Ed Schultz net worth
Ed Schultz Net Worth and Salary: Ed Schultz is an American television and radio personality who has a net worth of $15 million. But how did this net worth come about? He started his broadcasting career in Fargo, North Dakota, as a sports commentator for KTHI and WDAY. It was during this period that the “whiskey bottle incident” happened – he almost got into a physical confrontation with a fan who threw a whisky bottle at him.
From there, Schultz transitioned to talk radio, where his approachable radio demeanor belied his surprisingly progressive political views. That perspective also made him a perfect fit for MSNBC’s primetime, The Ed Show from 2009 to 2015. Schultz wasn’t always the progressive leftist we know today—he was actually a Republican who started out as a conservative and then changed his views sometime during the Bush presidency. His broadcasting career was not without controversy. At one point, he was forced to take a week of unpaid leave from his MSNBC show after making sexist comments about conservative commentator Laura Ingraham. In January 2016, Ed began hosting The News with Ed Schultz on RT America. Sadly, Ed passed away on July 5, 2018 at the age of 64.
