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Bestselling Welsh novelist, Ken Follett has a net worth of $55 million. The son of a Cardiff tax inspector, Follett went to university in London.
He became a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper the South Wales Echo and later with the London Evening News. While working in London, he wrote his first novel. His first best-seller was his eleventh book, Eye of the Needle, which came in 1977. A string of blockbusters followed. In all, he has sold 130 million copies worldwide. Married to former Labour MP Barbara Follett, he has an extensive property portfolio. His most successful book was 1989’s The Pillars of the Earth which has sold 19 million copies. It was pushed back into the bestseller lists in 2009 when Oprah Winfrey picked it for her book club. It placed Follett on the Forbes list of highest-paid authors for 2009, with earnings of $20 million. He was again listed in 2010 at $20 million but did not make the 2011 list. The $40 million, eight-hour mini-series based on the book premiered in the US in 2010. The award-winning author of thrillers and historical novels has sold more than 100 million copies.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2017 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book A Column of Fire (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$324,000 |
|
2016 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of Ken Follett's rights for The Third Twin to CBS |
$1,400,000 |
|
2016 |
Asset |
Current value of the author’s seven-bedroom mansion in the Caribbean |
$25,000,000 |
|
2014 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book Edge of Eternity (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$89,910 |
|
2012 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book Winter of the World (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$89,910 |
|
2010 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book Fall of Giants (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$89,910 |
|
2007 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book World Without End (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$179,910 |
|
1986 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book Lie Down with Lions (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$144,000 |
|
1983 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book On Wings of Eagles (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$51,000 |
|
1982 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book The Man From St. Petersburg (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$144,000 |
|
1980 |
Book Sales |
Sales of his book The Key to Rebecca only a few days from its launch (approximately 100 thousand copies sold) |
$1,600,000 |
|
1979 |
Book Sales |
First week sales of the book Triple (approximately 9 thousand copies sold) |
$89,910 |
|
1978 |
Book Sales |
Sales of the book Eye of the Needle (approximately 10 million copies sold) |
$79,000,000 |