Alex Jones net worth
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What is Alex Jones’ net worth and salary?
Alex Jones is a far-right political extremist and conspiracy theorist in the United States, with a net worth of $5 million. Alex Jones is also a radio host and writer. Jones is known for hosting the “Alex Jones Show”, a national joint radio talk show he hosted in Austin, Texas.
early life
Jones was born on February 11, 1974 in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in the suburbs of Rockwell. He later grew up in Austin. His father is a dentist and his mother is a housewife. He graduated from Anderson High School in Austin in 1993. Then he attended Austin Community College, but dropped out.
Radio business
He started his career in Austin, engaged in live telephone public interview TV shows, and switched to broadcasting in 1996, hosting a show called “Final Edition” at KJFK. Ron Paul was a frequent guest on his show during his campaign for Congress. In 1999, he and Shannon Burke (Shannon Burke) tied for the “Austin Chronicle” (Austin Chronicle) readers voted for the “best Austin talk show host” vote that year. Later that year, he was fired by KJFK for refusing to expand the topic and his views made it difficult for the station to sell ads. Jones then began to broadcast his programs online at home.
In 2000, Jones was a Republican candidate for the State House of Representatives in the 48th District of the Texas House of Representatives. He claimed to participate in the election to “act as an overseer from within,” but he withdrew from the election a few weeks later. In 2001, Jones’ radio show was jointly broadcast on about 100 radio stations. After the 9/11 attacks, Jones began to spread conspiracy theories that the Bush administration was behind the attack and was an insider. When he became the spokesperson for the “truth” of the 9/11 incident, several radio stations abandoned him. The “Alex Jones Show” is jointly broadcast by Genesis Communications Network to more than 100 AM and FM radio stations nationwide. In 2010, it attracted approximately 2 million listeners every week.
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Alex made his first film “America: Destroyed by Design” in 1998, and has since released about 20 documentaries. He also published two books, “9-11: Falling into Tyranny” in 2002 and “The answer to 1984 is 1776” in 2008.
Jones is the publisher and director of the InfoWars website, which has approximately 10 million monthly visitors. The site was described as a fake news site and was accused of spreading harmful conspiracy theories. According to reports, at its peak, the site generated more than 20 million U.S. dollars in revenue each year.
The German magazine Der Spiegel found in 2017 that two-thirds of Jones’s revenue came from the sale of his own series of products, which were marketed through the InfoWars website and advertising spots in his programs. They include supplements, toothpaste, bulletproof vests and other commodities. In the 2017 “Last Week Tonight” segment, John Oliver stated that Jones spent nearly a quarter of his live broadcast time on promoting products sold on his website, many of which claimed to have resolved medical and medical treatment claims caused by the conspiracy. Economic issues. The theory he promoted in the show.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, his antics continued and he was banned by the New York Attorney General on March 12, 2020, because he claimed that there is no evidence that the products he sells are effective treatments for COVID-19. The US Food and Drug Administration stepped in in April 2020 and Jones was warned that the government might arrest and fine him for continuing to sell products.
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Opinions and disputes
Jones is known for his controversial beliefs on topics such as the Oklahoma City bombings, the moon landing, 9/11, Sandy Hook, Obama, Hillary Clinton, white genocide and anti-vaccination. Jones believes that many terrorist acts are “internal work”, which means that the US government is involved. He believes that climate change is a hoax fabricated by the World Bank to control the global economy through a carbon tax. In February 2018, Jones was accused of sexual harassment, anti-black racism, and anti-Semitism by a former employee.
In July 2018, YouTube deleted InfoWars videos on the grounds of harming children and hate speech. Later that year, Stitcher Radio deleted all his podcasts for harassment. On August 3, FaceBook, Apple, YouTube, and Spotify deleted all content created by Jones and InfoWars that violated the policy. YouTube deleted all channels related to InfoWars, including the Alex Jones channel. Later that week, Vimeo deleted all Jones’ videos due to discriminatory and hateful content. His account was also deleted from Pinterest, Mailchimp and LinedIn. The following month, Jones was permanently banned from using Twitter and Periscope after using these platforms to condemn CNN reporter Olver Dasi. The InfoWars application has also been removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play. Jones is prohibited from using PayPal for commercial transactions. In May 2019, Jones was buried for using Facebook and Instagram.
personal life
Alex married Kelly Jones from 2007 to 2015. They have three children. In 2017, Kelly Jones sought sole custody of the children due to the bizarre behavior of his ex-husband, claiming that he was not a stable person and worried about their children’s happiness. His lawyer tried to describe his behavior as “playing a role”, like a “performance artist.” Jones has long denied playing a role in his show. Kelly was granted full guardianship, Jones reserved visitation rights.
In March 2020, Jones was arrested in Texas and charged with drunk driving. The Travis County Prison in Austin confirmed that he was charged with DWI, a Class B misdemeanor. He was booked, but was released on a “personally secured bond” four hours later.
real estate
Alex lives in a mansion in a gated community in Austin, Texas. The house is worth US$2 to US$2.5 million.
