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The Top 10 Famous Multi Million Dollar Bloggers
There are a number of reasons why people may consider starting a blog. To express their thoughts and opinions, to promote or market a product, to help others, or to help yourself. These are some of the more popular reasons why people from all over the world are starting their very own blogs, every single day.
What you may not have known, is that by starting a blog, you could also have the potential to make millions upon millions of dollars. So without any further ado, here are 10 of the most popular, and successful blogs with their net worth in the millions.
10 Successful Multi Million Dollar Blogs
The Huffington Post
The blog was founded back in May 2005, and launched just a few days later. A year later in 2006, a bank invested $5 million into the site. a few years later, thanks to fundraising and various investments, the blog had raised over $15 million. In 2011, AOL acquired the site for $315 million US dollars.
The net worth of Arianna Huffington and her blog as of 2012 is $35 million USD.
TechCrunch
In 2010 Michael arrington sold Tech Crunch to AOL for a whopping $25 million. He recently started a brand new blog called UnCrunched.com
Michael Arringtons net worth is currently around $15 million USD.
Gawker
Over the years, Gawker has acquired a number of high profile investors, as well as loyal customers, so it should come as no surprise to learn, that it is one of the most financially successful blogs in the entire world.
As of 2012, the net worth of Nick Denton is a little over $100 million USD.
Lifehacker
They are so financially successful thanks to advertising, including landing a lucrative advertising sponsorship with Sony.
LifeHacker was created by Gina Marie Trapani with an estimated net worth over $109 Million USD.
Mashable
Pete Cashmore’s net worth is currently at $95 million. Not bad for a teenager, who was working from his home in scotland back in 2005.
Fail Blog
The exact net worth of Ben Huh is currently unknown, but it is thought to be well into the millions.
Smashing Magazine
They generate their huge amounts of money thanks to various product advertsing deals, as well as investors and loyal visitors.
The net worth of these two is again, not common public knowledge, although we do know that it is over $5 million.
Business Insider
They receive more than 5 million visitors to their blog on average, so that should tell you just how popular they really are.
The estimated net worth of Kevin P Ryan, is thought to be close to $3 million.
Engadget
The net worth of Pete Rojas is just under $3.2 million.
The Daily Beast
It appears to be quite difficult to track down Tina Brown’s total net worth, however, she is number 77 on the Forbes list of power women, and her net worth is almost certain to be over $100 million.
So there you have it. 10 of the most successful blogs in the entire world. Whether you are looking at helping others by sharing your knowledge, sharing your opinions and thoughts, or making one of the most successful blogs in the entire world, anything is possible if you put your mind to it. The blogs listed above, all started out with nothing, and are now worth millions upon millions. So if they can do it, why can’t you? Until next time.
Thanks for reading.