Biography of Alexis Maas

Alexis Maas is best known for her marriage to American television icon Johnny Carson with whom she has a whopping 26-year age gap. She was his fourth wife and became famous after marrying him. She worked at a stock brokerage firm before getting married. She is a native of Pennsylvania she is a shy and reserved person just like her husband Carson. After the death of her husband in 2005, she has preferred to stay out of the spotlight.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Alexis Maas was born in 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She belongs to white ethnicity and has an American nationality. She became the center of attention after her marriage, which keeps information about her parents and her early childhood out of the media. Unlike many celebrity wives, she has kept a low profile and reveled in her privacy rather than the center of attention.

Mass spent most of his early days growing up in his hometown of Pittsburgh along with his family and studied from there as well.

Maas worked for a stock brokerage firm as Jordan Belfort , prior to her marriage. Due to his low profile and his tendency to stay out of the spotlight, we don’t have much information about his career. Her husband Johnny Carson was a famous television host and acclaimed comedian like Tom Bergeron .

Journey to be a billionaire

Maas had a short career as a real estate agent. His career is relatively unknown, so it is very difficult to estimate his net worth, but according to some tabloids, Alexis Maas’ net worth is in the millions.

Maas and her husband Carson owned several properties, including a four-acre oceanfront property in Malibu, California that they purchased in 1984 for $9.5 million. They lived on their fo for about 2 decades. In the year 2007, they sold the house for $46 million.

In addition, they also had another house in Beverly Hills that sits in an area of ​​14,000 square feet. After Carson’s untimely demise, he sold both houses for a combined $55 million. Alexis inherited the lion’s share of Johnny Carson’s $300 million after $156 million was donated to his charity. Johnny was one of the richest television personalities of his time, which was about twice as much as another acclaimed presenter. Larry King.

Carson had a net worth of around $300 million which he donated half of the value (i.e. $156 million) to the Johnny Carson Foundation. In the year 1967, he had a contract of three with NBC for around $4 million. In 1980, he was paid $5 million as a television host.

Married life and children with Johnny Carson

Alexis Mass is currently not married, but was previously married to a renowned television personality, Johnny Carson, the famous host of The Tonight Show whose current host is Jimmy Fallon . They shared their wedding vows in Malibu, California, in front of their loved ones. The couple went to the Mediterranean for their honeymoon where they spent $6.5 million. At the time of her marriage, Alexis was 35 years old and her husband was 61 years old.

They were together until Johnny’s last breath. After the death of her husband, she is living a widow’s life and also away from the camera.

Mass was Carson’s fourth wife. Carson was infamously popular for his affairs and relationships with various women in addition to his three other marriages

His first marriage was to Jody Wolcott in 1948 . This marriage did not last long and they divorced in 1963 . Shortly after their divorce, he married Joanne Copeland in the same year. This marriage lasted 9 years and they divorced in 1972 .

He then announced on September 30, 1972 , that he had secretly married model Joanna Holland that afternoon. Her relationship with her also ended after 11 years in 1983 . He waited four years before marrying Alexis Maas on June 20 , 1987 . This marriage lasted until Johnny passed away in 2005 .

After her death, Maas became more private and lived a life beyond the media radar. She did not give birth to any children with her husband while she had three stepchildren; Richard Carson , Christopher Carson and Cory Carson that her late husband received with his first wife Jody Wolcott.

Mass is also less active on social media, making it much harder to find out about her recent activities. After the death of her husband, she preferred to keep her life away from the media.