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Zig Ziglar Net Worth

Published

11 months ago

June 3, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

Hilary Hinton Ziglar's Net Worth as of 2024
$15 Million

Hilary Hinton Ziglar was born on the 6th November 1926, in Coffee County, Alabama USA and was an author, salesman as well as motivational speaker. He passed away in November 2012.

How much was the net worth of Zig Ziglar? Authoritative sources report that the overall size of Ziglar’s wealth is as much as $15 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016. The main source of Zig net worth was literature. The estimated annual earnings from his books are $2.5 million in 2015 alone, and Ziglar added sums to his wealth from other above mentioned engagements.

Zig Ziglar Net Worth $15 Million

To begin with, Zig was born to parents Lina Wescott Ziglar and John Silas Ziglar, and raised in a big family alongside eleven siblings. In 1931, the Ziglar family settled down on a farm in Yazzo City, Mississippi USA, as his father was appointed manager there. Unfortunately, the same year his father died from stroke, and to make matters worse, two days later one of his sisters died. From 1943 to 1945, Ziglar served in the USA Navy. It should also be mentioned that he was in the Navy V-12 Navy College Training Program as well as graduated from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

After graduation he found work as a salesman, and successfully worked in a number of companies. Eventually, he was promoted to the director for training and vice president of the Automotive Performance Company, based in Dallas, Texas, all of which provided a solid base to his net worth.

However, from 1975 to 2012, fourteen books written by Ziglar were released. His first book “See You at the Top” (1975) achieved the greatest success, although initially it had been rejected by some 30 publishers. Afterwards, Ziglar, released the books “Confessions Of A Happy Christian” (1978), “Zig Ziglar’s Secrets of Closing the Sale” (1982), “Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World” (1985), “Top Performance: How to Develop Excellence in Yourself and Others” (1986), “Over the Top” (1988) as well as “Success for Dummies” (1998). In the 21st century, he continued writing publishing “Network Marketing For Dummies” (2001), “Selling 101: What Every Successful Sales Professional Needs to Know” (2002) and “Confessions of a Grieving Christian” (2004). All contributed significantly to his net worth.

The author had also written his autobiography entitled “The Autobiography of Zig Ziglar” (2004). The last books written by Ziglar were “Better Than Good: Creating a Life You Can’t Wait to Live” (2006), “Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life’s Terms” (2009) and “Born to Win: Find Your Success Code” (2012). Until 2010, he had been making speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience, integrating Christianity.

Finally, in the personal life of the author, motivational speaker and salesman, he married Jean Ziglas in 1946, and they had four children, one of whom died in 1995. as well as seven grandchildren. Being 86, Zig Ziglar died from pneumonia in hospital in Plano, Texas in November 2012 – he rests in the cemetery of McKinney, Texas, USA.

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Mike Golic Net Worth

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34 mins ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Michael Louis Golic was born on 12 December 1962, in Willowick, Ohio USA, and is a famous ex-American football player, now actor and TV commentator and presenter, perhaps best known now as a co-host of the ESPN Radio show “Mike & Mike.

So just how rich is Mike Golic? Usually appearing on American radio and television, Mike has managed to accumulate a net worth of $9 million throughout his sweeping career as a player and then game commentator analyst: his current salary of over $2 million per year certainly helps.

Mike Golic Net Worth $9 Million

Mike Golic was educated at St Joseph’s High School in Cleveland, Ohio, and then in 1985 graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in finance and management. Mike started his career as a football player at university, in fact captaining team. Subsequently in 1985 Mike was drafted into the NFL as a defensive tackle by the Houston Oilers, for whom he played until 1987, when he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles (1987 – 1992), and then to the Miami Dolphins (1993). In total, throughout his eight-year career in NFL, the celebrity appeared in 115 games. We may only guess what amount of revenues came into Mike Golic’s net worth.

Towards the end of his playing career, Mike Golic began broadcasting, eventually for a succession of radio and TV stations. From 1996 to 1998, Mike was the commentator for the Arena Football League. From 2007 to the present he has taken the same position. As a college football commentator, Golic also worked for the ABC channel in 1998. The same year, Mike was a star of the ESPN2 week-day news program named “NFL 2Night”. All this work on television helped Mike get more experience in his career and increase his net worth.

While living in Philadelphia, Mike Golic’s net worth started growing when showed up on television, on former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham’s Show. Not only did Mike’s made his net worth grow larger with his performances on TV, but also he received a Mid-Atlantic Region Emmy Award for his feature “Golic’s Got It”.

“Mike & Mike” was formed in 2006 in collaboration with Mike Greenberg. Their popular annual bracket is called “Sheet of Integrity”, about the NCAA Men`s Basketball Tournament. Together with Mike Greenberg, Golic appeared briefly in “Guiding Light”, a TV serial of 2008. Moreover, Mike Golic then performed as an actor in ESPN`s miniseries “Tilt”.

For the record, in 2010, in collaboration with Greenberg, Golic published a book named “Mike and Mike’s Rules for Sports and Life”.

In his personal life, Mike Golic married Christine in 1987. The couple have three children and currently live in Avon, Connecticut. Son Mike Jr is currently playing in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Football playing is rooted in their family: Mike Golic`s brother Bob Golic also played for Notre Dame when he was younger.

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Chuck Todd Net Worth

Published

4 weeks ago

March 20, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Charles David Todd was born on the 8th April 1972, in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a journalist and television presenter, currently the Political Director of the News Department of the largest broadcaster in USA – NBC and the correspondent of the company in the White House. Todd is also a political analyst for the news and talk morning television show “Today”, and daily evening television news program “NBC Nightly News”. Chuck Todd has been active in politics and journalism since the early 1990s.

How much is the net worth of Chuck Todd? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $3 million, as of the data given in mid-2017.

Chuck Todd Net Worth $3 Million

After schooling Todd studied Political Science at George Washington University, but which he left without a degree. In the early 1990s he worked for various political campaigns, including the presidential campaign of Senator Tom Harkin in 1992. From 1992 to 2007 Todd worked as the editor of The Hotline, a daily political newsletter, which is published by the Atlantic Media Company and is primarily intended for a small, non-public audience of staff of congressmen, journalists and other people in the political and media business directly engaged. As a result, he frequently appeared as an expert on political television programs including “Hardball with Chris Matthews” and “Inside Politics” with Judy Woodruff. His net worth grew steadily.

At the beginning of 2007, Todd was brought to NBC, where he soon took over the position of Political Director of the Intelligence Department (NBC News). In this capacity he is responsible for the supervision and coordination of political reporting from NBC and its cable offshoot, the 24-hour news station MSNBC. As a correspondent of the White House since late 2008, and as a general analyst of political events, Todd regularly appears in the NBC News and in several consignments of MSNBC. In the morning program of MSNBC, Todd also works with Savannah Guthrie on the weekdays 9:00 to 10:00 in Eastern Time broadcast program “The Daily Rundown”, which is a mixture of domestic and foreign policy news of the day, as well as interviews and debates with guests. In addition, Todd frequently appears as the guest in shows such as “Hardball with Chris Matthews” and “The Rachel Maddow Show”. After the sudden death of Tim Russert, Todd was his successor as host of the program “Meet the Press” which is considered the oldest political discussion program on USA television. Overall, all the above mentioned engagements have significantly increased the total size of Chuck Todd’s net worth as well as popularity.

Moreover, Chuch Todd is the author of several books. He published the book “The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House” (2014), and he has also co-written “How Barack Obama Won: A State-by-State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election”(2009) alongside Sheldon Gawiser.

Finally, in the personal life of Chuck Todd, he is married to Kristian Denny Todd; they have two children and currently the family resides in Arlington, Virginia.