Find out Don Lemon's Net Worth, Salary, Sources of Income, Career, and Awards

Don Lemon is a famous American television journalist and news anchor based in New York City who hosts CNN Tonight. Besides his journalism career, he came into the spotlight after he came as gay and described colorism in the black community.

Lemon also revealed being a victim of sexual abuse as a child but did not express it until he was thirty years old. Now, people are quite curious to know about Don Lemon's net worth, salary, sources of income, career, and awards right below.

Earnings-How much is Don Lemon's Net Worth?

Lemon began his early career as a weekend anchor for WBRC in Alabama, Birmingham, and WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He even worked as an investigative reporter and anchor for KTVI St. Louis. Since then, Lemon has been actively working in this field.

Some sources like The Richest claim that Lemon's net worth is estimated to be around $3 million. On the other hand, Celebrity Net Worth reports his net worth to be around $12 million. Besides Lemon's journalism career, he is also a writer and published the book "Transparent" back on May 10, 2011. The price hardcover of the book costs around $16.44. So we can assume that his journalism career and the book might have helped him to make such a huge amount.

Don CAPTION: Don Lemon also works at CNN SOURCE: Instagram @donlemoncnn

Information regarding his salary, total earnings, house, properties, assets, cars, and expensive gadgets is yet to be disclosed by him. Meanwhile, the prominent Journalist showcases his lifestyle via his Instagram handle, where we can find him under the username @donlemoncnn

And if he does a sponsored post on Instagram, then Lemon can earn around $2,094.75 - $3,491.25, as reported by the Influencer Marketing Hub

Take A Look At Lemon's Career and Awards

As previously said, Lemon began working as a weekend anchor for WBRC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as an investigative reporter and an anchor for KTVI St. Louis.

Later, he reported for NBC News' New York operation, which included working as a correspondent for NBC Nightly News and Today. Lemon even appeared as an anchor for Weekend Today and MSNBC.

He started working at NBC O&O station VMAQ-TV and represented himself as a reporter and local news co-anchor in 2003. In September 2006, he joined CNN, where he criticized the state of cable news and questioned the network publicly. He even hosted CNN's New Year's Eve Special from New Orleans.

He is also regarded as one of the strong voices and powerful opinions on the African-American community and talked about the ways to improve it, which caused several controversies.

You might know that in 2009, Ebony Magazine listed him as one of the 150 most influential African- Americans. But in 2014, Columbia Journalism Review listed him as one of the worst journalists.

Speaking of Don Lemon's Awards, he has been awarded a couple of times for his extraordinary contribution to the journalism sector. He grabbed an Emmy Award for the report on the real estate market in Chicago. He also received an Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of the capture of the D.C area sniper.

Is He Married?

The famous journalist is happily engaged to his fiancee, Tim Malone. The pair met each other for the first time in 2017. Shortly, they fell for each other and began dating. And after being in a relationship for a long time, they thought of taking their relationship to the next level and got engaged in April 2019.

Don CAPTION: Don Lemon with his partner Tim Malone SOURCE: Instagram @donlemoncnn

Not to mention, that his partner, Tim is a real estate agent. Till now they are not married but might be planning to tie the knot. So, we can get updated on his life by following him on Instagram.