Jan Böhmermann: fortune of the satirist

How much money does Jan Böhmermann have?

With his late night show Neo Magazine Royale Jan Böhmermann repeatedly caused small and large scandals. Among other things, he quarreled with the Turkish President Recep Erdoğan. Jan Böhmermann keeps his private life a secret, you only know that he is the father of several children. When it comes to the question of whether he is married or in a relationship with a woman, he keeps a low profile. Meanwhile, the moderator is with the ZDF Magazine Royale arrived in the main program of the public broadcaster. He also works as a podcaster, book author and musician. The cherished Jan Böhmermann’s assets are 5 million euros.

Jan Böhmermann’s sources of income

Jan Böhmermann’s fields of activity are diverse – and so are his sources of income. He gets most of the money for his own broadcast ZDF Magazine Royale, where he works not only as a presenter, but also as a producer. The streaming service Spotify also has the exclusive rights to broadcast the extremely successful podcast Firm & fluffythat Böhmermann does with the musician Olli Schulz will most likely cost a lot. In addition, the satirist generates income from the sales of his books and songs. Böhmermann’s fortune derives from these sources.

The beginnings on the radio

At the age of 18, Jan Böhmermann gained his first experience in the online editorial team of Radio Bremen. However, his big goal was to become an actor, which is why he applied to four drama schools. Three refused him, the fourth he received an acceptance, but did not start the course. Instead of this From 2002 to 2004 he volunteered at Radio Bremen. Then he went to 1 Live, for which he also moved to Cologne.

A larger audience Jan Böhmermann became known when he started the radio column in 2004 Lukas’ diary developed and spoken. This was characterized by an exaggerated representation of the then German national player Lukas Podolski. In addition to being broadcast on the radio, the column was also published as a podcast, and Böhmermann also completed a total of three tours on which he was Lukas’ diary presented on stage.

Prize winner and sidekick by Harald Schmidt

His Jan Böhmermann made his television debut in 2007 with the WDR comedy show real Bohemian man. At the beginning of 2009, two episodes of the program ran on RTL TV heroes with Böhmermann, Caroline Corneli and Pierre M. Krause. Although the show was quickly canceled, it was awarded a German Television Prize in 2009. Böhmermann was an ensemble member of the show from 2009 to 2011 Harald Schmidtwhich only ran on ARD and from 2011 on Sat.1. In 2012, Böhmermann hosted the ZDFkultur talk show with Charlotte Roche Roche & Böhmermann.

International differences

In October 2013 ZDFneo ran the first episode of the late night show Neo magazine. After renaming to Neo Magazine Royale In February 2015, repeats of the episodes were also broadcast in the main ZDF program. With the show, Böhmermann caused some scandals. A poem published by Jan Böhmermann in March 2016 in Neo Magazine Royale presented. Im as Abusive criticism designated work the moderator insulted Turkish President Recep Erdoğan, however, to show where satire without impunity has its limits. Erdoğan then sued Böhmermann, but failed with his lawsuit. It ran at the end of 2019 Neo Magazine Royale for the last time, the follow-up broadcast ZDF Magazine Royale has been on ZDF since November 2020 and is very popular.

The most successful Spotify podcast

In September 2012 Jan Böhmermann presented a radio program with the musician Olli Schulz Gentle & Careful. Their episodes were also published as podcasts and enjoyed great popularity. So he took Streaming service Spotify Böhmermann and Schulz 2016 exclusively under contract. The first episode of Firm & fluffy, which became the platform’s most successful podcast. Jan Böhmermann continues to increase his fortune with earnings from Spotify.

In addition to his activities as a TV presenter and podcaster, Jan Böhmermann also appears as a musician and book author. With the songs I have police (2015) and People live dance world (2017) it reached the top 10 of the German charts. His first book was published in 2009 Everything, everything about Germany. Half-knowledge compact, In 2020 he brought with him Not followed by anyone you follow: Twitter Diary. 2009-2020 a collection of his best tweets. The income from the books and songs naturally increases his wealth further.

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