Geraldo Michael Rivera was born on 4 July 1943, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, of Catholic Puerto Rican (father) and Ashkenazi Russian-Jewish (mother) ancestry, He is a journalist, talk show host, writer and also an attorney, probably best known for the talk show called “Geraldo”, and television news magazine, “Geraldo at Large”. In addition to his career as a host, Rivera has also written several books.
So just how rich is Geraldo Rivera? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that Geraldo’s net worth is over $20 million, mostly coming from Rivera’s career as a TV talk show host and journalist. In 2013 he briefly considered an opportunity to become a politician, but is still working as a television host, so there is a high chance that his net worth will become higher.
Geraldo Rivera Net Worth $20 Million
Gerald Rivera was raised “mostly Jewish” and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony; both his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Geraldo finished Brooklyn Law School, and later attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and the University of Pennsylvania. Geraldo Rivera’s net worth began to grow when he started work first as an investigator and later as an attorney. While Rivera worked as an attorney for Young Lords, he was noticed by Al Primo, television news executive, who suggested Rivera become a reporter.
Geraldo’s career as a reporter started with WABC-TV, in Eyewitness News. This not only added to Rivera’s net worth, but also gained him acclaim among others in the industry, and made him more famous generally, even winning a Peabody Award for one of his reports. Later Rivera started to work in “20/20” and “Nightline”, which made him even more popular and acclaimed, as well as adding to his net worth.
In addition, Geraldo was a part of the movie called “The US vs. John Lennon”, directed by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld. Other shows that Rivera appeared in during the beginning of his career were “Good Morning America” and “Good Night America”. These of course increased Geraldo Rivera’s net worth too.
In 1987 Geraldo became a host and producer of his own show – “Geraldo” – which eventually ran for 11 years, and many guests were interviewed during that time. In in 1994 Geraldo became the host for another show, “Rivera Live”. Unfortunately the show was cancelled in 1998, but it still added to Rivera’s net worth.
In 2001 Geraldo became a part of Fox News Channel as one of their war correspondents. He traveled in Afghanistan and Iraq, and was certainly in danger during these travels. In 2012 Rivera became a host of several radio shows and recently it has been announced that he will continue his career as a host.
As mentioned, in addition to Rivera’s career as a journalist and host, he also writes books. Some of them include “Miguel Robles – So Far”, “Exposing Myself”, “A Special Kind of Courage: Profiles of Young Americans” among others. These books also had a significant impact on the growth of Geraldo Rivera’s net worth.
In his personal life, Geraldo has married five times, to Linda Coblentz (1965–69); Edith Vonnegut (1971–75); Sherryl Raymond (1976–84(with whom he has a son; Cynthia Cruickshank (1987 – 2000) with two daughters; and to Erica Michelle Levy since 2003, with another daughter. He is known as a keen sailor in his spare time.
