Juan Williams Net Worth

What is Juan Williams's Net Worth and Salary?

Juan Williams is a Panamanian-American journalist and television news commentator who has a net worth of $5 million.

Juan Williams has written for such newspapers as the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times, and has done news commentary for the Fox News Channel and NPR. He has also written television documentaries and non-fiction books on civil rights, healthcare, and other social issues in the United States.

Contracts & Salaries

Juan Williams earned his largest known paydays through his long relationship with Fox News. After NPR terminated his contract in 2010 over comments he made on "The O'Reilly Factor," Fox quickly signed Williams to a new three-year deal reportedly worth nearly $2 million. That contract worked out to roughly $650,000 per year, a major increase over his NPR contributor arrangement.

Early Life and Education

Juan Williams was born on April 10, 1954 in Colón, Panama to Panamanian mother Alma and Jamaican father Rogelio. At the age of four, he immigrated to the United States with his mother and two siblings aboard a banana boat. They lived briefly in Pleasantville, New Jersey before settling in Brooklyn in New York City. On a scholarship, Williams attended Oakwood Friends School, a Quaker school in Poughkeepsie. There, he edited the school newspaper and played sports. After graduating in 1972, Williams went to Haverford College in Pennsylvania, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1976.

Writing

Williams has written for a number of major newspapers, including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He has also been published in various magazines, including Time, the Atlantic, Fortune, and GQ. Williams has garnered particular acclaim for his work on television documentary series, including "Politics: The New Black Power," "Civil Rights and the Press," "Riot to Recovery," and "Dying for Healthcare." He co-authored the non-fiction book "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965," which served as a companion to the PBS documentary series of the same name. Williams has penned such other non-fiction books as "Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary," "This Far by Faith," and "Enough."

Fox News Channel

In 1997, Williams joined the Fox News Channel as a news commentator. On the network, he has appeared on such programs as "Fox News Sunday," "Special Report with Bret Baier," "The O'Reilly Factor," and "The Five," serving as a regular co-host of the latter. Williams has been the subject of some controversy during his time at Fox News, such as when he penned an opinion piece in 2022 falsely claiming that rap and drill music foster criminal behavior in low-income black men.

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NPR

In 2000, Williams became the host of the NPR afternoon talk show "Talk of the Nation." He subsequently became NPR's senior national correspondent. During his time with the organization, Williams caused conflict for the disparate ways he conducted himself on NPR and Fox News, often making inflammatory comments on the latter that he never did on the former. In 2010, NPR fired him two days after he made Islamaphobic remarks on the Fox News program "The O'Reilly Factor."

Other Activities

Williams is a member of the board of managers of his alma mater Haverford College. He also sits on the board of directors of the New York Civil Rights Coalition and has been involved with the Washington Journalism Center and the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program. Among his other activities, Williams spoke at the Smithsonian's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Personal Life

In 1978, Williams married Susan Delise. They have a daughter named Rae and two sons named Antonio and Raphael. Antonio served as a speechwriter and legislative correspondent for Republican Senator Norm Coleman from 2004 to 2006. Raphael served as the communications director for Republican Dan Benishek's 2012 congressional campaign, as a deputy press secretary for the Republican National Committee, and as a press secretary to former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson. From his children, Williams has twin granddaughters named Pepper and Wesley.

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