Think of all the celebrities you stan and please put them in a box to the left, because the only person anyone should spend their time obsessing over is the living, breathing legend known as Vanna White. You know, Vanna White? The ageless host of Wheel of Fortune who’s been walking back and forth pointing at letters since 1982?
HER:
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Turns out, Vanna is earning more for her job hosting Wheel of Fortune (or simply Wheel, as the cool people call it) than most of us will ever see in a lifetime. Here’s a breakdown of her net worth.
About Her ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Salary...
Hello, hi! In case ya didn’t know, as of January 31, 2013, Vanna has clapped an estimated 3,480,864 times across the show’s 30 seasons—a feat that earned her a place in Guinness World Records history that same year. At the time of the OMG-worthy distinction, she had also appeared in all but 10 of Wheel of Fortune'’s 5,754 episodes during the show’s modern syndicated run, which not-so-casually began on September 19, 1983. How her hand has not literally fallen off by now is one of life’s wildest mysteries, right up there with why in the Year of Our Lord 2023 every single celebrity seems to be breaking up. 😭
Anyway, Vanna’s Wheel salary has been highly contested over the years. According to ABC, for example, she makes a reported $4 million annually. However, most recently, TMZ reported that Vanna earns $3 million a year...which means that for a whopping 18 years (!!), the TV personality has been dealing with a pretty suspect pay discrepancy because, according to Forbes, Vanna’s cohost Pat Sajak makes $15 million a year.
Luckily, things seem to be looking up though, since per that same TMZ article, the game-show host has just signed on for two more years as Wheel of Fortune’s cohost under the premise that she receives a “substantial pay increase” from the $3 million per year she was making for nearly 2 decades. Thank! Freakin’! Goodness! Mood about Vanna’s well-deserved pay raise:
She Got $$$ in a Lawsuit
Back in ’93, Vanna sued Samsung for violating her “personality rights” after the company aired a commercial that featured a robot turning letters on a game show. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and Vanna walked away with $403,000 in damages.
Her Casino License Earnings Bring in Major Bank
As in, Vanna actually makes *more* money licensing her image to casino slot machines than she does from actually being on Wheel of Fortune itself (pre-raise, that is! Although the details surrounding her new salary on the show are still under wraps 👀). Regardless, talk about the epitome of making money while you sleep, LOL. So how exactly does all of that translate to $$$, you ask? Well, according to Celebrity Net Worth, both Pat and Vanna “earn at least $10 million per year, mostly from a base royalty payment both also from a variety of bonuses and appearance fees.” I-con-ic!
Her Real Estate Holdings Are, Like, Whoa
In November 2017, Vanna casually listed her Hollywood mansion for $47.5 million, which had eight bedrooms! A gym! A pool! A spa! And—oh yeah—a private vineyard! Yes, wild.
In October 2017, she told ABC, “I’m a businesswoman. You know, I have other investments too—real estate. A long time ago, I would buy a house and flip it. But now everybody does that, so I don’t do that anymore because there’s no houses out there to buy.”
P.S. For those of you wondering about endorsements, Vanna’s not exactly out here doing Instagram #sponcon for SugarBear hair. But she does have her own line of, uh, yarn!
Vanna's Choice Yarn
So, What’s Her Total Net Worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, that would be $85 million, which is a whopping $35 million more than the total amount it was when we last reported on Vanna’s net worth back in 2019!
Vanna White, ladies and gentlemen! A woman who truly plays to win:
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