Sean Hannity started his career as a general contractor, volunteering college station at UC Santa Barbara, and later worked as a host on a weekly show on KCSB, a radio station. After his contract got canceled, he moved to WGST in Atlanta and later worked for WABC.
While he was working at WABC, he initially hosted Christmas week. However, he was put on the air full-time later on. Besides, Sean also hosted a conservative political talk show on ABC Radio and signed a five-year contract extension. His talk show became extensively successful being broadcast on over 80 stations.
Moreover, Hannity is also the author of three books Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism, Deliver US from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism and Liberalism, and Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda, which became New York Times Bestseller.
Despite all, Sean has also been in various political commentary and controversies. He was involved in Birtherism which is about the birth certificate of former President Barack Obama. Along with this, he has also commented on various controversial issues like the 2016 Presidential campaign: Candidacy of Donal Trump, Conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton, the Murder of Seth Rich conspiracy theories, Deep State, Wikileaks, Russian interference, and False claims about election fraud, etc.
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Sean has earned wide recognition and wealth in his career. His diligent work has earned him several awards and honors. He has received Marconi Award as the Network Syndicated Personality of the Year from the National Association of Broadcasters. Along with this, his talk show was Listed 2nd on the 100 most important radio talk shows. Besides, NAB Marconi Radio Awards also Honored Hannity with the National Talk Show Host of the Year Award for three consecutive years.
Moving towards his personal life, Sean Hannity is currently married to his girlfriend, Jil Rhodes. They gave birth to two children named Merri Kelly Hannity and Patrick Hannity. They are living happily together with no apparent sign of divorce.
Hannity earns a massive amount of money in his career. Being an author, political commentator, radio and television host, he receives a good amount of salary and is regarded as one of the highest-paid media personalities. Before 2017, his net worth was $80 million. According to Forbes, he is one of the highest-earning celebrities; as of 2017, he accumulated $36 million. This shows that he now has a net worth of above $300 million.
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