As one of the most talked-about figures, Chris Hayes has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.
What Is Chris Hayes' Net Worth and Salary?
Chris Hayes is an American political commentator, journalist, podcaster, producer, and author who has a net worth of $6 million. Chris Hayes got his start on television as a guest host for "The Rachel Maddow Show" in 2010, then he landed hosting gigs on other MSNBC shows. Chris was given his own two-hour weekend morning show on MSNBC called "Up with Chris Hayes" in 2011, and he has hosted "All in with Chris Hayes" on the network since 2013. He has also produced several episodes of "All in with Chris Hayes." Chris has written for "The Nation" and was named the publication's Washington, D.C. editor in 2007. He hosts the podcast "Why Is This Happening?" for MSNBC, and he has published the books "Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy" (2012) and "A Colony in a Nation" (2017). Hayes has written for numerous publications, including "Time," "The Guardian," "New York Times Magazine," and "Chicago Reader." In 2014, he played himself in one episode of Netflix's "House of Cards" and two episodes of NBC's "Revolution."
Salary
Chris Hayes' annual salary at MSNBC is $2 million.
Early Life
Chris Hayes was born Christopher Loffredo Hayes on February 28, 1979, in The Bronx, New York. He is the son of Geri and Roger Hayes, and he grew up with two brothers in a Catholic household. Hayes' brother Luke worked on both ofBarack Obama'spresidential campaigns, and in 2020, he was Congressman Jamaal Bowman's campaign manager. Geri is a former schoolteacher, and Roger led community organizing for the Community Service Society of New York. According to a 2011 "AlterNet" article, both of Hayes' parents later worked for the city, with Geri taking a job with the NYC Department of Education and Roger working for the NYC Department of Health as an assistant commissioner. Chris attended Hunter College High School, where future "Hamilton" creatorLin-Manuel Mirandaand rapper Felipe Andres Coronel (now known asImmortal Technique) were his classmates. Hayes directed Coronel in Miranda's first musical. After graduating from high school, Chris enrolled at Brown University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 2001.
Career
In August 2001, Hayes began a four-year stint as a contributor to the "Chicago Reader," writing about national and local politics for the weekly independent newspaper. Beginning in 2003, he spent four years at the Chicago-based magazine "In These Times," where he served as a senior editor and a Schumann Center Writing Fellow. Chris was a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at the nonprofit media organization The Nation Institute from 2006 to 2007, and after writing for "The Nation," he was named its Washington, D.C. editor in November 2007. Hayes taught English as an adjunct professor at Chicago's St. Augustine College, and from 2008 to 2010, he was a Bernard L. Schwartz fellow at the think tank the New America Foundation. He was also a fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University.
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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.
