Here's How Much Julie Chen Is Really Worth

Posted by Almeda Bohannan on Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Julie Chen has been a media personality for decades, most notably on different CBS shows including "Big Brother" and "The Talk." She's served as the host of "Big Brother" since its debut in 2000, and she was on "The Talk" for almost 10 years. So after all that, Chen is bound to have millions in her bank account, right?

It turns out that Chen has a net worth that's estimated to be $16 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. And this amount makes sense given that Chen earned around $2.64 million a year from both of her hosting gigs combined, according to Distractify. But even with all this money going around, it's relatively new for Chen to be a wealthy woman. When she was just a fledgling news anchor, Chen experienced anti-Asian discrimination, which was reflected in her job opportunities and pay rate. Chen remembers being offered substantially less pay than her non-Asian colleagues for the same amount of work telling BuzzFeed, "Normally they paid $125,000 for entry-level general assignment reporters in New York City, but they said, 'You're lucky we're giving you this shot.'" Even with the scandal involving her husband, it seems Chen has more than paid her dues and deserves every cent of that $16 million net worth after all.

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