Alex Jones’s Net Worth (Updated November 2022)

By Jasmine Last updated Nov 18, 2022

Known as a notable conspiracy theorist and broadcaster of a far-right radio show, Alexander Emerick Jones was born in the United States on February 11, 1974. From his studio in Austin, Texas, he hosts The Alex Jones Show, which is distributed nationally by the Genesis Communications Network (syndicated and internet radio).

InfoWars, like Jones’s other sites NewsWars and PrisonPlanet, is dedicated to spreading false information and conspiracy theories.

For example, Jones gave white nationalist and Unite the Right attendee Nick Fuentes a voice on his website Banned. Video also acts as an “entry point” to their ideas and can be viewed as a “proof of concept.”

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Net Worth:	$900 Million
Date of Birth:	Feb 11, 1974 (48 years old)
Gender:	Male
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Profession:	Actor, Film director, Film Producer, Radio personality
Nationality:	United States of America

Early Life

Jones was born in Dallas, Texas, on February 11, 1974, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Rockwell. He moved to Austin as a child and grew up there. Both his parents work outside the home; his dad is a dentist and his mom stays at home.

In 1993, he completed high school at Austin’s Anderson. He subsequently enrolled at Austin Community College, from which he later withdrew.

Personal Life

From 2007 until 2015, Alex was married to Kelly Jones. They’re parents to three lovely little ones. Kelly Jones filed for sole custody of their children in 2017, citing her ex-erratic husband’s conduct as the reason why she no longer wanted him to have any contact with their children.

The defense attorney tried to explain away his client’s actions by saying he was “playing a character,” like a “performance artist.”

Jones has repeatedly said that he does not portray any of the characters on his show. Kelly has primary custody, with visitation privileges for Jones.

Jones was taken into custody in Texas in March 2022 and charged with DWI. The Travis County, Texas, jail verified that he was booked on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, a class B misdemeanor. After being booked, he was freed on his own recognizance four hours later.

Career

Starting out on a live call-in public access TV program in Austin, he made the transition to radio in 1996 with “The Final Edition” on KJFK. When Ron Paul was a candidate for Congress, he was a regular on his show.

In 1999, he shared the title of “Best Austin Talk Show Host” with Shannon Burke. Later that year, KJFK let him go because he wouldn’t change the focus of his show and because his opinions hurt advertising revenue. As a result, Jones started webcasting his show live from his house.

Jones ran for the Republican nomination in Texas’s 48th House District in 2000. He first stated that he was running so that he could “be a watchdog from the inside,” but he eventually dropped out of the contest. Jones’s radio program was syndicated to around 100 stations in the United States in 2001.

Following 9/11, Jones started spreading the conspiracy theory that the Bush government was behind the attacks and that it was an inside job. As a result of his prominence as a 9/11 “truther,” several stations dropped him.

More than 100 AM radio stations around the country carry “The Alex Jones Show,” which is syndicated by the Genesis Communications Network. and F.M. U.S. radio and TV stations It averaged about 2 million weekly listeners in 2022.

Other Ventures

Alex released his first documentary, “America: Destroyed by Design,” in 1998 and has since produced and released 20 more. Also, he has written two books: “9-11: Descent Into Tyranny” (published in 2002) and “The Answer to 1984 Is 1776” (published in 2022).

Jones publishes and directs the website InfoWars, which attracts about 10 million unique visitors every month.

The site has been called a phony news outlet and blamed for popularising dangerous notions. It is estimated that during its height, the facility brought in over $20,000,000 in annual revenue.

Views and Controversies

The Oklahoma City bombing, the moon landing, 9/11, Sandy Hook, Obama, Hillary Clinton, white genocide, and vaccinations are just a few of the many divisive issues on which Jones has strong opinions.

According to Jones, the United States government was complicit in several terrorist acts. According to him, the World Bank invented climate change as a means of imposing a carbon tax over the world in order to gain power over the economy.

Former employees began leveling allegations of sexual harassment, anti-black racism, and anti-Semitic behavior against Jones in February 2022.

Due to concerns over kid safety and hate speech, YouTube banned several InfoWars videos in July 2018. Later that year, all of Jones’s podcasts were removed from Stitcher Radio due to complaints of harassment, and on August 3, Facebook, Apple, YouTube, and Spotify deleted all of Jones’ and InfoWars’ content for breaking their respective terms of service.

All of Alex Jones’s channels, as well as those belonging to InfoWars, were taken from YouTube. Later that week, Vimeo took down every video posted by Jones because of their racist and sexist themes. Pinterest, MailChimp, and LinkedIn all terminated his accounts as well.

After Jones publicly insulted CNN staffer Oliver Darcy on Twitter and Periscope, the following month he was permanently banned from both networks. Both the Apple App Store and Google Play have eliminated the InfoWars app.

Jones is no longer permitted to use PayPal for official business purposes. During the month of May 2022, Jones was blocked from utilizing social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

Alex Jones’s Net Worth and Salary

With a negative net worth of $900 million, Alex Jones is a political fanatic and conspiracy theorist on the far right in the United States.

The radio talk show “The Alex Jones Show,” which Jones hosts from Austin, Texas, and is syndicated nationally, has made Jones a household name. His website has racked up hundreds of millions of dollars in sales, and he has penned books and sold them.

From so-called “brain drugs” to nutritional supplements to emergency supplies, he sells it all.

Jones testified in August 2022 that his wealth didn’t exceed $5 million at his slander trial. A financial forensic expert testified at Jones’ trial, putting his and his firms’ combined worth between $135 and $270 million.

In this trial, it came out that Jones’ main company, Infowars, made an annualized gross of $53.2 million from 2015 through 2022. At this trial, the jury decided that Alex must pay $49 million to his victims.