How Much Is Wendy Williams Net Worth?

Wendy Williams Net Worth Wendy Williams, an American television host, author, businesswoman, media personality, and journalist, has a net worth in excess of $40 million. Her most prominent role is that of host of “The Wendy Williams Show”, a nationally syndicated talk show on television.

Wendy Williams’ Salary Per Episode Wendy Williams’ annual salary is $10 million. She has filmed 180 episodes over the years. This equates to an average salary of $55,000 per episode.

Early life: Wendy Williams was born in Asbury Park (New Jersey) on July 18, 1964. She was the second of three children born to Shirley Williams and Thomas Williams. Wendy moved with her family to Ocean Township, NJ when she was five years old. She graduated from Ocean Township High school and attended Northeastern University between 1982 and 1986. She received a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Northeastern University and was a DJ at the college radio station WRBB.

Radio Career: WVIS, Virgin Islands was her first job in radio. She was then hired as a substitute DJ at WRKS New York City. Williams was offered a hosting gig at WOL in Washington DC one year later. Soon Wendy was a popular DJ and host of the most important drive-time shift. After a format shift, Wendy moved to NYC’s Hot 97 urban radio station, where she remained for the duration of 1994 to 1998. In 1998, she was fired and then hired by WUSL in Philadelphia. Wendy was able to really find her groove at this station. She met Kevin Hunter in Philadelphia, her future husband and agent.

The show was syndicated throughout the country. Her candid and open discussions about her own struggles with miscarriages and drug addiction and her experience with breast enhancement helped her gain popularity and helped the station rise from 14th to 2nd in ratings. She returned to NYC in 2001 for a 4-hour syndicated time slot on WBLS. Williams’ most notable interview was with Whitney Houston, which catapulted Wendy to radio fame. Wendy quit the radio show to pursue a television career. She was inducted into The National Radio Hall of Fame by that time.

The Windy Williams Show Wendy Williams is today most well-known for hosting the syndicated television program “The Wendy Williams Show”.

Debmar-Mercury offered Williams a six-week trial for her television talk show. The “The Wendy Williams Show”, which debuted July 2008, was a success and Fox signed a deal to broadcast it nationally. BET International also acquired cable rights to broadcast the show nightly and began airing it internationally in 2010 to 54 countries via BET International. Her show is very popular, with an average of 2.4 million viewers per day. It has aired over 1,500 episodes in 10 seasons as of the time this writing. The talk show ranked No.1 in the November 2015 sweeps. 1. in the U.S. demographic of women aged 25-54

Williams had to take a rare time-off in February 2019 due to complications from Graves’ disease. Until Wendy returned to her home on March 4, 2019, guest hosts including Nick Cannon filled in for Wendy. As of spring 2020, The Wendy Williams Show will be airing its 12th Season. Williams was nominated in 2016 and 2015 for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Show Host for Wendy: Wendy Williams Show. She was nominated in 2016 for the People’s Choice Award as Favorite Daytime TV host.

Acting Career: Williams has appeared in films, TV, theatre, and stand-up comedy. Her appearances include the TV shows Martin, One Life to Live and Dancing with the Stars. Wendy was also a part of the films Act Like a Lady and Think Like a Man, as well as its two sequels.

Williams performed standup throughout the country on a comedy tour in 2014. She launched The Wendy Williams Sit Down Tour, a comedy tour that took her to 12 cities.

Williams and Kevin founded Wendy Williams Productions, a reality television production company.

Williams has also produced on numerous television shows, including “Drop Dead Diva”, (2011) where she was a judge and season 12 of “Dancing with the Stars,” as a contestant. In 2013, she was also cast in Broadway’s musical “Chicago,” which ran for seven weeks. Williams also produced several shows including the 2015 Discovery channel documentary series, “Death by Gossip With Wendy Williams”, Lifetime biopic, “Aaliyah, The Princess of R&B”, (2014) and GSN’s game show, “Love Triangle” (2011).

Books and other ventures Wendy is the author of Wendy’s Got the Heat and The Wendy Williams Experience. She also wrote Ask Wendy: Straight-Up Advice to All the Drama in Your Life. Wendy is most well-known for her catch phrase, “How you doin?” “.

Williams partnered up with HSN and launched a line of skirts, dresses, sweaters, and pants on March 28, 2015. HSN is the exclusive retailer of Wendy Williams’ line. Williams stated that her debut line, which included dresses, pants, sweaters, and skirts, was HSN’s most watched premiere. Williams has also created a line for jewelry, “Adorn By Wendy Williams,” that can be purchased on QVC’s home shopping network.

Divorce and Personal Issues Williams has spoken out about her struggles with Graves disease and hyperthyroidism. Wendy was married twice. Her first marriage ended in divorce after five months and one year.

She got married Kevin Hunter On November 30, 1997. Kevin Jr. was born to them in 2000. Kevin eventually became Wendy’s manager. Kevin Hunter was reported to have been unfaithful on several occasions to Wendy. His behavior was also described as controlling and physically abusive.

Rumours circulated that Kevin had a child with a mistress in 2019. Wendy shared on her show that she had been living in a sober home after a long-term cocaine addiction. After 22 years of marriage, Wendy filed for divorce in April 2019. Inciting irreconcilable disagreements, the court filed a divorce petition. It sought to determine an appropriate amount of child support and a split of assets. Wendy and Kevin lived in a 6000-square-foot home in Livingston, New Jersey. She bought it for $2.1million in 2009. Wendy sold the home for $1.475million in August 2020.

Wendy reported on April 24, 2019, that she had made a move to exile Kevin from her personal and professional lives. To protect her assets, she reportedly fired him and appointed a team financial advisors. She has resigned and hired a new manager.

Celebrated Name:	Wendy Williams
Real Name/Full Name:	Wendy Williams Hunter
Gender:	Female
Age:	57 years old
Birth Date:	18 July 1964
Birth Place:	Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
Nationality:	American
Height:	1.78 m
Weight:	60 Kg
Sexual Orientation:	Straight
Marital Status:	Divorced
Husband/Spouse (Name):	Kevin Hunter (m. 1997–2019)
Children:	Yes (Kevin Hunter Jr.)
Dating/Boyfriend (Name):	N/A
Profession:	Television and radio presenter, businesswoman, author, actress, and media personality