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Ukrainian-American, Yakov Smirnoff has an estimated net worth of $20 million. This USSR immigrant moved to the US in 1977 and became an American citizen on the 4th of July 1986. He owns a theatre in Branson, Missouri, where he performs year-round. Smirnoff is also a professor at Missouri State University and Drury University where he teaches "The Business of Laughter." In May 2006, Smirnoff received a master's degree in positive psychology from the Penn College. He eventually developed a new talk show that is based on the important role that laughter plays in healthy relationships.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
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2001 |
Asset |
Investment of Yakov Smirnoff on his painting inspired by his feelings about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, based on an image of the Statue of Liberty to be transformed into a large mural |
$100,000 |
|
1986 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Money Pit as Shatov and box office sales of the movie Heartburn as Contractor Laszlo |
$80,310,000 |
|
1985 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Brewster's Millions as Vladimir |
$45,830,000 |
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1984 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Moscow on the Hudson as Lev and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as a National Security Advisor |
$31,400,000 |