Comedian Jeff Marshall Foxworthy has been in the spotlight for his witty jokes and deep voice. No wonder he is also great at acting, hosting, and voice-overs. But these are just a handful of things that add to Jeff Foxworthy net worth.
He is a well-known celebrity, a prominent writer, and a businessman which makes him a household name for people of all ages. One thing that we can make out from the Atlanta-based funnyman’s journey is that life has its way of giving you what’s in your destiny and it happens when it’s the most unpredictable.
So do you want to know how his career is so intriguing and how he amassed his 100 Million USD net worth? Then continue reading.
| Full Name: | Jefferey Marshall Foxworthy |
| Known As: | Jeff Foxworthy |
| Date Of Birth: | 6th September, 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, US |
| Nationality: | American |
| Age: | 65 Years |
| Height: | 5 ft. 10 in. |
| Profession: | Comedian. Author. Actor. Radio Host. Writer. |
| Net Worth: | 100 Million USD |
| Years Active In Industry: | 41 Years and still active |
| Wife: | Pamela Gregg |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Children: | 2 Daughters |
| Founder Of: | Foxworthy Outdoors. Blue Collar TV |
Jeff Foxworthy Net Worth 2023
As of now, Jeff Foxworthy net worth is estimated to be around a whopping 100 Million USD. The life of the comedians isn’t all happy and fun all the time, but yet funnymen like Foxworthy tend to see the laugh part in every situation. Continue reading to know how he built his massive net worth.
Early Life & Education
Jeff Foxworthy was born on 6th September 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia. His father, Jimmy Abstance Foxworthy, was an IBM executive. After attending Hapeville High School, he joined the Georgia Institute Of Technology in Atlanta but left before completing his studies. His father had six marriages which he mentioned in one of his interviews while talking about his marriage with Pam Gregg for the past 38 years and said that he feels thrilled that they both adore each other crazily after all these years.
Career
Following his father’s footsteps he joined IBM where his lookout was mainframe computer maintenance. There his colleagues pushed him to participate in the comedy contest that would happen at the comedy club The Punchline, in Atlanta. Little did he know that he was entering into a life-changing competition that made him own $100 Million net worth.
Source Of Income
Stand-Up Comedy & Tours
Jeff Foxworthy entered the comedians guild in 1993 with the release of ‘You Might Be a Redneck If’ which started a fad. The album attoped the charts and started a whole demanded series of this fad.
The 5-years-old gagster was one of the three top-earning comedians in 2007 among Larry The Club Guy and Dane Cook, as per Forbes reports. He used to charge $15K for a single stand-up gig (so you can expect how far it would have gone by this time) and was earning a six-figure income given the 14 to 15 million sales of his CDs and DVDs. In addition to all this, he was making $2.5 Million with his merch. His estimated earnings for 2008 stood at a whopping $11 Million.
His one of highest-grossing stand-up tours was Dunhan’s stand-up tour in 2008. Moreover, his YouTube videos garnered views in millions, which added enormous amounts to Jeff Foxworthy Net Worth.
He is the best-selling comedy recording artist of all time. The following table shows his estimated earnings from his album records:
| S. NO. | YEAR | ALBUM RECORD | ESTIMATED EARNINGS (In USD) |
| 1 | 1992 | You Might Be a Redneck If… (certified 3x platinum by RIAA and platinum by Music Canada) | 3100K |
| 2 | 1994 | Games Rednecks Play (certified 3x platinum by RIAA and platinum by Music Canada) | 3100K |
| 3 | 1995 | Crank It Up: The Music Album (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by Music Canada) | 1050K |
| 4 | 1997 | Totally Committed (certified gold by RIAA) | 500K |
| 5 | 1998 | Greatest Bits (certified gold by RIAA) | 500K |
(Source: The Richest)
The Blue Collar guy used to receive $32,500 for a single episode of The Jeff Foxworthy Show in 1994. He also raked in $150K per episode of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader for the years 2007-08.
Movies
The Hapeville High School graduate has done numerous roles on television and the big screen. He later garnered comedy shows including The Jeff Foxworthy Show and is also a part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and Ron White.
He also bagged a multi-platform deal with Comedy Central which undertook the creation of a special, tour and television show slated to debut in 2009. In addition, he narrated documentaries, namely, The Gate and I Am Comic. Apart from that, he served as the executive producer for his Blue Collar TV, hosted GSN’s The American Bible Challenge, and voiced characters in movies like The Smurfs, Ozzy, and The Aviators.
Music Albums
The Atlanta-native also put on his dancer cap at times and did 1 comedy album with DreamWorks Report and 5 comedy albums for Warner Bros. Records, which piled up Jeff Foxworthy Net Worth. One of his notable works in albums includes Redneck 12 Days of Christmas, which ranked No. 18 on the Hot Country Songs chart between 1995 to 1996.
Books
Jeff Foxworthy has published 26 books in total which include children’s books. He also wrote a set of biographies from 2005 to 2007. Some of his works include:
- Jeff Foxworthy’s Complete Redneck Dictionary: All the Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning of
- You Might Be A Redneck If … This Is The Biggest Book You’ve Ever Read
- Dirt On My Shirt
- No Shirt, No Shoes…No Problem!
- Silly Street
- Hide!
- How To Really Stink At Golf
Radio Host
In 1999, the comedian-turned-actor launched a radio networking site The Foxworthy Countdown, which was a nationally syndicated, weekly radio show. The show featured 30 top country hits of the week and received a nomination for Broadcast Personality Of The Year from the Country Music Association. Its last broadcast aired on 27th December 2009.
The successful development of The Foxworthy Countdown attracted a pretty good deal for Jeff Foxworthy net worth, as Sirius Satellite Radio launched the Blue Collar Comedy channel which featured comedy centered around his Blue Collar Group, in 2006. In 2015, 24/7 channel- Jeff & Larry’s Comedy Roundup, was exclusively rebranded under the SiriusXM banner. This deal added a pretty good amount to Jeff Foxworthy Net Worth.
Foxworthy Outdoors
The multi-talented comedian launched a website Foxworthy Outdoors selling his merch of hunting and outdoor products. He also hosts a web series that goes by Jeff Foxworthy: Inside & Out, which features documentaries showing him and his friends’ hunting trips, outings, and land conservation on his Georgia farm.
Game Cards
Jeff Foxworthy also makes his millions from games. He created Relative Insanity– a party card game in 2017. It can be played by a group of individuals wherein one person chooses a setup card and others will select and play a punchline card to fill in the blank. He also launched a ‘You Might Be A Redneck If Strategy & War Games Board Game.’
Real Estate
The father of two has made investments in some pretty attractive real estate properties. He purchased a plot at Country Club of the South in Johns Creek in 1997 and spent heavy bank balance in building his abode there. The project was completed after three long years under the supervision of Budd Holden. The taylor-built house which sits on a four-acre private estate was up for sale in 2020 with a price tag of $2.99 Million and was sold the very next year.
Car Collection
Jeff Foxworthy steered a 1958 Porsche Diesel Junior while on the race track with Leno in 2018. The tractor was worth $3K back then.
Endorsements
Brand endorsement deals surely add a nice chunk of change to Jeff Foxworthy net worth, although if what is claimed isn’t there, it also brings in criticism. This is exactly what happened when he endorsed beef jerky, The Things reported.
On the political front, he endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012. He has also made donations to the Republican National Committee and towards presidential campaigns for George W Bush.
Philanthropic Activities
Jeff Foxworthy net worth has a fair share of contributions to helping the needy, societal impact, and betterment of lives. In June this year, he joined the list of Laughing Matters headliners as he donated the proceeds from his show at Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butter University campus for cancer treatment and support services in Indiana, WTHR reports. He has made enormous endowments towards educating and supporting the treatment of cancer in children, as Look To The Stars reports he joined hands with NGOs- CURE Childhood Cancer and Camp Sunshine, to fight childhood cancer. Moreover, he engaged in Duke University Children’s Hospital in Durham for the same purpose.
He has also indulged in philanthropic activities with the following organizations:
| S. NO. | ORGANIZATIONS |
| 1 | American Cancer Society |
| 2 | Neighbor’s Keeper Foundation |
| 3 | Red Cross |
| 4 | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| 5 | Tug McGraw Foundation |
(Source: Look To The Stars)
Jeff Foxworthy Appearance
| S. NO. | FEATURES | DETAILS |
| 1 | Hair Colour | Blonde |
| 2 | Eye Colour | Hazel Green |
| 3 | Height | 5 ft. 10 in. |
| 4 | Weight | 75 Kg |
Personal Life
Foxworthy’s love life started when he was at a comedy club presenting his best for a contest at The Punchline in Atlanta in 1984. He won the competition and met Pamela Gregg who approached the funnyman to talk. He reminisced in one of his interviews with Closer Weekly, “I was working [as a technician] at IBM, and a bunch of guys entered me in a comedy competition. My wife was an actress and came down to support this guy. So the first night I was onstage, she was there, and I won the contest! She came up and talked to me. I was so nervous, that I spilled my drink down her sweater and said, “I guess you’ll never go out with me,” and she said, “Well, you haven’t even asked.” An hour into the first date, I was like, “Oh crap, I’m going to marry this girl.” So I met my wife and started my career on the same night!”
The couple read their vows in 1985, in a simple wedding capturing the memories on a Polaroid camera. He believes all it takes for a relationship to work is “partnership.” They welcomed their first kid, Jordan Foxworthy, in 1992 who gave the family their first grandkid in 2021, and second kid, Juliane Foxworthy, in 1994. Jeff Foxworthy is a family man for whom kids have always been his priority and adores his relationship with his wife.
Controversies & Lawsuits
Last year in April, Foxworthy received backlash from the netizens over one of his jokes in a Netflix special. He said, “I played every sport. And it was weird back then. If you wanted a trophy, you had to finish in first place.” In no time netizens started pointing out that the joke was too old and not funny.
The X (formerly Twitter) went flooded with tweets regarding the joke, some pointed out that, “Jeff Foxworthy was born in 1958, so he was playing sports as a kid at a time when women couldn’t get credit cards and POC couldn’t get home loans. But yeah, let’s go with “weird” to describe that era.” One comment was, How old is Jeff Foxworthy that he was a kid before the silver medal was invented? “
Another user wrote, “The worst thing about this is we’re supposed to believe Jeff Foxworthy was a multi sport athlete.” (Source: HuffPost)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
#1 What Is Jeff Foxworthy Net Worth?
Jeff Foxworthy net worth is nearly 100 Million USD.
#2 Who Is Jeff Foxworthy’s Wife?
Jeff Foxworthy married Pamela Gregg in 1985 in Central Park, New York.
#3 Which Movies Did Jeff Foxworthy Worked In?
Jeff Foxworthy has done narrations and voiceovers in many documentaries as well as movies including The Gate, I Am Comic, The Smurfs, The Aviators, and hosted The American Bible Challenge.
Wrapping Up
As of now, Jeff Foxworthy net worth is 100 Million USD which he amassed by making his audience laugh hard with his stand-ups and leaving them startled with his movie narrations, writing, radio hosting, and merchandise. He is one of the most celebrated comedians who has grown exponentially throughout his career. The above article talks about his income streams, personal life, and controversies in detail.
