We are sure that you knew this name was coming. Rachel Maddow is one of the most popular news anchors at the moment, and she has accomplished many firsts over the course of her career, one of which is being the first openly gay anchor to host a major primetime program, The Rachel Maddow Show, you heard of it? She started her career in radio by chance after she was looking for a way to pay the bills, like any college graduate. Her success on the radio led her to pursue a career in television in 2005. MSNBC took her on as a panelist on the show Tucker. Nowadays, she works on several shows.
She is a contributor to the program Countdown with Keith Olbermann. It was Keith Olbermann who helped Maddow get on her show years ago in August 2008. Maddow has a dedicated fan base of millions, both online and offline.
Megyn Kelly – $15M
Megyn Kelly is a journalist and political commentator. In the early days of her career, she worked as a corporate defense attorney. She started her broadcasting career as a political commentator on Fox News, where she worked from 2004-2017. In 2017, she switched over to NBC News, where she worked until 2019 on her show, Sunday Nights With Megyn Kelly.
She has hosted several programs like The Kelly File and America Live, and she hosted Fox News’ New Year’s Eve specials. In 2014, Time named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in 2014. She has a net worth of $30 million.
Melissa Theuriau – $18M
French-born Melissa Theuriau got her career started as a reporter at Match TV in 2002. Since 2003, she has been working as a reporter and anchor for the French news channel La Chaine. In 2006, the French journalist became the editor-in-chief of Zone Interdite on M6, another French news channel. Besides her work as a journalist, Theuriau is a philanthropist. She started an organization called “La Rose” which works with UNICEF to give education to disadvantaged girls.
She collaborated in the founding of the organization with other journalists like Marie Drucker, Claire Chazal, Laurence Ferrari, Tina Kieffer, and Beatrice Schonberg.
Kelly Ripa – $22M
Kelly Ripa has been around the news block for a long time, and yet, it seems like she looks younger and younger by the day. She began her career in 1998 on the popular soap All My Children, where she played Hayley Vaughan. In 2000, she got her breakthrough role alongside Regis Philbin, co-hosting Live With Regis and Kelly. When Regis left the show, Kelly took over the show as the lead host.
Ryan Seacrest started hosting with her in 2017. Ripa makes a salary of $22 million and has a net worth of $100 million. She has been married to her former co-star on All My Children, Mark Consuelos, since 1996.
Robin Roberts – $25M
Before Robin started on ABC, she was a sports reporter on ESPN for 15 years, from 1990 to 2005. Thanks to her contributions to women’s basketball, she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. After leaving ESPN, Robin was hired by ABC to work as an anchor of Good Morning America. She has been in this position since 2005.
One of the highlights of Robin’s career was interviewing Barack Obama after he won the 2008 presidential elections. In 2012, Robin was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome. Her treatment has been televised and garnered a Peabody Award for the coverage.