'Wheel of Fortune' host Pat Sajak: What is his net worth?
The 76-year-old has hosted 'Wheel of Fortune' since 1981 and will leave game show after upcoming season
Pat Sajak, one of the longest-running and most successful game show hosts of all time, announced his plans to leave "Wheel of Fortune" next year.
The 76-year-old has hosted the show since 1981 and has amassed a reported net worth of $75 million.
While Sajak makes $14 million a year from his hosting gig salary, the host earns more from licensing his image to "Wheel of Fortune" slot machines globally, Celebrity Net Worth reported.
Sajak earns at least $15 million a year from royalties, licensing fees and other payments related to licensing his image to around 20,000 "Wheel of Fortune" slot machines in casinos around the world since 1996, according to the site.
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Pat Sajak plans to depart the game show next year. (Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Images / Getty Images)
And the show only tapes four days a month, meaning the host earns more per taping day than most people make in a year. A taping day earns Sajak around $291,666.
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Pat Sajak and Vanna White have co-hosted "Wheel" for more than 40 years. (Herb Ball/NBCU Photo Bank / Getty Images)
"Wheel of Fortune" was reportedly the first game show to be licensed as a slot machine.
Sajak was hired to host "Wheel of Fortune" in 1981 and said Monday he plans to leave the show after the next season, which starts in September.
Pat Sajak earns around $15 million a year licensing his image to slot machines. (George Rose/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Vanna White, who had turned the letters and co-hosted the show since 1982, makes $10 million annually, and she earns around $15 million from slot machine licensing.
White hasn’t said if she plans to stay on after Sajak leaves.
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While the show hasn’t selected a replacement for Sajak when he retires, Ryan Seacrest, who has a net worth of $450 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, is in the running, Bloomberg reported.