Cenke Uyghur net worth
What is the net worth of Cenke Uyghur?
Cenk Uygur is a Turkish-American political commentator, internet personality, and political activist. Cenk Uygur has a net worth of $10 million. The Uighur is probably best known as the creator of the American left-wing commentary show “The Young Turks.” He has also been known as a political commentator, media presenter, lawyer and journalist. Zenk started his career as a political commentator and then briefly worked as an associate attorney in Washington, D.C., and New York City. Over time, Uyghurs began to adopt increasingly progressive political views. He once considered himself a conservative, but now takes a view more in line with far-left figures like Bernie Sanders.
In addition to his work with “Young Turks,” Cenk is also known for co-founding the Justice Democrats, a progressive political action committee. He is also a regular on MSNBC, Current TV. The Uighurs eventually entered politics themselves, participating in special and regular elections for California’s 25th Congressional District, replacing Kate Hill, who had just resigned at the time. Unfortunately, he lost both elections. His best result was 6.6 percent of the vote.
early life
Zenk Kadir Uyghur was born on March 21, 1970 in Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey. At the age of eight, he emigrated to the United States with his family, initially settling in East Brunswick, New Jersey. The Uyghurs grew up in a secular Muslim family and continued to practice the Muslim faith throughout college, but later became agnostic. However, he still culturally identifies as a Muslim individual.
After high school, Zenk enrolled at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in management. During these days he is active in many councils and associations. He also wrote an article denying the Armenian genocide and other articles that seemed to demean women. He very publicly denied these articles later in life. At some point, Uyghurs transferred to Columbia Law School and earned a Juris Doctor degree.
entertainment business
Fresh out of law school, Cenk began working as an associate in law firms in New York and Washington, D.C. However, he soon turned to broadcasting, buying time on a local access channel to explore his love of political commentary. The first show was called “Young Turks”. During this time, Zenk also worked as a talk show host in Washington and Boston. Later, he became heavily involved in The Times, a new show based in Florida.
After these initial roles, the Uyghurs officially began the first iteration of the satellite radio’s “Young Turks”. In the 2000s, he also started blogging for the Huffington Post on the Iraq War. Zenk later cited the Iraq war as the main reason he began to abandon conservative views in favor of more progressive positions.
Originally, “Young Turks” featured Cenk and co-host Ana Kasparian. Eventually, it moved from satellite radio to YouTube, with a more video-focused format. It turned out to be a successful decision, as the YouTube channel of “Young Turks” ended up amassing more subscribers than the YouTube channels of major news organizations like CNN. Much of this success is due to Uighurs’ populist left brand of the program.
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In 2015, “Young Turks” started publishing daily news videos on YouTube. The Uighur now regularly claims his show is the largest online news show in the world. Statistics certainly show its popularity, with over 7.5 billion total views on YouTube and climbing. The channel has over 5 million subscribers, which certainly isn’t impressive when you consider the subscription levels of other non-news-related channels. However, when you factor in their reach across all online platforms, Young Turk has a total of 13 million subscribers or followers. The show is also available as a podcast on various platforms.
In 2011, the show was also taken over by Current TV and began airing on television. However, this ended in 2013. In 2018, Young Turk created its own quasi-news channel on YouTube, which runs 24 hours a day. It includes live and pre-recorded content.
Back in 2010, MSNBC approached Uyghurs who wanted to profit from the host’s exposure. Originally hired as a backup anchor, he was chosen to host “MSNBC Live” in 2011. This is after Keith Olbermann left the network. Unfortunately, a figure like Cenk was seen as out of step with MSNBC’s brand direction, and President Phil Griffin was particularly critical of Ugyur’s way of speaking. Cenk later claimed that MSNBC tried to censor him because of his anti-corporate views. Although he was offered the weekend opportunity, he turned it down and left cable news altogether. The Uyghur then focused entirely on the “young Turk” as the whole experience left him disappointed by the mainstream media.
Political career
Cenke Uyghur’s political career began in the context of the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011. He created a political action committee called Wolf-PAC to end corporate personality. The PAC also seeks to publicly fund all future elections in the United States. For years, Cenk has called for a reorganization of the Democratic Party. After Donald Trump was inaugurated, he founded the Justice Democrats, working to create a more progressive Democratic Party. The Justice Democrats are a group deeply inspired by Bernie Sanders’ views.
Unfortunately, Cenk was forced to resign from his position in the Justice Democrats when his early writings were found to contain racist and sexist messages. In his defense, he said he wrote the documents while “still a conservative.”
