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What Is Dan Brown's Net Worth?

Dan Brown is an American author who has a net worth of $160 million. Dan Brown is best known for his 2003 best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code," which was also adapted into two films that starredTom Hanks. Dan Brown has sold more than 250 million copies of his books around the world.

Early Life

Dan Brown was born on June 22, 1964, in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father, Richard G. Brown, was a math teacher who wrote textbooks at Phillips Exeter Academy and the family lived on the campus of the school. His mother, Constance, was a church organist. Dan's interest in puzzles and science comes from his exposure to crossword puzzles and anagrams that he and his brother and sister would spend hours working on. The kids would participate in elaborate treasure hunts to find their gifts, designed by their father on holidays and birthdays. In fact, chapter 23 of "The Da Vinci Code" was inspired by one of his childhood treasure hunts.

After graduating from high school, Brown attended Amherst College to obtain a degree in English and Spanish. In college, he was part of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and played squash, sang in the glee club, and was a student of novelist Alan Lelchuk. He spent a year studying abroad in Seville, Spain, where he took an art history course. Dan graduated from Amherst in 1986.

Career

Brown briefly explored a music career, recording tunes with synthesizer effects and self-producing a children's cassette tape entitled "SynthAnimals." It included tracks such as "Suzuki Elephants" and "Happy Frogs." He formed the record company Dalliance and self-published the 1990 CD "Perspective." It sold a few hundred copies. Brown relocated to Los Angeles, California, and he joined the National Academy of Songwriters.

He took up the profession of teaching Spanish at Beverly Hills Preparatory School to support himself and met his future wife, Blythe Newlon, twelve years his senior and the Artistic Director of the National Academy of Songwriters. In 1993, Dan decided to return to New Hampshire and managed to get an English teaching job at Phillips Exeter Academy. Newlon accompanied him, and they married in 1997. In 1994, Brown released a CD titled "Angels & Demons," the artwork for which he later used for his novel "Angels & Demons."

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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.