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American radio talk show host and political commentator Rush Limbaugh has an estimated net worth of $590 million. Rush Limbaugh is the outspoken, ultra-conservative and ultra-popular host of The Rush Limbaugh Show, an A.M. radio show about American politics.
He got his start in radio while still in high school, moving to Sacramento, California, the USA in the 1980s and perfecting the politically-oriented sarcasm that earned him national syndication. Limbaugh gained particular fame as a staunch opponent of president Bill Clinton; by 1995, when Newt Gingrich led a Republican majority into the House of Representatives, Rush Limbaugh was one of the most popular radio hosts in the U.S. The conservative host demonstrated both his impact on the culture and his intemperance with his attacks on a female law student and birth-control advocate. In the long run, the resulting boycott by many advertisers didn't have much of a financial impact on Limbaugh.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
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2019 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Rush Limbaugh's house in Palm Beach, Florida that features an elevator, 12 bathrooms, and seven bedrooms |
$26,000,000 |
2019 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Money raised by Rush Limbaugh's annual telethon for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – the EIB Cure-a-Thon since its inception |
$15,000,000 |
2012 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Rush Limbaugh's black Maybach 57S |
$450,000 |
2012 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Rush Limbaugh's Gulfstream G550 |
$54,000,000 |
2010 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount pledged by Rush Limbaugh and his wife to MC-LEF |
$100,000 |
2010 |
Earnings |
Earnings from publishing and his highly-trafficked website |
$6,500,000 |
2010 |
Earnings |
Earnings from radio |
$52,000,000 |
2009 |
Contract |
An eight-year contract with Clear Channel Communications and its syndication subsidiary Premiere Radio Networks |
$400,000,000 |
2008 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Purchase value of two Penthouse Apartments Rush Limbaugh bought as a wedding present for his wife |
$2,700,000 |
2008 |
Contract |
An eight-year contract with Clear Channel Communications and its syndication subsidiary Premiere Radio Networks |
$400,000,000 |
2007 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount Rush Limbaugh pledged to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |
$400,000 |
2005 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Estimated total amount raised since the annual telethon for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society that was launched on 2000-2005 and 2007 |
$15,000,000 |