vTodd Hillier was born on 31 March 1964, in Pinellas County, Florida USA, and is a retired radio talk show host and comedian, best known for being the co-host of “The Ron and Fez” show, of which he also served as the executive producer. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Fez Whatley? As of mid-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $2 million, mostly earned through a successful career on radio. He was also the producer and a contributor for the radio program “The Ron and Ron Show”, however, the show was later cancelled. As he continues his endeavors, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.
Fez Whatley Net Worth $2 million
Fez attended Pinellas Park High School and matriculated in 1982, also receiving a publication award from the International Thespian Society.
Whatley started his radio career as a contributor and producer of the highly successful “The Ron and Ron Show”, and his net worth increased significantly thanks to the show, however, after the departure of Ron Diaz, the show was cancelled due to low ratings. He then teamed up with Ron Bennington to create “The Ron and Fez Show”, which began airing on a small radio station WKRO and would then retitle the show “Ron and Fez Dot Com” which aired on WNEW FM located in New York City during 2000. They continued working as part of WNEW FM until 2002, when they relocated to DC.
In 2004, they returned to Florida as part of WBAA-AM which had just started to adopt a new talk format, however, the show proved unsuccessful, and the following year they then moved to XM Satellite Radio, and would also air as a part of Free FM; after WFNY changed format, their show was discontinued.
In 2008, Ron and Fez hosted “Presidential Thunderdome ‘08”. Fez also briefly co-hosted shows such as “Hooters-on-the-Radio”, but then announced his retirement from radio in 2015. While his success never paired up to the success of “The Ron and Ron Show”, his net worth increased significantly thanks to his continuous opportunities.
For his personal life, Fez came out as gay in 2012 – he had spoken about his issues, before but never really referred to them as being gay. Since then, he has become more outspoken about issues with the LGBT community. The previous year, his father passed away and it led him to miss several airings. He’s also suffered from health conditions including a mild heart attack and diabetes – he had to have stents inserted to his heart passages. He suffered a third heart attack while being treated for another medical issue. In 2014, he underwent surgery to relieve back and neck pain. According to a current report, he now has 15 stents in his heart, after he had a fifth heart attack in 2015.
