and Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom in 1965. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1969.
Many of Crichton’s books, including Jurassic Park, were adapted into movies. Crichton also wrote or co-wrote several screenplays, including Twister.
Crichton published 25 novels and four nonfiction books, and was best known for The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park. His books were often cautionary tales about complex systems breaking down. The last novel he published before his death was Next.
He died of cancer on November 4, 2008 at the age of 66. At the time of his death in 2008, Michael Crichton’s net worth was $175 million.
Crichton generated a lot of controversy with his views on science and technology. In particular, his skepticism about global warming was highly criticized by the scientific community.
