Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey is a comedian and a media personality, famous for The Steve Harvey Morning Show, the Steve Harvey talk show, Family Freud etcetera. Besides acting and hosting, he is an author as well.
Man of all-season began his career as a stand-up comedy at the Hilarities Comedy Club in Cleveland Ohio in 1985. He later performed his comedy in various comedy clubs.
Born In West Virginia
Steve Harvey was born Broderick Stephen Harvey on January 17, 1957, in West Virginia. His father, Jesse Harvey was a coal miner and his mother, Eloise Vera was a housewife.
The artistic media personality holds an American nationality and belongs to the Afro-American ethnicity. As of May 2022, his age is 65 and he stands at a height of 6 feet or 185 cm tall.
Graduated From West Virginia
Harvey’s family moved to Ohio on East 112th Street, which was renamed Steve Harvey Way in 2015. He joined Glenville High School and attended Kent State University and West Virginia University in order to complete his education.
West Virginia University is a public grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Rose to Fame in 1996
Steve started his acting career in the 1980s. He further rose to fame in 1996, with the release of his own sitcom, The Steve Harvey Show, which aired on The WB network. Featuring himself as the lead protagonist, the tv series successfully received millions of viewers throughout its run.
Being one of the most popular shows of its time, the sitcom received immense success along with nine NAACP Image awards.
Harvey in The Kings of Comedy
Five years later, Welch-native decided to chase other endeavors-the show later came to an end in 2002. Steve Harvey along with Cedric the Entertainer, went on The Kings of Comedy tour in the late 1990s.
It was one of the highest-grossing comedy tours in the United States, it banked a total of $19 million. On 18th August 2000, Steve featured Cedric in the next stand-up comedy film, The Original Kings of Comedy.
Famous Books
In the year 2009, Harvey published a book under the title Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. He signed a contract with IMG to produce a new syndicated talk show in Los Angeles with NBCUniversal and their new series Steve premiered in September 2017. The series has a total of 71 episodes.
After that, the 65-year-old then appeared in Little Big Shots and Celebrity Family Feud. In 2022, he is serving as an executive producer on the television series Judge Steve Harvey. The star cast of the show is Nancy Price, Colbert Minga, Tyrone Evans Clark, Ronnie Gossett, and Kevin E Tribble.
Is A Multi-Millionaire: His House, Car and Other Property Collection
Five-time Daytime Emmy Award winner, Steve Harvey, had an estimated net worth of $120 in the year 2017 which later increased to $160 million. Likewise, the comedian currently owns a wealth of $200 million as per Celebrity net worth.
According to the same source, Harvey's annual salary was around $40 million where there is an increment of $5 million as of May 2022. The comedian extends his net worth through earnings from his talk shows, TV shows, public appearances, movies, endorsements and tours among other endeavors.
House and Income Sources
He has a large mansion located at the top of Beverly Hills which is made of 2 acres. Similarly, he has a $3.4 million mansion in Atlant and 4 acres of property in Dallas.
Harvey was renting a 6, 400 square ft. penthouse suite at Trump International Hotel and Tower based in Chicago in 2012. In the year 2018, he sold his 88th-floor apartment at Trump International for $7.7 million. He spent around $22, 000 per month in rent for the penthouse.
Similarly, his wife Marjorie and he have leased their one mansion for $110,000 from where they make around $1.3 million. From his various endeavors, he earned around $45 million between 2017 and 2018.
Car Collection
Here is the list of his luxurious cars
- Rolls Royce Drophead: $99,999
- Ford Explorer: $36,325
- RR Ghost: $307,395
- Bentley Mulsanne: His wife gifted him Bentley Mulsanne which cost around $304, 670-$335,600.
Two Unsuccessful Marriage
Steve Harvey has been married three times yet. He married his girlfriend Marcia in 1980. Steve and Marcia got divorced in 1994. Steve Harvey got married for the second time in1996. The couple divorced in November 2005.
After the separation, he made a statement saying he chose the wrong partner. Steve is currently married to Marjorie Elaine Harvey, his third wife. They are married since 2007 and are still together.
Father of Seven Kids
They split after dating for some time, however, they again re-collided in 2005, shortly after Harvey ended his second marriage ended with Mary Shackelford.
So far, Steve has altogether 7 kids from his former wives. His children are Lori Harvey, Wynton Harvey, Brandi Harvey, Morgan Harvey, Jason Harvey, Broderick Harvey Jr., and Karli Harvey.
Controversial for Extra Marital affair
Steve Harvey’s second ex-wife, Mary Shackelford blasted him for owing her millions of dollars and another major deal that involved Marjorie Elaine's respectively. Shackelford even insisted that during the time of their marriage, Steve had an affair with his Nanny, Marjorie.
Shackelford was featured in a Youtube video in which she opened up about how she feels she has been improperly treated by Harvey. Shackelford, who was married to Harvey for nine years, claimed that Steve Harvey owes her a whopping $50 million. Mary Shackelford was seeking $60 million big paydays and said she wanted him held liable for emotional damages she faced since the couple’s divorce in 2005.
Huge partition after Divorced
In the divorce, Mary was given three of their homes and $40, 000 per month until 2009 including a one-off payment of $1.5 million.
Mary wanted him charged with the violation of a constitutional right, falsifying documents, contempt of court, embezzlement, extortion, and collusion. Mary was suicidal and she had to “self-medicate” in order to handle the aftermath of her split from Steve.