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Canadian-American television personality, George Alexander "Alex" Trebek has an estimated net worth of $75 million with an annual salary of $10 million.
Born in Ontario, Canada, Alex Trebek found a career in television right out of college reporting news for the CBC. He eventually began hosting game shows, a job that fit his on-air skills with ease. Over the years, he hosted a number of programs including Battlestars, Double Dare, High Rollers, and Concentration. He rose to fame as the host of the nationally syndicated version of Jeopardy! that first hit the airwaves in 1984, becoming such a cultural icon that he was parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live and was cast as a man in black on an episode of The X-Files. Among other duties, Trebek often acted as host of the National Geography Bee, a contest to find the youngster in America who knows the most about geography. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1998.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2019 |
Salary |
Annual salary as the host of the television show "Jeopardy!" |
$10,000,000 |
2018 |
Salary |
Annual salary as the host of the television show "Jeopardy!" |
$10,000,000 |
2017 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Total gifts of Alex Trebek to the University of Ottawa as fund for the Distinguished Speaker Series which included a presentation by the Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee |
$7,500,000 |
2017 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Award provided to a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Ottawa who has also demonstrated community leadership |
$10,000 |
2016 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation to the University of Ottawa to fund the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue, the objective of which is to expose students to a wide range of diverse views, through speeches, public panels, events and lectures by University of Ottawa researchers, senior government officials and guests speakers from around the world |
$5,000,000 |
2015 |
Asset |
Purchase value of a Harlem duplex for Alex Trebek's 25-year-old son |
$2,000,000 |
2015 |
Salary |
Annual salary as the host of the television show "Jeopardy!" |
$10,000,000 |
2013 |
Sale of Asset |
Selling price of Alex Trebek's home at Mulholland Drive |
$4,000,000 |
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Mafia! as a person riding on a parade float |
$19,890,000 |
1983 |
Salary |
Annual salary from Jeopardy |
$10,000,000 |