The Highest-Paid TV Hosts of All Time

Steve Harvey

Steve Harvey has been the host of Family Feud and Celebrity Family Feud since 2010. The six-time Daytime Emmy Award-winner is worth $200 million and earns $45 million per year. Harvey worked as a standup comedian in the early 1980s before getting his big break as the host of It's Showtime at the Apollo.

Before Harvey rose to stardom, he worked a number of odd jobs, such as boxing, carpet cleaning, and insurance sales. Harvey was homeless for three years and slept in his car when not performing gigs that provided a hotel. He performed his final stand-up act in 2012 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.