Alan DeGeneres net worth
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What is the net worth of Alan DeGeneres?
Alan DeGeneres is an American comedian, actress, writer, producer and TV personality with a net worth of US$500 million. She is best known for her sitcom “Allen”, which was broadcast from 1994 to 1998, and the joint talk show “The Allen DeGeneres Show”, which was run from 2003 to 2021 Aired in the year. Her joint show puts her in Hollywood terms. At her peak, Allen earned about $60 million in salary from talk shows alone.
early life
Ellen DeGeneres was born on January 26, 1958 in Metairie, Louisiana. Her mother Elizabeth is a speech therapist, and her father Elliott is an insurance agent. She has an older brother named Vance, a musician and producer. Her parents divorced in 1974, her mother remarried, and moved from New Orleans to Atlanta, Texas with her new husband and Allen. Allen graduated from Atlanta High School in 1976 and moved back to New Orleans to attend the University of New Orleans. One semester later, she dropped out and worked as a clerk in a law firm. She also worked at JC Penney and worked as a waitress, house painter, hostess and bartender at TGIFridays.
Profession
In the years when Allen worked part-time, she also began to try her stand-up comedy performances in cafes and small clubs. By 1981, Allen was the emcee of the Clyde Comedy Club in New Orleans. In the early 1980s, she began to perform talk shows nationwide. Showtime named her the most interesting person in America in 1984. In 1989, she played a regular role for the first time in the TV show of the Fox sitcom “Open Day”. In 1992, she got a role in the very short sitcom “Lauri Hill”. The producer was so impressed by DeGeneres that she made her appear in ABC’s next pilot episode “These Friends of Me”. The show was renamed “Allen” in the second season. In April 1997, when DeGeneres appeared as a lesbian in the “Oprah Winfrey Show”, the popularity peak of “Allen” appeared. Her role in sitcoms also appeared in her therapist at that time, played by Oprah Winfrey. In May 1998, due to the reduction of ABC’s promotion of the show, the ratings dropped and “Allen” was cancelled.
After her sitcom was cancelled, DeGeneres returned to the stand-up tour. She reappeared in 2001 in the CBS sitcom “Allen Show”, which was cancelled after 13 episodes. In 2003, she dubbed Dolly in “Finding Nemo”. She played the role again in 2012’s “Looking for Dolly”.
In the fall of 2003, the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” debuted. Today, it is one of the highest-rated talk shows on daytime TV. In the first three seasons alone, the show has won 25 Emmy Awards. Allen celebrated her 100th episode on May 1, 2009. Her 2000th performance was in December 2015.
In 2010, DeGeneres became a judge of “American Idol”. She replaced Paula Abdul. She left after a season and said, “It doesn’t feel right for me.”
Starting from the 2017-2018 TV season, DeGeneres began hosting the game show “Ellen’s Game of Games” on NBC, which expanded the games she played on the talk show.
DeGeneres has also hosted Emmy, Grammy and Oscar award ceremonies.
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personal life
DeGeneres came out as a lesbian in 1997. In the same year, she began dating actress Anne Heche. They are dating until August 2000. From 2000 to 2004, DeGeneres was in contact with actress Alexandra Hudison. In 2004, she began dating actress Portia de Rossi. They got married in August 2008 at their home in Beverly Hills, California.
Allen and Portia are vegetarians.
In January 2018, on Allen’s 60th birthday, Portia de Rossi gave Allen a permanent gorilla home in Rwanda to build in her name for the digital fund . This gift is part of a new division of digital funds now called Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund.
Salary highlights
DeGeneres’s annual salary is between 75 million US dollars and 90 million US dollars. For example, between June 2018 and June 2019, Allen made $80 million through various efforts.
real estate
Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi are continuous house flippers. Since 2003, the couple has bought and sold more than 20 properties. In 2019 alone, DeGeneres and De Rossi sold properties for US$6.98 million, US$15.5 million and US$23 million.
Here is a brief list of their most famous purchases and sales:
2003: DeGeneres bought a house in the Hollywood Hills for $6 million. Three years later, she sold the four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom property to Will Ferrell for $9 million.
2004: She spent $1.275 million to purchase a medieval-style Hollywood Hills residence, nicknamed “Tree House” because it has 2,000 square feet of outdoor living space. A year later, she sold the two-bedroom, two-bathroom property to the late actor Heath Ledger for $2.1 million.
2007: DeGeneres and de Rossi acquired a mansion in Montecito, California for $15.75 million. In the same year, they sold it for $20 million.
2008: The couple spent $29 million to purchase a 9,200 square foot property in Beverly Hills, and then purchased two surrounding houses to incorporate into the estate. They got married in this house. By 2012, they sold the compound to Ryan Seacrest for US$37 million. In the same year, DeGeneres purchased a horse farm in Thousand Oaks, California for $8.5 million. After refurbishing the property, she sold it for $10.85 million in 2013.
2011: The couple bought Brad Pitt’s former home in Malibu for US$12 million. A year later, they sold it for 13 million U.S. dollars.
2012: They bought the Brody House in Holmby Hills for nearly US$40 million, and then only six months later sold the mansion to Sean Parker for US$55 million. In the same year, the couple spent $13.2 million to purchase a pair of adjacent apartments in Los Angeles. Three years later, they sold the houses for $11.85 million.
2015: They bought a four-bedroom, eight-bathroom villa in Beverly Hills for US$16 million and sold it for US$35 million three years later.
2018: They bought a mansion in Beverly Hills for $15 million in 2018. Less than a year later, they bid farewell to the five-bedroom property for $15.5 million. In the same year, they spent $6.7 million to purchase a ranch in Santa Barbara. A year later, they sold it to Nickelodeon President Brian Robbins for $6.98 million.
In 2018, they also spent US$27 million to purchase a Balinese-style mansion in Montecito, California. Soon after the purchase, they paid $1.9 million for a property next door. In October 2020, they listed the property for sale at a price of US$40 million. One month later, they accepted an offer of 33 million U.S. dollars.
2019: The couple purchased a five-bedroom, twelve-bathroom newly renovated mansion in Beverly Hills from Adam Levine for $45 million. They sold the house in April 2021 for $47 million.
2020: In November, Allen and Portia bought comedian Dennis Miller’s home in Montecito, California for $49 million. The purchase price of the 4-acre property was close to a record in the area.
2021: In May 2021, Ellen and Portia spent USD 14.3 million to purchase the Montecito Ranch they actually owned between 2017 and 2018. Soon after the purchase, they spent another $12 million to purchase the house next door.
In September 2021, Ellen and Portia bought a house in Beverly Hills for $8.5 million. Two months later, they sold the Dennis Miller property they had owned for a full year for $55 million. In other words, they made $6 million in holding the property for 12 months. They did not carry out any major renovations.
