What is Conan O’Brien’s net worth? 2025 Oscar Host’s fortune explored ahead of the star studded ceremony

The 2025 Oscars, one of the most anticipated events of the year, will be hosted by a familiar TV industry figure and comedian, Conan O’Brien. O'Brien is known for his late-night talk shows like The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

As per CelebrityNetWorth, Conan O'Brien has a reported net worth of $200 million and earned a salary of $12 million during 2010 - 2020.

As reported by The Economic Times, at a press conference, when talking about his role as the host at the 97th Academy Award, Conan O’Brien revealed that since bringing in politics might be unavoidable, he will try to present it with humor, and added that he will make sure that the Oscars "doesn't drift into only about that".

O’Brien, a famed TV host and producer, has previously hosted the Emmys more than once (in 2002 and 2006), this is his first time hosting the Academy Awards. According to the New York Times, O'Brien is both enthusiastic and worried about hosting the Oscars.

The 97th Academy Award will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2, at 7:00 pm ET / 4:00 pm PT / 11:00 pm GMT from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Viewers can stream it via ABC or online streaming platforms like Hulu.

More about Conan O’Brien

Conan O’Brien, born on April 18, 1963, graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in History and Literature. He began his career by joining HBO as a Staff Writer for the comedy series Not Necessarily the News.

In 1988, he started working as a writer for the show, Saturday Night Live, and in 1989, he and his colleagues won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He also worked as a writer for the hit show, The Simpsons from 1991-1993. Later, he went on to host Late Night with Conan O’Brien(1993–2009), The Tonight Show (2009-2010), and Conan (2010-2021).

O'Brien worked at NBC from 1993 to 2010. After he left, he reportedly received a settlement amount of $32.5 million, per Economic Times. In 2023, he also sold his production company, Team Coco, to SiriusXM for $150 Million, per the outlet.

Though he is no longer active as a late-night TV host, he has continued to work in digital media like Conan O'Brien Must Go, an HBO travel series, podcasts, etc.

In his career spanning almost three decades, O'Brien has won five Primetime Emmy Awards. Recently, he also received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.