William Hall Bush was born in Manhattan, New York City USA, on 13 October 1971, and is usually recognized as Billy Bush, a well-known radio and television host of the radio “Billy Bush Show”, a weekday television news program “Access Hollywood”. He is also a high profile ambassador for the charitable non-profit medical service organization “Operation Smile”.
So just how rich is Billy Bush? Sources estimate that Billy’s net worth has recently reached $12 million, unsurprising as his salaries from his radio and TV hosting are reputed to top $3 million per year.
Billy Bush Net Worth $12 million
Billy Bush was born into the family of Josephine and Jonathan Bush, and yes, the wider family includes George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States of America who is his uncle, and George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States of America, who is his cousin. Billy’s education was completed when he graduated from Colby College, Maine in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and Government.
The accumulation of Billy’s net worth started in 1995, with the radio afternoon drive show on WLKZ-FM in New Hampshire. After he moved to Washington D.C. Billy Bush hosted the midday show on WARM-FM, then in 1997 Bush signed a contract with WWZZ-FM and worked as the host of “Bush and the Bush League Morning Show”. Billy was a very successful host on radio programs, but his net worth rose even more after he showed up on television. His first work on TV was the television game show created by Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall, “Let”s Make a Deal” with Billy hosting the program.His net worth was growing steadily, if unspectacularly.
Billy then worked as a correspondent for WNBC-TV on a local morning news and entertainment television program “Today in New York”, but his career took-off at “Access Hollywood”, which increased Billy Bush’s net worth as working there he became involved in many prominent events like Golden Globes, Grammys and Academy Awards: Billy also added to his net worth hosting ABC’s live pre-show in 2004 and 2005, Academy Awards in 2006 and Emmy Red Carpet Special in 2006.
Bush has added more to his net worth hosting global events, as Bush was a reporter at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino and 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing. Billy is a constant host of the annual international beauty contest “Miss Universe”. In 2003 and 2004 he worked as a host with Cuban television host and model Daisy Fuentes, in 2005 with American host and journalist Nancy O’Dell and in 2009 with American host Claudia Jordan. Moreover, the beauty pageant “Miss USA” was also hosted by Billy Bush and Daisy Fuentes in 2003, with Nancy O’Dell in 2004 and 2005, and Nadine Velazquez in 2009.
Being popular also helps Bush’s net worth rise – he was named one of Esquire magazines “10 MEN” in July 2005.
Starting from September, 2010 Billy Bush and Kit Hoover have presented the entertainment news talk show “Access Hollywood Live”. He contributes to the daily morning television show “Today” created by Sylvester Weaver, and at the moment hosted by Tamron Hall.
In his personal life, Billy Bush married Sydney Davis in 1998, and they have three daughters and a son.
