Godswill Emmanuel September 12, 2020 Steve Wilkos Net Worth Employment and Career Profile 2020. Net Worth 2020 Steven John Wilkos is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and a former law enforcement officer with the Chicago Police Department anAmericantelevision personality. He has been hosting The Steve Wilkos Show since 2007, and from 1994 to 2007 was head of security at The Jerry Springer Show. Prior to being given his own talk show, he had replaced Springer as the host on several occasions.
Steven was born in Chicago on March 9, 1964. Wilkos grew up in what is now North Central Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood, and is one of four brothers. His parents are a beauty school teacher Jeanette (née Pelikan) and a former police officer Stanley Wilkos who was a paratrooper in the Korean War. Wilkos made his way to a host of his own talk show called The Steve Wilkos Show from a retired U.S. Marine and a police officer. Steve first made a name for himself as a security director at The Jerry Springer Show where he worked from 1994 through 2007. He also made cameo appearances on the TV series Among Brothers The Wayans Bros. and The Simpsons, as well as in the movie Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me where Jerry Springer was seen as a security guard. It was in January 2007 that NBC Universal Television officially declared that Wilkos would be the host of its own talk show located at Chicago’s NBC Tower. On September 10, 2007, the show debuted, receiving high ratings and setting up Steve as a host with an abrasive approach to dispute resolution. His wife Rachelle Wilkos is also interested in the talk show industry because she is both the executive producer for Springer and the series for her husband. Steve Wilkos Net Worth
has a net worth of $7 million.