Jake Tapper Net Worth – 2023

What is Jake Tapper’s Salary and Net Worth?

American journalist and novelist Jake Tapper has a net worth of $16 million. Jake Tapper is well recognized as CNN’s primary Washington anchor. Prior to this, he held the post of Senior White House Correspondent for ABC News, for which he received several honors. Tapper also presents the Sunday morning public affairs program “State of the Union” in addition to his own television news program, “The Lead with Jake Tapper.”

Childhood and Education

Jake Tapper was born in New York City, New York, on March 12, 1969, and reared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Helen, his mother, was a mental nurse, while Theodore, his father, was the president of South Philadelphia Pediatrics. Tapper, who has Jewish parents, spent his summers in the Poconos at Camp Ramah, a Jewish summer camp. He attended the Philadelphia School, a progressive elementary school with a reputation for regular field trips, for his primary education. He then attended the autonomous Jewish day school Akiba Hebrew Academy. Tapper attended Dartmouth College for his higher studies and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. Subsequently, he briefly attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Career Beginnings

Tapper entered politics in 1992 when he worked as press secretary for Democratic congressional candidate Marjorie Margolies-campaign; Mezvinsky’s he continued to serve as her press secretary when she was elected. Tapper also worked for the public relations company Powell Tate in Washington, DC, and briefly for Handgun Control, Inc. in the late 1990s.

Tapper began his full-time career in journalism in 1998 by publishing a handful of freelancing pieces. His work as a senior writer for the Washington City Paper earned him the Society of Professional Journalists Award. Tapper served as the Washington correspondent for Salon.com from 1999 until 2002. During this period, he also hosted the CNN news discussion show “Take Five” and contributed to TALK Magazine as a columnist.

CNN News

Tapper was recruited by ABC News in 2003. Reporting from Baghdad and New Orleans, the latter in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he covered a wide spectrum of current events for the show. Later, the day after the 2008 presidential election, Tapper was promoted to the position of chief White House correspondent. The White House Correspondents Association awarded him three Merriman Smith Memorial Awards for his coverage of the presidency in succeeding years. Tapper contributed often to ABC programs including “Good Morning America,” “World News with Diane Sawyer,” and “Nightline.” In addition, he was a regular replacement presenter on “This Week,” where he secured exclusive interviews with Joe Biden, Rahm Emanuel, and Alan Greenspan, among others.

CNN

Tapper began working at CNN in January 2013. In March, he began presenting “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” an afternoon and early evening news program. Three National Headliner Awards were granted to the program for its reporting. A couple of years later, Tapper became the host of “State of the Union” on Sunday mornings. On the program, he acquired a reputation for aggressively criticizing leaders from both parties, including Bernie Sanders and Jeb Bush.

Tapper moderated two televised Republican primary debates in September 2015. The main debate averaged 23,1 million people, making it the most-watched CNN program in history. Tapper got both the John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism in 2017. In January of 2021, Tapper’s responsibilities at CNN extended to include coverage of all big Washington events.

Salary

Under his current CNN deal, Jake earns $4 million annually.

Additional Media Appearances

Tapper has made and continues to make numerous media appearances outside of his position at CNN. He has contributed to GQ, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and in 2002 he anchored a series of entertainment news specials on VH1. Tapper has also been on other talk shows, including “The Colbert Report,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” “Conan,” and “Real Time with Bill Maher,” among others.

Career as a Writer

Tapper has written both fictional and nonfictional books. His debut novel, “The Hellfire Club,” a political thriller, was published in 2018; a sequel titled “The Devil May Dance” was released in 2021. Additionally, he authored “The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor,” a nonfiction book about American forces in Afghanistan. The critically acclaimed novel was subsequently adapted into a film directed by Rod Lurie. Other works by Tapper include “Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency” about the presidential election of 2000 and “Body Slam: The Jesse Ventura Story” about the professional wrestler and politician of the same name.

Tapper is also a cartoonist; he developed the weekly Roll Call’s comic strip “Capitol Hell.” He has also published cartoons to the Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and American Spectator.

Personal Life

In 2006, Tapper married Jennifer Marie Brown, a former Planned Parenthood staffer. The couple resides in Washington, DC, with their two children, Alice and Jack.

Tapper is a longtime, ardent follower of all the major professional Philadelphia sports teams due to his hometown.