BILL O’REILLY — EST. $85 MILLION

Political commentator and author Bill O’Reilly began his career in broadcasting in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He learned the ropes of big-time broadcasting while working for CBS News and ABC News, before moving on to anchor the news-and-entertainment program “Inside Edition.” O’Reilly joined Fox News Channel in 1996. His talk show “The O’Reilly Factor” and its “No Spin Zone” would become nighttime fixtures on the network and would make him one of the wealthiest political pundits.

He has written nonfiction books and a memoir, but his passion is writing about history. He’s the co-author of “Killing Lincoln” and “Killing Kennedy,” both of which hit The New York Times best-seller list. His intelligent career moves coupled with smart investments have led to his $85 million dollar net worth. Thankfully that has financially set him for life as sexual misconduct accusations had him needing lawyers and losing his long-running show, though he has denied any wrong-doing.