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Pat Sajak Net Worth is $140 Million US Dollars. As per Forbes, Pat Sajak’s Salary is $24 Million per year ($800k per episode). Pat Sajak is an American TV personality best known as the host of the television game show Wheel of Fortune, a position he has held since 1981. Sajak is now the consulting producer of the Wheel of Fortune show, which means he is richer by millions more.

Pat Sajak’s first job was with WSM Radio as a DJ in the year 1971. His first salary was $100 per month. A few years later, he joined KNBC TV as a weather reporter for a monthly salary of $240.

In the early 70s, Sajak hasn’t had enough income and he found it tough to meet his ends. in one of the recent interviews, he mentioned that he slept in the office for many months to save on rent. Checkout Jim Cramer Net Worth

In 1981, Pat Sajak joined as the host of the now-famous Wheel of Fortune show, for a salary of $20,000 per season. By the 1990s, the show has become a huge success and Sajak’s salary per season increased to $140,000.

Pat Sajak is considered one of the highest-paid and richest television hosts in the world, behind the likes of Tucker Carlson and Steve Harvey. Sajak owns over ten luxury houses spread across the United States. Most of these properties are rented out on Airbnb.

Pat Sajak is an avid watch collector and he owns over 30 luxury watches in his wardrobe. Sajak’s watch collection is worth over $4 Million.

Pat Sajak, the longtime host of the game show “Wheel of Fortune,” is married to Lesly Brown Sajak. They got married on December 31, 1989. Pat Sajak has two children. He has a son named Patrick Michael James Sajak, born in 1990, and a daughter named Maggie Marie Sajak, born in 1995.

Sajak grew up in a Catholic family in Chicago. He attended Columbia College Chicago but left without graduating to work in radio. He joined the U.S. Army in 1968 and served in Vietnam, where he worked as a disc jockey on the Armed Forces Radio.

After his military service, Sajak returned to broadcasting and worked in various radio and television jobs. He hosted a local talk show in Los Angeles and became a weatherman on KNBC-TV. This caught the attention of network executives, leading to his opportunity as the host of “Wheel of Fortune.”

Sajak began hosting “Wheel of Fortune” in 1982, replacing Chuck Woolery. The show’s format, where contestants guess letters to solve word puzzles, quickly became a hit and remains one of the most popular game shows in television history. Sajak has been the face of the show for over four decades.

Alongside “Wheel of Fortune,” Sajak has hosted several other television shows, including “The Pat Sajak Show,” a late-night talk show that aired from 1989 to 1990. He has also made guest appearances on various sitcoms and game shows.

Pat Sajak is a television personality, actor and game show host who has a net worth of $75 million. Pat Sajak is most famous for being the long term host of the game show "Wheel of Fortune." He has hosted the show since 1981. For his work on "Wheel" Pat earns an annual salary of $14 million. Vanna White's salary is $10 million. As we explain later in this article, Pat and Vanna actually make more money every year licensing their image to casino slot machines than they do from the actual game show salaries.

Pat's first foray into media happened when he was attending Columbia College in Chicago in the 1960s, where he was chosen to be a news anchor on the local radio station, WEDC. He joined the Army in 1968 during the Vietnam War, and was a deejay on Armed Forces Radio. When he returned from Vietnam, he continued dj-ing for stations in Kentucky, and Nashville (WSM). It was at WSM's sister station, WSN-TV, where he had his first on-screen opportunity.

At WSN-TV, Sajak first served as a voiceover artist doing station identifications, then anchoring five minute newscasts during NBC's Today Show, then serving as a weekend and substitute weatherman. In 1977, Sajak accepted an opportunity to work at Los Angeles's KNBC-TV as a full time weatherman.

In 1981, Merv Griffin, the creator of "Wheel of Fortune" and countless other game shows, asked Sajak if he would like to take over the show's hosting duties from Chuck Woolery, who was the original host. Fred Silverman, then the CEO of NBC, rejected the idea. Merv Griffin threatened to cease all new tapings until Sajak was hired. Sajak was eventually hired in 1981 and has hosted the show ever since. Susan Stafford was his hostess until 1982 when Vanna White took over.

As of this writing, Pat Sajak earns an annual salary of $14 million as host of Wheel of Fortune. For comparison, Vanna White's salary is $10 million. Wheel of Fortune tapes four days per month, six shows per day. They tape two Thursdays and two Fridays. On taping days, they both arrive around 8:30 am and start shooting at noon. One audience watches three shows, then there is a break for lunch. A second audience comes in to watch three more tapings.

Pat and Vanna tape four days per month. That's 48 days per year of work to earn $14 and $10 million per year, respectively. That means Vanna earns $208,333 per workday. Pat earns $312,500 per workday. Breaking it down per show, Pat Sajak earns $52,083 per show and Vanna White earns $34,722 per show.

Believe it or note, Pat Sajak and Vanna White's salaries from "Wheel of Fortune" aren't their largest source of annual income. Both Pat and Vanna make more money licensing their images to casino slot machines than they do from the game show itself.

Wheel of Fortune was actually the FIRST entertainment property to be licensed for use on slot machines. In 1996 the first Wheel of Fortune branded slot machines were placed in casinos in Las Vegas. They quickly proved to be extremely successful and were licensed to casinos around the world. Within a decade, the Wheel of Fortune branded slot machines were reported to be the highest revenue generating slot machines in most casinos. There are an estimated 20,000 "Wheel" slot machines on casinos floors around the world. In Las Vegas alone, Wheel of Fortune slot machines generate over $1 billion per year in gross revenue. Worldwide the machines generate over $2 billion.

In exchange for licensing their respective images and likenesses for the slot machines, Pat and Vanna both earn at least $15 million per year in royalties, licensing fees and other payments.

Pat Sajak was born Patrick Leonard Sajdak October 26, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in Chicago and was the son of Joyce Helen and Leonard Anthony Sajdak. All of his grandparents were Polish.  Pat's father died when he was young, and his mother remarried. Sajak went to Farragut High School and graduated in 1964. He went to Columbia College Chicago and worked as a front desk clerk at the Palmer House hotel.

While attending college, Sajak's broadcasting instructor told him that the local radio station WEDC was looking for a news anchor. He applied and ended up landing the station's 6 a.m. time slot. Sajak joined the U.S. Army in 1968 during the Vietnam war. While serving in the Army he deejayed on Armed Forces Radio. While DJing, he began each broadcast with the line "Good morning, Vietnam!" just like Robin Williams' character did in the movie of the same name. In the early '70s, Sajak DJ'd in Nashville in the 3:00-5:00 p.m. time slot as their afternoon personality

In the late 1970s Sajak moved to Los Angeles seeking work in the entertainment industry. He soon landed a full-time weatherman position at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles in 1977.

In 1981, game show impresario Merv Griffin offered Pat the opportunity to take over hosting duties on Wheel of Fortune from Chuck Woolery. Unfortunately, Fred Silverman, the President of NBC at the time, rejected the idea of hiring Sajak for being "too local". In response, Merv Griffin shut the entire show down entirely and refused to film new episodes until Sajak was hired. Sajak has hosted the daytime and syndicated evening versions of Wheel of Fortune for the last 30+ years. In 2018, Sajak became the longest-running host of any game show, even surpassing Price is Right's Bob Barker. He was honored with the title by the Guinness World Records on March 22, 2019. Pat Sajak's contract as host of Wheel of Fortune goes through 2022. For his work on the show, Pat has won three Emmys and was even given a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.

Sajak appeared in the 1982 comedy film Airline II: The Sequel. His role was as a Buffalo, New York newscaster. Pat had his own short-lived late-night talk show on CBS, The Pat Sajak Show. He left the daytime version of Wheel of Fortune when the show started airing. Dan Miller, a former co-anchor, served as Sajak's sidekick. It premiered in January 1989 and the final show aired in April 1990.

Sajak appeared several times on Super Password as a guest host, as well as Password Plus, from 1984-1989. He also guest-hosted on game shows Dream House and Just Men!. Sajak was a regular substitute guest host for Regis Philbin on Live with Regis and Kelly. In 2003, Sajak hosted Pat Sajak Weekend on Fox News and The Pat Sajak Baseball Hour, a syndicated radio sports talk show. Sajak became an investor in 2005 in the Golden Baseball League, an independent professional baseball league.

He's on the board of trustees and serves as vice chairman at Hillsdale College in southern Michigan. Sajak is an External Director of Eagle Publishing, a conservative publishing house. Sajak is a regular podcast and poster contributor on the conservative blog ricochet.com. He began writing for the National Review Online in 2010. He's also the author of several puzzle games, the most well-known being 2007's Lucky Letters.

In the '80s, Sajak was parodied on a Sesame Street sketch; a muppet named Pat Playjacks hosted "Squeal of Fortune." Also in the eighties, Martin Short based a character off Pat Sajak, Ed Grimley, on the sketch comedy shows SCTV and Saturday Night Live. In 1992, Sajak had a special guest star role in the television show The Commish.  In 1993, Sajak appeared on Days of Our Lives as well as appearing as himself on the children's cartoon Rugrats. Sajak and Vanna White portrayed themselves in an episode of NBC sitcom 227 in 1986. In 2001, he appeared as himself on the sitcom The King of Queens. In an episode of season four on The A-Team, Pat and Vanna made a cameo.

Sajak married photographer Lesly Brown Sajak in December 1989 in Annapolis, Maryland. He was previously married to an unknown-to-the-press woman from 1979-1986. Pat and Lesly have two children together, a son, Patrick Michael James Sajak, born in 1990, and a daughter, Maggie Marie Sajak, born in 1995. Maggie is an aspiring country singer who has released three singles.