MARTHA STEWART – $9.6 MILLION
Martha Stewart has become a household name for any home living-related magazines and TV shows. Although she was honing her business skills even before she became a popular figure on TV, Stewart first earned notoriety with Martha Stewart Entertaining. It became one of the best-selling cookbooks during the time and was followed by several more.
For her TV show Martha, her reported salary was at $8 million per year. She also earned $1.6 million for her work on The Apprentice. Stewart is a multimedia mogul who built an empire for herself. Her investments involve owning all the rights to her Martha Stewart brand, which is earning her millions each year. Would you believe that Stewart and the rapper Snoop Dogg have a TV show together? They starred in Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party together; she reportedly earned $1 million for it.