Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart is an American actor, comedian, and satirist who has a net worth of $120 million. He is well-known for being the host of “The Daily Show” from 1999 to 2015, where his peak annual salary was $25 million. He was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in New York City on November 28, 1962. He later legally changed his last name to Stewart. From 1976-1980, Jon Stewart was in Lawrence High School, where he was voted as having the “Best Sense of Humor”. After graduation, he attended the College of William and Mary. At that time, he majored in psychology and joined the college soccer team. Although he continued his funny streak, no one expected it would lead to his career. After holding numerous jobs, Stewart moved to New York in 1986 to break into the comedy club circuit.

Stewart developed and began hosting his own MTV talk show “The Jon Stewart Show” in 1993. It was the first talk show on MTV that was an instant hit. In 1999, Stewart took over as host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central and won a total of twenty Primetime Emmy Awards as producer. After 2,579 episodes, Stewart’s final “The Daily Show” episode aired on August 6, 2015.