BARBARA WALTERS – EST. $170 MILLION
Barbara Walters spent 64 long years building her journalist and broadcasting career that by the time of her retirement in 2015, she was regarded as one of the most influential figures in the broadcasting industry. However, Walters’ road to success was not instant. She started as a writer for NBC’s Today Show and slowly worked her way up from there. Walters even made history, being the first woman who co-hosted an American show at the time. In 1976, she made another record when she became the first woman to co-anchor an evening news program.
In 1997, she created the show The View, which later became one of the most-watched television talk shows in the United States. Barbara Walters has been the face of several TV shows, including 20/20, The View, and the ABC Evening News. Today, Barbara Walters’s net worth is priced at $170 million. That impressive value inevitably comes with an impressive credit score, as well.