Brad Rutter Net Worth

Brad Rutter net worth is
$4 Million

Brad Rutter Wiki Biography

Born Bradford Gates Rutter on the 31st January 1978, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA, Brad is a television personality, best known to the world for being the highest-earning contestant in the game show “Jeopardy!” in which he appeared from 2000 to 2014. Brad has additionally appeared in several other quiz shows, including “1 vs. 100” (2006), and “Million Dollar Mind Game” (2011), and is ranked the person with the highest winnings from TV shows.

Have you ever wondered how rich Brad Rutter is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Rutter’s net worth is as high as $4 million, earned through his successful career as a game show contestant, which has been active since 2000.

Brad Rutter Net Worth $4 Million

A native of Lancaster, Brad went to Manheim Township High School in Neffsville, Pennsylvania. During his high school years he slowly started implementing quiz skills, and joined the quiz bowl team. He became one of the 19 people to be inducted into the National Academic Championship Hall of Fame. After matriculation, Brad enrolled at Johns Hopkins University to study English, however, he dropped out without graduating.

After dropping out of college, Brad started working at a Coconuts record store located in his hometown and then in 2000 made his first appearance in “Jeopardy!”. In his first stint, Brad won $55,102, and two Chevrolet cars, since he was a five-day undefeated champion. In the following years, Brad was invited to the Tournament of Champions thanks to his previous success and he came out as a winner, taking home the main prize of $100,000. He returned to “Jeopardy!” in 2002 for the Million Dollar Masters Tournament, won again, and with the prize of $1 million, Brad became the all-time money winner in the popular quiz.

Three years later he was again part of “Jeopardy!”, this time competing in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, in which he won $2.1 million, considerably increasing his net worth. He only experienced his first loss in “Jeopardy!” in 2011, when he and another recorder, Ken Jennings competed against an IBM computer, built especially for the needs of the game show. Brad came in last, while Ken was second.

He returned to the quiz one more time in 2014, to participate in “the Battle of the Decades”, which included “Jeopardy!” champions from the last 30 years. Brad won the tournament and another $1 million, which made him the highest money-winner ever on American game shows. Brad participated in several other game shows, but none of those appearances were as fruitful as his several stints on “Jeopardy!”.

In recent years he has started pursuing an acting career, and also a career as a host, and so far has appeared in “Discount Fitness” (2015), and “Pub Quiz” (2016).

Regarding his personal life, Brad tends to keep his most intimate details hidden from the public eye, therefore, there is no any information in the media regarding his private life.



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Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Pub Quiz2016TV Movie executive producer
Discount Fitness2015TV Movie executive producer
Discount Fitness2015TV Series executive producer - 5 episodes
Dreamweaver2013Short executive producer
The Bitter Buddha2012Documentary executive producer

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Pub Quiz2016TV MovieBrad Rutter
Discount Fitness2015TV MovieBrad
Discount Fitness2015TV SeriesBrad
TMI Hollywood2015TV SeriesHost / Various
Dreamweaver2013ShortAndrew Salo
The Concepts2013ShortThomas
Second City This Week2011TV SeriesCelebrity Guest

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Weekend Today2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Jeopardy!2000-2014TV SeriesHimself - Contestant / Himself - Champion Update Video
Horizon2012TV Series documentaryHimself
Million Dollar Mind Game2011TV SeriesHimself - Contestant
Reality Obsessed2011TV SeriesHimself
Straight from the Horses Mouth2009VideoHimself
Grand Slam2007TV SeriesHimself - Contestant
1 vs. 1002006TV SeriesHimself - Mob member

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