Brian Kilmeade Net Worth: How Rich is the Fox News Presenter?

Brian Kilmeade is a renowned American TV and radio presenter best recognized as a co-host of Fox’s morning show “Fox & Friends”. He is also working as a political commentator for Fox News and has authored many fiction and non-fiction books. As of 2023, Brian Kilmeade net worth is estimated to be around $10 million.

Early life

Brian Kilmeade was born in New York, United States, and he celebrates his birthday every year on May 7, 1964. He grew up along with two brothers, Jimmy and Steve. Brian attended Massapequa High School and LIU Post for his graduation. In 1986, he came out holding a graduation degree in Bachelor of Arts.

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Kilmeade started off his journalism career serving as a correspondent for Channel One News. In a process of gathering work experience, he later joined KHSL TV, where he served as host and anchor. Then, he started working as a co-host of the all-sports radio network, KLDS’s show “The Jim Brown Show”. Brian then conducted post-fight interviews for the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship event in 1993. Following the year in 1994, he provided real-time commentary for UFC 2 and UFC 3.

In 1997, he became a freelance sports anchor for Hertford-based network, WVIT (NBC). At the same time, he also served for MSG, where he covered Major League Soccer events as a sideline reporter. Then, he became an anchor and feature reporter for NewSport, where he got to host a daily magazine show “NewSport Journal”. During that time, he worked as an anchor of the live half-hour sports program “Scoreboard Central”.

Brian replaced Fox anchor, Tony Show, as a host of Fox News Radio in April 2006. He is now receiving wide fame as a co-host of Fox’s cable morning TV show “Fox and Friends”, which he started hosting in 1998. Likewise, he also works as a host of the Fox News Radio show called “The Brian Kilmeade Show”. Similarly, the hosts the Fox Nations show “What Made America Great”.

Brian has also grabbed the attention for making critical and controversial remarks on various issues. In 2009, he had to apologize for his remarks on claiming that American keeps marrying others species and ethnicities. Likewise, in 2010, he said that all terrorists are Muslims. Later, he realized and accepted that he had misspoken, and clarified he don’t believe all terrorists are Muslims.

Kilmeade acted as an informal advisor during Donald Trump’s presidency the administration which was flouting journalistic ethical norms. In 2018, Brian defended the Trump administration’s family separation policy in his show “Fox & Friends”, where he referenced the children of illegal immigrants, and said like it or not, these are not our kids.

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Personal Life

Brian Kilmeade has been married to his wife Dawn Kilmeade since 1993. The pair shares three kids together named Kaitlyn, Bryan, and Kirstyn Kilmeade. On December 24, 2021, Brian revealed a dramatic event that happened in his childhood days.

As a kid, he came to know about the obstacles overcome in the name of giving. When he was six, his mom told him that Santa would take away all the gifts if he wouldn’t go to sleep early and Santa spotted any of them downstairs before morning. Until he found the truth, he spent a couple of years in fear that Santa would take away all gifts. 

Brian Kilmeade Net Worth

Brian Kilmeade has earned a whopping net worth of $10 million as of 2023. As of host of Fox News, he is receiving an annual salary pay of around $4 million.