Sean Patrick Hannity Biography; Net Worth, Son, Daughter

Posted by Carisa Kissane on Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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Sean Patrick Hannity is an American talk show host, famed for hosting The Sean Hannity Show and a conservative political commentator.

Sean Hannity was born on December 30, 1961 in New York to Lilian and Hugh Hannity. Sean Hannity has three female siblings and during his youth, he worked as a paperboy, delivering newspapers of the Long Island Daily Press and The New York Daily News.

Sean Hannity attended Sacred Heart Seminary in Hempstead, New York and St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary in Uniondale and had his university education at; New York University and Adelphi University, without graduating from either.

Sean Hannity started a house-painting business in 1982. Years later, he then began working as a building contractor in Santa Barbara, California.

Sean Patrick Hannity has two children; a son, Patrick Hannity, and a daughter, Merri Kelly. Patrick Hannity was born on November 3, 1998 and he is a four-star recruit Tennis player, rated as the No. 157 prospect in the nation and has been as high as No. 114 in his high school career.

Sean Hannity delved into the terrain of being a radio show host in 1989, when he worked at the volunteer college station at UC Barbara, KCSB-FM. Sean Hannity’s show at KCSB FM aired for 40 hours weekly. However, the show as cancelled less than a year after it began because during two of the shows,  gay and lesbian rights were discussed in what was viewed as a contentious manner. Sean Hannity left KCSB-FM due to failure of the University’s board to issue a public apology and more give him more airtime.

After leaving the station, Sean Hannity was hired by Radio WVNN (part of the Huntsville Media Market) which was located in Athens, Alabama.

After working at Radio WVNN, Sean Hannity was snapped up by Radio WGST, located in Atlanta in 1992, replacing Neal Boortz.

In September 1996, the co-founder of Fox News, Roger Alies hired the relatively unknown Sean Hannity to host the television program Hannity and LTBD. 

In January 1997, after leaving Radio WGST, Sean Hannity joined radio WABC where he was put on air full-time.

After gaining widespread fame, Sean Hannity started the talk show, The Sean Hannity Show on September 10, 2001, on over 500 stations nationwide.  As a result of the show, Sean Hannity was listed as No. 72 on Forbe’s “Celebrity 100” list in 2013 and was ranked No. 2 in Talkers Magazine’s 2017 Heavy Hundred.

At the beginning of 2014, Sean Hannity signed contracts to air on several Salem Communications Stations, including; WIND Chicago, WWRC Washington, D.C., KSKY Dallas and WDTK Detroit.

In January 2007, Hannity began a new Sunday night TV Show on Fox News, Hannity’s America

Sean Patrick Hannity Net Worth

In 2004, Sean Hannity signed a $25 million five-year contract extension with ABC Radio (now Citadel Media) to continue the show until 2009. After ABC Radio was sold to Citadel Media, Sean Hannity was signed for a $100 million five-year contract in 2008.

Sean Hannity has a net worth of $250 million.

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