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Byron Allen Net Worth And Biography

The head of the U.S. entertainment company and Entertainment Studios Byron Allen Net Worth is $450 million as of 2022…

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2 years ago

July 1, 2022

The head of the U.S. entertainment company and Entertainment Studios Byron Allen Net Worth is $450 million as of 2022. He takes eighth place among the Forbes richest comedians in the World.

With Allen’s Net Worth of $450 million, he is considered one of the richest comedians in the world.

Bio Data

Full Name	Byron Allen Folks
Date of Birth	22 April 1961
Gender	Male
Marital Status	Married
Career	Comedian, Business
Byron Allen Net worth	$450 million
Nationality	United States

Biography

Allen was born in Detroit but grew up in Los Angeles, and he attended high school at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and college at the University of Southern California.

He became interested in show business during his childhood when he would accompany his mother, Carolyn Folks, to NBC studios in Burbank where she worked as a publicist.

The businessman and comedian began his career as a stand-up comedian at the age of 14. He performed on amateur nights at comedy clubs throughout Los Angeles but was later invited by Jimmie Walker to join his comedy writing team alongsideJay Leno and David Letterman.

Apart from comedy, he is also a businessman, television producer, and philanthropist, all these put together made Byron Allen net worth to be $450 million.

In 2007, Allen married Jennifer Lucas and the couple has 3 children together

Career Success

He began his career at the age of 14 by performing on some amateur nights at comedy clubs.

On “The Tonight Show” starring Johnny Carson, he made his television debut at the age of 18 before he began his own show Kickin’ It with Byron Allen in 1992.

However, Allen is generally considered one of the major stakeholders in the entertainment business.

Among, “the people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, and technology and science whose 2018 accomplishments were particularly noteworthy” selected by Bloomberg Allen was the 50.

That same 2018, Allen was also honored by the Salvation Army as the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at the Goldman Sachs Builders & Innovators Summit 2018.