Don Lemon | $4 Million

From local news channels to the biggest networks of today, Don Lemon has successfully climbed the ladder of success. He started to work as a news correspondent for NBC’s Today and NBC Nightly News and later joined CNN. Here, he finally reached the prominence he had been dreaming of, becoming CNN Tonight’s presenter. The 55-year-old journalist also worked for NBC and MSNBC in the past.

Lemon’s hard work has never gone to waste. After all, he has received a number of honors since he started in the business, like an Edward R. Murrow Award and three regional Emmy Awards. The online magazine even credits Lemon as one of the Pride50, which honors and recognizes contemporary change-makers and veterans of the LGBTQ movement. Lemon is also one of the most influential LGBTQ people in the US in 2017 and the media in 2014.