Charles Joseph “Joe” Scarborough was born on the 9th April 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is a TV and radio personality, probably best known for hosting the MSNBC’s program “Morning Joe”. He is also recognized as a lawyer, author and former politician, who was active as a Republican in the US House of Representatives. His activities in politics and other areas began during the early 1990s.
Have you ever wondered how rich is Joe Scarborough? According to sources it is estimated that the size of Joe’s net worth is over $25 million; his annual salary is about $6 million. The main sum of this amount of money is, of course, his multi-faceted career in politics, TV, radio, and law. Another source of his fortune is coming from his work as an author. In 2011 he was named as one of the most influential people in the world by “Time” magazine.
Joe Scarborough Net Worth $25 Million
Joe Scarborough attended the Pensacola Catholic High School in Florida, and then he entered the University of Alabama, from which he graduated with a BA degree in 1985, and the University of Florida College of Law, from which he earned a JD degree in 1990. While he was studying, Joe produced CDs with the band named Dixon Mills. Soon after, he started to practice law. and became interested in politics, thus his career began in 1993, as he was opposing a 65% increase in property taxes with a petition drive.
Joe entered congress in 1994, and was elected four times to the United States House of Representatives, from Florida`s 1st Congressional district, after Earl Hutto announced that he would retire. Until 2000, his only opponent was Kevin Back, in the other two elections he was the only candidate. However, he left congress in 2000, as he wanted to dedicate himself more to his children and family in the whole. Of course his net worth had benefited considerably.
After politics, Joe found engagement at the Levin Papantonio Law Firm, where he served as the environmental lawyer, and after joined Beggs And Lane, which is the oldest law firm in Florida. However, this was also only short term, as in 2003 he started a TV career, working as a political analyst, hosting his own show “Scarborough Country” on the MSNBC until 2007, and largely increasing his overall net worth.
After his show ended, he joined the show “Morning Joe”, as a guest host, however, he became then became the regular host, and has been on the show ever since, increasing his net worth through his paychecks.
In addition to the hosting of the “Morning Joe” show, Joe has appeared in several programs on the NBC and MSNBC, and guest hosted “Meet The Press” in 2012.
Joe Scarborough is also an author, so far releasing three books which have also added to his net worth – “Rome Wasn’t Burnt in a Day: the Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America” in 2005, “The Last Best Hope” in 2009, and “The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan, How Republicans Once Mastered Politics – and Can Again” in 2013.
Regarding Joe Scarborough’s personal life, he has been married twice. His first marriage was with Melanie Hinton(1986-99) and they have two sons together . Later, in 2001 he married Susan Waren, with whom has a son and a daughter, but they divorced in 2013. Currently he is single and resides in Florida.
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