Jon Stewart was born on November 28, 1962. He is an American political satirist, television host, writer, media critic, actor, and a stand-up comedian. Jon’s estimated net worth stands at an impressive $80 million. He draws an annual salary of $16 million.

He is known as the host of “The Daily Show”, a satirical news program aired on Comedy Central. Stewart graduated from the College of William and Mary in Virginia in 1984. He began his career in New York City performing stand-up shows at The Bitter End and Comedy Cellar before being hired for a string of television jobs on Caroline’s Comedy Hour, Short Attention Span Theater, You Wrote it, and You Watch It. Stewart has also given his own talk show on MTV which ran from 1993 to 1995. Later in his life, Jon performed as an actor in several movies.

He became the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He is also the writer and co-executive producer of the show. Much of its success is credited to Stewart. In fact, it began to get noticed only after Stewart joined. It was critically acclaimed too. The show has won sixteen Emmy Awards. Stewart hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards. He is the co-author of America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction, which was a bestseller in the US in 2004. He was also the co-author of Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race which was published in 2010.

In 2000, Stewart married Tracey Lynn McShane who was his girlfriend of four years. The couple had their first child, a son named Nathan Thomas Stewart in July 2004. Their second child, a daughter named Maggie Rose Stewart was born in February 2006.

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