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Trevor Noah Net Worth And Biography
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Trevor Noah has been so popular and successful. If you are among the people searching for Trevor Noah’s Net Worth, then here is the information. Trevor Noah’s net worth is estimated at $100 million.
Trevor Noah is one of the most famous and accomplished people from South Africa and undoubtedly one of the funniest people on earth. The comedian has made a fortune from his successful career as a comedian, host and author and is at the peak of his career. He is also the richest comedian in South Africa and one of the richest in the world.
Here in this article, RNN will highlight Trevor Noah’s net worth and biography
Bio-data
Name | Trevor Noah |
Date of Birth | 20 February 1984 |
Gender | Male |
Marital Status | Married |
Profession | Comedian, TV host, Actor, & Political Commentator. |
Nationality | South African |
Net worth | $100 million |
Early Life
Trevor Noah was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 20th, 1984. His father Robert being of Swiss extraction and his Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah being of Xhosa ancestry made life difficult for the Noah family under the South African apartheid rule of the time, which had criminalized interracial marriage by the time Trevor was born, and his mother faced jail time and fines over the course of his childhood (he wrote about his experiences growing up under apartheid in South Africa in his 2016 book “Born a Crime”)
Personal Life
Trevor Noah is probably the only major American talk show host who can speak a total of eight languages, English, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana, Tsonga, Afrikaans, and German. He originally made the journey from South Africa to America under extremely unpleasant circumstances his mother was shot in the head by her ex-husband Ngisaveni Abel Shingange, who Noah says threatened him after he called him on the phone to confront him about what he’d done.
In 2011 Shingange was convicted of attempted murder for the shooting since Noah’s mother miraculously survived. He has said that he hoped the incident would direct the public’s attention to the issue of domestic violence – and the law enforcement response (or lack thereof) to it in South Africa. “For years my mother reached out to police for help with domestic abuse, and nothing was ever done. This is the norm in South Africa, Dockets went missing and cases never went to court.
Career
In 2002, at the age of 18, Noah got his first opportunity in show business with a starring role in a South African soap opera called Isidingo. After that he began to animate his own radio show called Noah’s Ark on the YFM youth radio station in Gauteng province. However, it seems that this world was not the young man’s, as he decided to leave his radio program as well as acting to focus on comedy.
He was introduced to important South African comedians such as David Kau, Darren Simpson, Kagiso Lediga, Barry Hilton, Riaad Moosa, Marc Lottering and Nik Rabinowitz, as well as international performers Paul Rodriguez, Dan Ilic, Carl Barron and Paul Zerdin. He also opened shows for American comedian Gabriel Iglesias as well as for Russell Peters on his South African tour.
From 2004 to 2006, Noah conducted the Run The Adventure educational program on the SABC 2 television channel. In 2007, he conducted a gossip program called The Real Goboza on the SABC 1 channel, as well as Siyadlala, a sports program that aired on SABC.
Another great work of that year was the conduction of the third edition of the South Africa Film and Television Awards, well-known also like Prizes SAFTAs. He was also co-host with Eugene Khoza of The Ax Sweet Life, a reality reality show. In 2010 came a new opportunity to be noticed at the international level. He became the host of the 16th annual South African Music Awards. Between 2010 and 2011 he also worked on the Tonight with Trevor Noah show, a 26 episode show presented, directed and written by himself.
Net worth
Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, actor, television host, and radio DJ who has a net worth of $100 million.