Jann Wenner is a entrepreneur from New York City, New York, USA. His magazine started slowly developing, and he was discovering new talent in different areas of the creativity, including writing, as he discovered Hunter S. Thompson, Cameron Crowe. Source of Money. He was a co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in 1983. DETAILS BELOW. © 2020 Celebrity Net Worth / All Rights Reserved, © 2015 Celebrity Net Worth / All Rights Reserved, The 5 Most Circulated Magazines In The World, The Richest LGBT Millionaires And Billionaires In The World. Apart from Rolling Stone, he also owns 100% of US Weekly, which he bought from the Walt Disney Company. Joe Klein, Joe Eszterhas, and P.J. Jann Wenner is the co-founder and publisher of the Rolling Stone magazine who has an estimated net worth of $700 million. Jann Simon Wenner was born on the 7th January 1946, in New York City USA, and is an entrepreneur, best known to the world as the co-founder of the bi-weekly magazine that focuses on popular culture, Rolling Stone. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert, TV Series executive producer - 10 episodes, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll, TV Short documentary co-executive producer, Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary, The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, The 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Documentary interview: David Fricke courtesy of - as Jann S Wenner, TV Mini-Series documentary archive material provider - 2 episodes, TV Mini-Series documentary archive material courtesy of - 1 episode, Himself - Founder & Editor, Rolling Stone, Himself, co-founder and publisher, Rolling Stone, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, All Access: The Making of 'Almost Famous', Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union, The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Johnny Carson, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (2009). In 1969 he produced Boz Scagg's self-titled debut album. He was formerly married to Jane Schindelheim and the couple had three children. After a 43-year marriage, their divorce was finalized on 12 October 2011. He currently resides in New York City, New York, USA. The results are fact checked and confirmed by a team of editors and industry insiders. The magazine reached an all-time high circulation of 1.5 million copies in 2006 and published its 1000th episode that year. We work diligently to ensure that our numbers are the most accurate celebrity net worth data you will find anywhere on the internet. He also owned Men’s Journal and US Weekly. Thanks to his contribution to music and magazine publishing, Jann has received several prestigious awards, including the Norman Mailer Prize, Lifetime Achievement in Magazine Publishing in 2010, and back in 2004 was co-opted onto the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, so having some influence on who is inducted, to the displeasure of some. Nevertheless, Rolling Stone was back on track with the start of the new millennium, after Jann hired Will Dana as chief editor. Jann Wenner net worth: Jann Wenner is an American publisher and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $700 million dollars. Thanks to the rising popularity of the magazine, Jann’s net worth was in a constant growth. All net worths are calculated through the combination of a robust methodology and a proprietary algorithm. Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is an American magazine magnate who is the co-founder and publisher of the popular culture magazine Rolling Stone, and former owner of Men's Journal magazine. Identities Podcasts. He founded the magazine Outside in 1977 and purchased Us Weekly in 1986. He backed writers Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Klein, and Cameron Crowe, and discovered photographer Annie Liebovitz. Identities Podcasts People Ai. In this article, we take a look at Jann Wenner's net worth in 2020, total earnings, salary, and biography. He matriculated from the Chadwick School, and then enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a part of the Free Speech Movement, and also contributed a column “Something’s Happening”, for the student newspaper The Daily Californian.