Jeffrey Katzenberg was born on 21 December 1950, in New York City, USA into a Jewish family, and is a businessman, film producer, studio executive, and the current Chief Executive Officer of “DreamWorks Animation”,

So just how rich is Jeffrey Katzenberg?  Authoritative sources estimate that Katzenberg has found success in the world of animated film to the tune of a net worth of over $860 million, accumulated while overseeing such instant classics of animation as the 2001 “Shrek” and its sequels, the 2005 animated comedy “Madagascar” and the wildly successful 2010 animated action-fantasy film “How to Train Your Dragon”. Katzenberg’s vision has had a huge influence on the direction of not just “DreamWorks”, but of animation in general, and this is amply reflected by his impressive net worth.

Jeffrey Katzenberg Net Worth $860 Million

Jeffrey Katzenberg has had a connection with art and business since his very early days – his mother, Anne Katzenberg, was an artist, and father Walterwas a successful stockbroker, and hence Jeffrey Katzenberg was afforded a prestigious education in the private Ivy League preparatory Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Aged only fourteen, Katzenberg would become involved with the electoral campaign of future New York mayor John Lindsay, but nothing would come of this brief dabble in politics – save, perhaps, a chance for Katzenberg to get noticed.

Jeffrey Katzenberg would go on to find employ with Paramount Pictures, where he worked his way up to being the assistant of then-Chairman Barry Diller. Katzenberg would have a hand in the 1979 revival of the “Star Trek” franchise with Robert Wise and Gene Roddenberry’s “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”, and the success of this science-fiction film had a hand in helping Katzenberg make his way to being Paramount’s President of Production. Working closely with the President of “Paramount Pictures” at the time, Michael Eisner, would lead to Jeffrey Katzenberg moving to work for “The Walt Disney Company”, when Eisner became its CEO. Katzenberg was tasked with reviving the flagging studio, and he had a hand in changing the direction of Disney’s animation department. Under Katzenberg’s oversight, “Disney” went on to release such animated classics as the 1989 “The Little Mermaid”, the 1991 “Beauty and the Beast”, and in 1994 “The Lion King” – and this string of successes went a long way in cementing Katzenberg’s reputation as one of the leading visionaries in his field, and in boosting his ever-growing net worth.

By 1994, Jeffrey Katzenberg had left “Disney” to collaborate with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in founding the DreamWorks studio. Initially focusing on traditional animation, after several lack-lustre box office performances, Katzenberg decided that computer animated films were the way forward. Under this vision, DreamWorks Animation found such enormous success that it would become an independent associated company in 2004, releasing several high-grossing films including “Shrek” and “How to Train Your Dragon”. Under Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation has hardly had a single unprofitable quarter, and continues to be one of the world’s leading animation studios. Katzenberg continues to have an active hand in the direction his company takes,

In his personal life, Jeffrey Katzenberg lives with his wife of over 40 years, Marilyn(m. 1975). They have two children, Laura and David Katzenberg, and David is an active director and producer in television. Jeffrey has been known to use his considerable wealth to further various causes, including a multi-million donation to Boston University and being a trustee of the “AIDS Project Los Angeles”.

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Stephen Gilchrist Glover was born on 13 June 1974, in Wimbledon, London, England, to a Canadian mother and American father of British descent. Better known by the  stage name of Steve-O, he is an American television and radio personality, comedian, stunt performer, actor, as well as a screenwriter. To the public, Steve-O is perhaps best known as a member of “Jackass”, a group of people who film themselves performing dangerous and self-injuring pranks, as well as stunts.

A well-known television personality and a member of “Jackass” prank group, just how rich is Steve-O, as of late 2017? According to sources, Steve-O’s net worth is estimated to be $4 million, mostly coming from his involvement in the entertainment industry which began in the late 1990s.

Steve-O Net Worth $4 Million

During his childhood, Steve-O travelled a lot with his parents as his father was an executive with Pepsi-Cola, and lived in Uganda, Venezuela and Canada for a couple of years, before returning back to London. Steve-O studied at the American School of London and then continued his studies in several universities in the US before finally graduating from Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Clown College in 1997.

Steve-O then started working as a clown, and at the same time began filming various stunts. Eventually, he was noticed by Jeff Tremaine, a director of “Jackass”, who invited him to join the group. Steve-O joined Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn and Chris Pontius in 2000, when the group launched its own reality series on MTV network. Since its debut on television screens, “Jackass” became a huge hit, and even though it met with a lot of controversy, it is still considered to be one of the most successful prank series ever created.

When “Jackass” finished its run on MTV in 2002, Steve-O together with Pontius went on to star in their own series called “Wildboyz”. In addition to that Steve-O made an appearance on Howard Stern’s “The Howard Stern Show”, “Love Island”, and “The Dean Blundell Show”. The popularity of “Jackass” show resulted in the creation of several “Jackass” movies, including “Jackass: The Movie” that grossed over $89 million worldwide, “Jackass: Number Two” and “Jackass 3-D”, which made more than $170 million in the box office. Steve-O’s net worth was rising steadily.

In addition to movies, “Jackass: The Game” was released in 2007 by Sidhe Interactive, a game developer based in New Zealand. Over the years, “Jackass” has become a worldwide phenomenon that inspired such shows as “Dirty Sanchez”, “Nitro Circus”, “Crazy Monkey”, and “Rad Girls”, to name a few.

Steve-O’s career came to a sudden halt when in 2008 he experienced mental issues. When he admitted to suffering from suicidal thoughts and bipolar disorder, Steve-O was placed in a psychiatric hold and underwent medical treatment. Even though Steve-O relapsed several times, he was able to control his depressive state, and managed to return to the entertainment industry with “Jackass 3-D”, his autobiography called “Professional Idiot: A Memoir”, and two of his own YouTube channels.

As if to finally demonstrate his complete recovery, in 2014 Steve-O was charged with misconduct when he did a backflip into the San Antonio River from a bridge, was a competitor in the second series of British TV show “The Jump”, and then in 2015 climbed a construction crane in Los Angeles in a protest against SeaWorld. He apparently demanded jail time, partly for publicity.

In his personal life, Steve-O was married to Candy-Jane Tucker from 2002 to 2003, and to Brittany McGraw from 2006 to 2008, since when he has reputedly been single.

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