Television host Don Lemon amassed a huge net worth before announcing his firing from CNN on Monday, April 24.
The journalist’s fortune largely came from his work on the network, hosting Don Lemon Tonight and CNN This Morning.
Lemon has an estimated net worth of $12 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He also earned a salary estimated to be around $4 million (N3bn) from his contributions to CNN each year. The Louisiana native began his career working at Fox and NBC affiliates, later serving as a correspondent on Today and NBC Nightly News.
In 2006, he joined CNN, becoming a prominent face on several prime time series. He was previously benched from the network due to comments made during a February 2023 broadcast toward politician Nikki Haley.