Andy Cohen's net worth and salary: Andy Cohen is a Missouri-born executive and television personality who has a net worth of $ 50 million. Andy is a television executive, blogger, and media presenter for Bravo.
Early life: Andy Cohen was born on June 2, 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri to Evelyn and Lou Cohen. Her sister Emily Rosenfeld is a jewelry designer. Cohen attended Clayton High School and graduated from Boston University with a degree in television journalism in 1990. In college, Cohen wrote for the student newspaper The Daily Free Press.
Television career: One of his first television jobs was as an intern at CBS News, working alongside fellow intern Julie Chen. Cohen spent ten years on CBS. He eventually rose to become a senior producer on CBS's "The Early Show". It also helped produce "48 hours." In 2000 Andy left CBS to become vice president of programming for cable channel Trio. Five years later, Bravo hired him to help renew the network to the reality giant that he is today. Andy Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Programming and Original Development for the Bravo television network. In the summer of 2009, Cohen began hosting a talk show that aired Monday through Friday at midnight called Watch What Happens Live. He resigned from the post in 2013, but continued to feature "Watch What Happens Live" and wrote a popular blog that can be found on BravoTv.com. In 2013, Cohen declined to co-host the Miss Universe pageant in Russia due to the country's stance on anti-gay laws. Previously, she hosted Miss USA 2011, 2012 and 2013 and Miss Universe 2011 and 2012.
In 2012, Andy released a best-selling book titled "Most Talkative: First-Line Stories of Pop Culture." It became a New York Times best seller in the combined hardcover, softcover, and nonfiction categories. In March 2014, she appeared in the Lady Gaga music video for G.U.Y. In November 2014, his second memory came out The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year. The title was inspired by The Andy Warhol Diaries and spans a year from Cohen's personal diary entries. The book also made it to the New York Times Best Seller List. In 2015, Cohen launched a new radio channel, Radio Andy, on SiriusXM Channel 102. Heal playlists and host special broadcasts known as Town Halls in front of a live studio audience for the channel. It also features specials like Radio Andy Theater and a parody of the Real Housewives franchise.
In March 2015, Andy and Anderson Cooper toured nationally to present their show titled AC2. They toured in Boston, Miami Beach, Chicago and Atlanta. The idea came after Anderson interviewed Cohen about his book. Later that year, Cohen hosted a live edition of Hollywood Game Night titled New Year & # 39; s Eve Game Night and co-hosted NBC & # 39; s New Year & # 39; s Eve with Carson Daly. Cohen published his third memo in November 2016, Superficial: More Adventures From the Andy Cohen Diaries. It was the sequel to The Andy Cohen Diaries and covered journal entries for the past two years. It also became Times Best Seller in the category of celebrity-written books.
Cohen hosted a game show in May 2017, a Love Connection revival on Fox. It was renewed for a second season in August 2017. Later that year, Cohen became the co-host of CNN's New Years' coverage alongside Cooper, succeeding Kathy Griffin. Cohen has been portrayed on a couple of television shows: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Riverdale. He also made an appearance on RuPaul & # 39; s Drag Race as a Guest Judge in March 2018. He is the executive producer for The Real Housewives franchise, including The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives of Atlanta and The Real Housewives of New York City.
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Praise: During his career, Andy has won several awards. He won an Emmy in 2010 for his work as Executive Producer of the cooking reality show "Top Chef." In 2004 he won a Peabody Award for his work as Executive Producer of a documentary called "The N-Word". Cohen won another Peabody Award for his work as an executive producer on Project Runway in 2007. He was named on the 2010 TV Guide Power List. In 2012, he was voted one of GQ's 25 Best Dressed Men of the Year. From 2012 to 2016, Andy was on Out magazine's list of the most powerful gay people. And in 2019, Cohen received the Vito Russo Award at the 30 GLAAD Media Awards.
In addition to winning a Primetime Emmy Award, he was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Awards every year from 2005 to 2013.
Personal life: Cohen became the first openly gay presenter on an American nightly talk show. He became a father with the help of a surrogate in February 2019. He welcomed a son, Benjamin Allen Cohen. On March 21, 2020, Cohen was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Andy Cohen real estate portfolio: Andy's first real estate purchase occurred in 2003 when he paid an undisclosed amount for a unit in a West Village building located at 2 Horatio Street. Over the years, he finally purchased three additional units in the same building and was able to combine them into a single contiguous extension. Today the West Village apartment is likely to be worth between $ 6 million and $ 8 million. In March 2019, Andy purchased a half-acre oceanfront lot (125 feet oceanfront) in the Amagansett community of Hamptons for $ 5.4 million. The lot had been asking for $ 6 million and at one point it had been asking for $ 7.3 million.