David Letterman Net Worth 2020 Bio Height Awards and InstagramCharity November 20, 2020 Celebrity Entertainment Profile David Letterman Net Worth Letterman is a 72-year-old American comedian television host writer and producer. He was born to the pair of a florist and church secretary a few years after World War II at Indianapolis Indiana in the US in 1947. His research included a Ball State University radio and television course based in Muncie, Indiana. 
History David Michael Letterman was born on 12 April 1947 in Indianapolis IN. Letterman’s history was eclectic: he graduated from Muncie Indiana’s Ball State University in 1969 and was once an all-purpose announcer at WLWI station in Indianapolis, a career that included filming and working as a substitute weatherman. Letterman later made no secret of his intention to host the Tonight Show after Carson had retired; when NBC offered that role to Jay Leno in 1992 Letterman moved to CBS and started competing with David Letterman in The Late Show. He has since been a regular on CBS. A new contract would hold him on CBS until 2014, when Johnny Carson will have been eclipsed as the longest-served late-night host. David was not happy with how his career was merely an ordinary one that made him move to Los Angeles in 1975 in search of a rather creative and fun career. Throughout his sojourn in L.A. Letterman has written scripts for several hit sitcoms that included Good Times. He tried to expand the possibilities and began appearing alongside Johnny Carson on his program, Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show. Upon gaining face exposure on television with this series David had started building up his reputation as a great comedian. David made numerous appearances on the Johnny Carson show after which his very own program that aired during the day was eventually offered. This series was called The David Letterman Series and began to air in the 1980s. The final episode for the talk show aired in the year 2015 on 20 May, after which the host retired from his career. By the end of his career as host of the Late Night and Late Show, David Letterman had hosted 6028 shows that had become the longest-served late-night talk show host in American television history above Johnny Carson’s. But Letterman decided to jump back to his old self when during the month of August Netflix announced an entirely new online show for the comedian in 2017. The series shall consist of in-depth, one-hour-length episodes. Height and Weight Height 6 foot 2 inch Connect with him on Instagram Net Worth David’s net worth is $400 m. He’s claimed to be worth an estimated $425 million, according to a similar platform The Richest where his wealth and earnings have been viewed with more detailed analysis.