Jimmy Kimmel Net Worth: know his income source, career, family, early life and more

Was he the biggest badass on the tv show? Why he was called so???

An American television host, writer, producer, and a comedian, Jimmy Kimmel have a net worth of  $35 million. He earned it from his live television show '' Jimmy Kimmel Live".

How was Jimmy Kimmel able to collect the net worth of $35 million?

Jimmy Kimmel has the net worth of $35 million which he earned from his profession as a comedian, host, writer, and also a producer.

Jimmy Kimmel was best known as the co-host of comedy ''Central's The Man Show'' and ''Win Ben Stein's money" before the hosting of Jimmy Kimmel live show.

Jimmy Kimmel leads the Hollywood Top TV Reporter, Top TV personalities for the first time, re-entering the chart at no.1 on the ranking date October 4.

The late-night talk show host and comedian is selling his Hollywood house after decades of ownership. The house includes five bedrooms one converted to the recording booth and a kitchen worth five-star restaurant.

Jimmy's Career

Jimmy Kimmel starts working in the radio industry while he was studying in high school, hosting in the Sunday TV show on UNLV's college station. He became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities, Mike Elliott and Kent Voss. 

Later, Kimmel and Voss were fired from the job show but he started his own show at KCMJ. Jimmy spent 5 years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for Kelvin and Beam Morning show.

He had established television career as comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show "Win Ben Stein's Money", which began in Comedy Central in 1997. Due to his monotonous vocal style and his everyman personalities, he was able to win the Emmy Award for the "Best Game Show Host". 

Later, he permanently left The Man Show and started his own Late night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live " in January 2003. He was named the "Biggest Badass on TV", but he said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

Kimmel's early life

Kimmel was born on 13th November 1967, Brooklyn, in Newyork as the eldest of three children of Joan, homemaker and IBM executive. He was a Roman Catholic child and serve as an altar server in the Church.

His mother was of Italian ancestry, but his great-grandparents were German Immigrants and his surname was ''Kummel''.When he was nine, his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.

He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School. In 2003, he received an honorary degree from UNLV. He joined the University of Nevada for one year at that time he discovered a passion for radio.

Jimmy's Relationship Status 

In 1998, Jimmy married Gina Maddy. They had got a daughter and a son named Katherine and Kelvin born in  1991 and 1993 respectively. They got a divorce in 2002.

Later, he was in a relationship with comedian Sarah Silverman from 2002 to until breakup in 2009.

After that, he started dating co-head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live, Molly McNearney in 2009. The couple got engaged in 2012 and finally married in 2013. The couple had a child in 2014, Jane.